Patents, — Astrojiomy, 469 



To George Michael, of St. Austell, in the county of Cornwall, 

 for certain improvements in the method of opening and shutting 

 windows or sashes, and also in the apijlication of machinery to 

 the opening and shutting window-shutters, and in other cases 

 where the aforesaid improvements may be applied. — 26th May. 

 —2 months. 



To Henry Taylor, of Kington, Surrey, for certain improvements 

 on machines or apparatus for catchins and destroying of rats and 

 other vermin. — 26th Mav. — 4 months. 



To Thomas Homfray, of the Hvde, in the parish of Kinfare, 

 Staffordshire, for his new kind of bobbin or bobbins, used in 

 spinning and other manufactories. — 2Sth May. — 2 months. 



To William Lester, of the Commercial road, Middlesex, for 

 his new method of increasing and projecting light, produced by 

 lamps or other means. — 2d June. — 6 months. 



To George Atkinson, of Leeds, for a combination of mate- 

 rials to prodlice an article resembling bombazeen. — 10th June. 

 — 4 months. 



To William Eaton, of Wiln Mills, in the county of Derby, for 

 improvements in certain parts of the machinery employed in 

 the roving and spinning of cotton and wool. — 18th June. — 6 

 months. 



To Robert Winch, of Shoe-lane, in the parish of St. Andrew 

 Holborn, London, and Richard Holden, of Stafford-street, St. 

 Marylebone, Middlesex, for machinery to communicate motion 

 and power to various other machinery, which requires recipro- 

 cating or alternating motion. — 18th June. — 4 months. 



Permit me to remind your astronomical readers, that the ring 

 of Saturn is at this time nearly invisible, owing to our being al- 

 most in a line with its plain. On the Ist, its smaller apparent 

 axis is to its greater as 12 to 1000, and on the 25th it will ap- 

 pear a little more opened, the two axes being as 19 to 1000. 



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