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LIst OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS, 
To John Neilson, of Linlithgow, glue manufacturer, for im- 
provements in the tanning and tawing of hides.and skins, and in 
the dyeing or colouring of leather and other articles. —22d June 
1818.—6 months allowed to enrol specification. 
To Robert Roux, of Yverdon, in the canton of Vaud, in Swit- 
zerlard, Doctor in Divinity, in consequence of a communication 
made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for improve- 
ment or improvements applicable to locks of different descrip- 
tions.—30th June.—2 months. 
To John Baird, manager for the new Shotts Iron Company, 
residing in the parish of Shotts, county of Lanark, Scotland, for 
various improvements in the manufacturing and making of cast- 
iron boilers used for the purpose of evaporating the juice of the 
sugar-cane, or syrup derived from thence, by means of annealing 
them in a furnace or kiln of a peculiar construction.—] 1th July. 
—4 months. 
To William Bailey, of High Holborn in the county of Middle- 
sex, ironmonger, foy improvements in sashes, sky-lights, and 
frames, generally used for the purpose ot receiving, holding, and 
containing glass for the admission of light, and the exclusion of 
rain and snow, and also for making roofs or coverings for houses 
and various other buildings.—1ith July.—6 months. 
To James Milton, late of Paisley, but now of Ashton-under- 
Line in the county of Lancaster, for a new species of loom- 
work, whereby figures or flowers can be produced, in a mode hi- 
therto unknown, upon any fabric of cloth while in the process of 
weaving, whether such fabric be linen, cotton, woollen, silk, or 
any of them intermixed.—1I1th July.—2 months. 
To John Richter, of Holloway, in the county of Middlesex, 
in consequence of a communication made tv him by a certain 
foreigner residing abroad, for certain improvements in the ap- 
paratus or utensils used for distillation, evaporation and condensa- 
tion, and which are new in this country.—1]4th July.—6 mon. 
To Richard Ormrod, of Manchester, in the county palatine 
of Lancaster, ironfounder, for improvements in the manufacturing 
of gopper or other metal cylinders or rollers for calico printing, 
—22d July.—4 months. 
To Urbanus Sartoris, of Winchester-street in the city of Lon- 
don, merchant, for improvements in the method of producing ig- 
nition in fire-arms by the condensation of atmospheric air.— 
22d July.—6 months. 
To Henry Creighton, of Glasgow, civil engineer, fora new me- 
thod of regulating the admission of steam into pipes or other 
vessels used for the heating of buildings or other places.—22d 
7 uly.—2 months, 
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