78 Professor Playfair. — Patents. 



DEATH OF PROFESSOR PLAYFAIR. 



Prof. Playfair, who has been for some time past in a de- 

 cHning state of health, died at his house in Forth-street, Edin- 

 burgh, on the 20th of July. His death is universally regretted. 

 No man ever perhaps deserved or enjoyed a larger share of the 

 pubHc esteem. By the world at large he was respected for his 

 great and various acquirements, both in literature and science, 

 while to the circle of his private friends he was in a peculiar man- 

 ner endeared by his mild and unassuming character. 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



To Stephen Bedford, of Birchall-streetin Birmingham, for his 

 improvement in the preparation of iron and other metals for va- 

 rious purposes; and also an improvement in the convertingBritish 

 iron into steel. — 22d June, 1819. 



To David Gordon of Edinburgh, and Edward Heard of Brigh- 

 ton, for their invention of a portable gas lamp. — 19th June. 



To Alexander Hadden of Aberdeen, manufacturer, for an im- 

 proved manufacture for carpeting. — 22d June. 



To Edward Jordan of Norwich, for his improved water wheel 

 for draining marsh lands, whereby water may be raised from a 

 greater depth by a wheel of less diameter, and a large quantity 

 of marsh land drained in a shorter time than by any water wheel 

 now in use, and thereby great labour and expense saved. — 22d 

 June. 



To Edmund William Williams, of St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, 

 for certain improvements in the mode or art of distilling, com- 

 municated to him by a person residing abroad. — 26th June. 



To William Brunton, of Birmingham, for certain improve- 

 ments in steam-engines and furnaces of steam-engines, by which 

 a saving in the consumption of fuel is effected, and the combus- 

 tion of smoke is more completely attained. — 29th June. 



To Nicholas Conne, of St. Mary-le-Strand, Middlesex, glass 

 engraver, for an improvement applicable to lamps for domestic 

 purposes, communicated to him by a person residing abroad. — 

 30th June. 



To John Scheffer, of Church-street, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, 

 for his machine or instrument for writing, which he denominates 

 the Pennographic or Writing Instrument. — 8th July. 



To William Good, of Bridport Harbour, Dorsetshire, for his 

 improvement in the art of taiming hides and skins, and barking 

 or colouring nets, sails, and other articles, by the application of 

 certain materials hitherto unused for that purpose. — 10th July. 



To Joseph Clisela Daniell, of Frome, Somerset, for certain im- 

 provements in dressing woollen cloths ; also in preparing and 

 using wire cards as applicable to that purpose. — 17th July. 



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