466 Patents — Eclipse of the Sun. 



tion for which the said James Ransome now hath a patent bear- 

 ing date the first day of June 1816, entitled an Invention for cer- 

 tain Improvements on Ploughs. — Dated 28 November 1820 — 2 

 months allowed to enrol specification. 



To William Kendrick, of Birmingham in the comity of War- 

 wick, chemist, for his combination of apparatus for extracting a 

 tanning matter from bark and other substances containing such 

 tanning matter. — 5th Dec. — 4 months. 



To Thomas Dobbs, of Smallbrook-street in the county of 

 Warwick, plater, for his mode of uniting together or plating tin 

 upon lead. — 9 Dec. — 2 months. 



To John Moore the younger, of Castle-street in the city of 

 Bristol, gentleman, for a certain macliine, or machinery, or appa- 

 ratus, which may be worked by steam, by water, or by gas, as a 

 moving power. — 9 Dec. 



To George Vaughan, of Sheffield, in the county of York, gen- 

 tleman, for his blowing machine on a new construction for the fu- 

 sing and heating of metals, smelting of ores, and supplying blast 

 for various other purposes. — 14th Dec. — 6 m.onths. 



To William Mallet, of Marlborough-street, Dublhi, locksmith, 

 for certain improvements on locks applicable to doors and to other 

 purposes. — 14 Dec. 



To Andrew Timbrell, of Old South Sea-house, London, mer- 

 chant, for improvement of the rudder and steerage of a ship or 

 vessel. — 22 Dec. — 6 montlis. 



To Sir William Congreve, of Cecil-street, Strand, in the 

 county of Middlesex, Baronet, for certain improvements in 

 printing in one, two or more colours. — 22 Dec. — 6 months. 



To William Pritchard, of Leeds in the county of York, engi- 

 neer, for certain improvements in an apparatus calculated to save 

 fuel, and for the more oeconomical consumption of smoke in shut- 

 ting fire doors and air flues in steam engine boilers, drying pans,' 

 and brewing pans, and other fire doors and air flues. — 22 Dec. — 

 2 months. 



To Marc Isambard Brunei, of Chelsea, in the county of 

 Middlesex, civil engineer, for his pocket copying press, and 

 also certain improvements on copying presses. — 22 Dec. — 6 

 mouths. 



ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. 



The late eclipse, contrary to the calculations of astronomers, 

 was annular at Florence for the space of I' 44". The end of 

 the eclipse took place in that city at 4'' 26' 6" ; that is, 34" 

 after the time predicted by the astronomer Carlini, ajid 28" after 

 that calculated by Professor Linari. 



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