Lectures.—Patents. 469 
will be adniitted gratis, on obtaining a recommendation from 
the Heads of their respective Departments, which must be pre- 
sented to Mr. Guthrie between the hours of two and half-past 
four, at his house, No. 2, Berkeley-street, Berkeley-square. 
Lectures on the Practice of Physic.—Dr. C. Forbes, Deputy 
Inspector of Military Hospitals; Physician to His Royal High- 
ness the Duke of Kent; Senior Physician to the Surry Dispen- 
sary ; Physician to the Royal Westminster Infirmary for Diseases 
of the Eye, &c. will commence a Course of Lectures on the 
Practice of Physic, on Wednesday, January 21st, at Nine o’clock 
in the Morning, at the Royal Westminster Eye Infirmary, Mary- 
le-bone Street, Golden-square. 
Terms of ‘Attendance. —Single Course Three Guineas. —Per- 
petual Five Guineas. 
Medical Officers of the Navy, the Army, and the Ordnance, 
will be admitted to attend these Lectures, on presenting a re- 
commendation from the Heads of their respective Departments, 
to Dr. Forbes, at his House, No. 25, Argyll-street, before Nine 
o’clock in the Morning. 
Mr. Taunton will commence his next Course of Lectures on 
Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Surgery, on Saturday, 
January 23, 1819. 
LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 
To Jeremiah Spencer, of Great James-street, Bedford-row, in 
the county of Middlésex, for improvements on a certain descrip- 
tion of fire grates, by which improvement the combustion of 
smoke is more easily effected.—5th December, 1518,—2 months 
allowed to enrol specification. 
To Frederick William Seyfert, of St. John’s-street, Clerken- 
well, in the county of Middlesex, for improvements on certain 
descriptions of watches and clocks.—5th December.—2 months. 
To Marc Isambard Brunel, of Chelsea in Middlesex, for his 
sheets of tin foil capable of being crystallized in large varied and 
beautiful crystallization. —5th December.—6 months. 
To John Whiting, of Ipswich, Suffolk, for a window shutter. 
5th December.—2 months. 
To Henry Pershouse, of Birmingham, for his improved me- 
thod of stamping pans for seals. —1]0th December.—2 months. 
To James Barron, of Wells-street, Oxford-street, in Middlesex, 
for his improvement in the making and fixing of knobs, gene- 
rally used on drawers, doors, and cabinet furniture, and known 
by the name of drawer and mortice furniture knobs or handles. 
—10th December.—6 months. 
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