List of Patcnls for new I?iventio7i<^. 



77 



usual at til is season — tlie showers, though more frequent, liave 

 been less violent than in 1iot summers, and not a single thunder- 

 storm has passed over this city. The spring was uiuisually dry; 

 down to the" end of June the country was greatly in want of rain; 

 and it was actually prayed for in churches so lately as the 30th 

 of June. The showers which have fallen during the present 

 month have not exceeded the supply which the country needed; 

 nor have they yet injured the hay, except in some low grounds; 

 but they have doubtless retarded the commencement of the hay 

 harvest, and even preve:'.ted any hay from being got. We sub- 

 join a statement, in inches and tenths of an inch, of the rain 

 fallen during the three siUnmer months for the last six years. 

 The account for July'lSlG is only taken to the 26th inst. 



1811... 

 1S12... 

 J.S13... 

 1811... 

 1815... 

 1816..., 



INCMES 



3-6 

 2-0 

 3-6 

 0-6 

 3-1 

 1-4 



INCHES. 



Total. 



8-G 

 8-9 

 91 

 3-7 

 7-3 

 5-6 



r.IST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



To Thomas Ruxton, of the city of Dublin, esc;., for a lock 

 for fastening doors, gates, drawers, desks, trunks, boxes, port- 

 manteaus, and other things recjuiring fastenings. — 14th May, 

 1816. — 2 months. 



To Richard Francis Hawkins, of Woolwich, in the county of 

 Kent, gent., for a method, plan, or principle by which a tunnel 

 or archway may be constructed or effected under the Riv'er 

 Thames, or other rivers, for the passage of cattle, foot passengers,- 

 and other purposes. — 14th Mav. — 6 months. 



To Daniel Wilson, of Usher Street, in the citv of Dublin, che- 

 mist, for certain improved apparatus to be einjiloyed in the di- 

 stillation of animal, vegetable, and mineral substances, and iiX' 

 various other processes. — 1 4th May. — 6 months. 



To William Sinmions, of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, 

 writing-master and teacher of accounts, for certain improve- 

 ments applicable to keyed instruments to which keys are or mr.y 

 or can be affixed. — Nth May. — 6 months. 



To Francis Richard-.on, of Queen Street, Westminster, esoc., 

 for improvements on the locks and barrels of fire-arms, and also 

 an improvement or addition to bavonets. — 25th Mav. — 6 mon. 



To Phili|) Taylor, of Bromley, in the comity of Middlesex, mer- 

 chant, for his new method of applying heat to liquors used in the 



processjes 



