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LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS, 
To Henry James, of Birmingham, in the county of War- 
wick, for an improvement in the method or mode of navi- 
gating, forcing, towing and hauling boats, barges, and other 
vessels, upon canals, rivers, and other navigable waters, by 
means of mechavism or machinery to be worked by steam 
or any other suitable power.—March 26, 1911. 
‘To Thomas Deakin, of St-John-street, in the parish of 
St. Sepulchre without, tn the county of Middlesex, stove 
grate-tnaker, for an improvement in kitchen ranges and 
stoves, and in the mode of setting the same —April 1. 
To Thomas William Sturgeon, of Howland-street, in 
the county of Middlesex, esq. for certain improvements on 
a micrometer.—A pril hs 
To Samuel Bentham, of Hampstead, in the county of 
Middlesex, civil architect and engineer of the navy, for his 
secure apd. ceconomical mede of laying foundations, and in 
some cases of proceeding with the superstructure of works 
of stone or of brick or other artificially composed materials, 
particularly applicable to the projection of wharfs and piers 
into deep water, to the construction of bridges, and to the 
formation or improvement of harbonrs, as well as to the 
erection of heavy buildings on bad ground.—April 2. 
To Cornelius Vv arley, of Junction Place, Paddington, in 
the county of Middlesex, artist, for his new telescope or 
optical instrument for viewing distant objects, and for other 
useful purposes; with a suitable table or stand for the same. 
—April 5. 
To John Blenkinsop, of Middleton, in the county of 
York, coal-viewer, for certain mechanical means by which 
the conveyance of coals, minerals and other articles is fa- 
cilitated, and the expense attending the same is rendered 
Jess than -heretofore,— April. io. 
To John Taylor, of Greenwich, in the county of Kent, 
esq. for improvements in the construction of wheels for 
carriages of different descriptions.—April 11. , : 
To William Finch, of Birmingham, in the county of 
Warwick, iron-master, for his method of making nails of 
wrought-iron.—April 11. 
To John Brown, of New Radford, near Nottingham, lace 
net-manufacturer, for his machine or machines for the 
manufacture of bobbin-lace or twist-net similar to and re- 
sembling the Buckinghamshire Jace-net and French lace- 
net as made by the hand with bobbins on pillows.—April 
24, 
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