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louring and preserving the interior and exterior of houses, ships, 
and other things. —23d March.—6 months. 
To William Lewis, of Brimscomb, Gloucestershire, dyer, for 
his new machine for fulling woollen or other cloths that require 
such process.—5th April.—6 months. 
To Joseph Turner, of Layton, in the county of York, for his 
improved retary engine, and application thereof, with or without 
other machinery, to useful purposes.—Sth April.—2 months. . 
To John Woodhouse, of Bromsgrove in the county of Wor- 
cester, for his method of forming the ground for roads and pave- 
ments, and also for paving and repairing old pavements and 
roads.—9th April.—6 months. 
To William Atkinson, of Bentinck-street in the parish of St. 
Mary-le-bone, for his new cr improved method or methods of 
forming blocks with bricks and cement in the form of Ashlar-stone 
for building, so as to have the appearance of stone.—Oth Aprii, 
—6 months. 
To William Stenson, of Coleford, Gloucestershire, for his im- 
proved engine to be worked by steam or any other power.—9th 
April.—6 months. 
To William Lapalle, of the city of Bristol, for his methed or 
eontrivance for an improvement in the construction of a gig, and of 
eards, so called, in the clothing and other manufactories, or aber 
machines or instruments used and employed in such manufac- 
tories for the same or similar purposes.—23d April.—2 months. 
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Meteorological Observations made in Scotland, principally at 
Edinburgh, from March \8th to April 13th 1816. 
March \8.—(At Sterling) Showers with wind from the north- 
ward. 
March 19.—Sky chiefly obscure with less wind, fair calm 
evening. Wind again at night. Dark night. 
March 20.—Fair day with cumzli, &e, and little wind. Dark 
night. 
March 2\.—Showery weather returned, with fair intervals ; 
temperature moderate. 
March 22.—Obscure and windy, 
March 23.—Fair day, and sky chiefly clear with cumulus, &e. 
March 24.—Obscure and calm, followed by whistling wind 
swecping dust along. 
March 25—29 *,—Obscure in general, but dry 4nd with wind 
in gales. 
; March 
_* On the evening of the 27th being on the hills above Edinburgh about 
4} o'clock, I noticed a great clearness in the windward, i. ¢, east; while 
the town to the westward and southward was involved in thick mist. This 
must 
