234 Palents.—New Comet. 



account of the alterations that are known to have been made ih 

 the texts of these two authors ; and because the eighth book of 

 the Nodes AtliccB €i Auius Gellius, which was lost, is now re- 

 covered." 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS, 



To Alexander Haliburton, of Haigh Iron-work, near Wigan, 

 I>ancashire, for certain improvements in steam-engines and 

 boilers. — 2 months allowed to specify. Dated 27th Feb. 1818. 



To Joshua Routledge, of Bolton -le-Moor, in the county of 

 Lancaster, for an improvement or improvements upon the rota- 

 tive steam-engine. — 27th Feb. — 6 months. 



To John Sutherland, of Liverpool, and aJso oi No. 99, 

 Houndsditch, London, for various improvements in the construc- 

 tion of an apparatus for the purifying of liquids. — 7th March. — 

 2 months. 



To Thomas Heppenstall, of Don caster, Yorkshire, for an 

 improvement upon the engine or machine for cutting or redneing 

 into what is called chaff, different articles as drj- fodder for horses 

 and cattle. — 7th March. — 2 months. 



To George Wyke, of Bath, and William Sampson, of Bristol, 

 for certain improvements on pumps, which improvements are 

 applicable to machinery of various descriptions. — March. — 6 

 months. 



To John Read, of Tipton, Staffordshire, and William Howell, 

 of Wednesbury, in the same county, for their new system of 

 working and getting the maine or thick mine of coal. — 14th 

 Marc^. — 2 months. 



To Richard Penn, of Richmond Hill, Surrey, for his improved 

 mode of manufacturing ornamental wooden furniture, by the ap- 

 plication of machinery. — 14th March. — 2 months. 



To John Ashton, of Great Tower-street, London, and Thomas 

 Gill, of Greek-street, Soho, in the county of Middlesex, for cer- 

 tain improvements in or on instruments and apparatus for ascer- 

 taining the strength of spirituous Fujuors, and also the specific 

 gravity of fluids and inetals. — 14th March.— 6 months. 



NEW^ COMET. 



A new comet has been discovered in the constellatioo ©f the 

 Swan. It was first observed on the 26th of December fast, by 

 M. Blanpain, at Marseilles, who has communicated to the Bu- 

 reau of Longitude at Paris his observations upon it down to the 

 18th of January. The astronomers of Paris have been since 

 constantly on the watch j but, in consequence of a ver)' clouded 

 state of the heavens they have not yet been able to discern it. 

 The movement of the comet, as described by M. Blanpain, is 



very 



