Meteorology. B17 
To Thomas Morton, of Leith, for a method of dragging ships 
out of water on dry land. —23d March. 
To William Robinson, of Saffron Walden, for certain new 
or improved apparatus to be attached to all sorts of doors, and 
door-jambs, and hanging stiles, for the purpose of preventing, 
when shut, the admission of external air into rooms or other 
places.—25th March. f 
To William Bundy, of Camden Town, Middlesex, for certain 
machinery for breaking hemp and flax.—Ist April, 
To Paul Slade Knight, of Lancaster Moor, for his new and 
improved kind of fire-engines, pumps, and other engines in which 
are used pistons working in barrels or cylinders.—3d April. 
To John Seaward, of Kent-Road, St. George’s, Southwark, 
for his new or improved method or methods of raising Or pro- 
ducing steam for the purpose of working steam-engines and other 
apparatus.—3d April. , 
To Henry Peter Fuller, of Piccadilly, for his improvement in 
the method of producing or preparing sulphate of soda, soda, 
subcarbonate of soda, and muriatic acid.—5d April. 
To Augustus Siebe, of Crown-street, Soho, Middlesex, for an 
improved weighing-machine.—Sth April. 
To Philip Pindin, of Farningham, for his improvement on 
single and double trusses.—20th April. 
To John Smith, of Bermondsey, for improvements in makin 
arms or axle-trees for coaches, carts, waggons, and all other de~ 
scriptions of carriages.— 20th April, 
Meteorological Observations kept at Walthamstow, Essex, from 
March \5 to April 15, 1319. 
(Usually between the Hours of Seven and Nine A.M. and the Thermometer 
(a second time) between Twelve and Two P.M.) * ; 
Date. Therm. Barom. Wind. 
March 
15 32 29:20 NE—SW,—Clouds and cirrostratus ; very fineday; star- 
48 light. 
16 44 29:95 SW—W,—Hazy morn; very fine day; dark and windy. 
47 
17 47 30:02 NW.—Clear and cumuli and windy ; fine day, but wind 
47 cold; star-light. 
18 31 30:19 NW.—White frost, and very fine; fine windy day; star- 
45 light. 
19 40 29-60 SE—NW.— Morn hazy and windy; showers, sun and 
48 wind ; cloudy and windy. Moon last quarter. 
*20 41 29-31 NW.—Showery and windy morn; and the same all day ; 
47 Star-light and windy, , , 
21 39 29:70 NW.—Sun and wind ; fine day, but cold wind; dark and 
47 windy, 
March 
