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works attest his ardour, diligence, and perseverance in the 

 pursuit of science ; nor was he less distinguished by his bene- 

 ficent efforts and pecuniary liberality in the support of every 

 public institution which tended to increase the happiness or 

 promote the improvement of his fellow-creatui'es, JH is industry 

 and activity of mind were evinced even during his last illness, 

 by his being anxiously engaged in preparing and superintend- 

 ing improved editions of his chemical works. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 

 To Augustus Count de la Garde, of St. James's-square, for improved ma- 

 chinery, communicated from abroad, for breaking or preparing lienip, flax, 

 &c. — Dated 34th Nov. 1855. — 6 months to enrol specification. 



To Joseph Eve, of Augusta Georgia, in America, but now residing at 

 Liverpool, for bis improved steam-engine. — 24th Nov. — 6 months. 



To Henry King, of Norfolk-street, Commercial-road, master mariner, 

 and William Kingston, of Portsmouth Dock-yard, master millwright, for 

 improved fids for top masts, gallant masts, bowsprits, and all other masts 

 and spars to which the use of the fid is applied. — 26th Nov. — 6 months. 



To Richard Jones Tomlinson, of Bristol, for his improved frame-work 

 for bedsteads and other purposes. — 2(Jth Nov. - 6 months. 



To Marc Lariviere,ofPrince's-square, Kennington,Surry,for his apparatus 

 to be applied to the stamps, fly-presses, or other presses for perforating metal 

 plates, and for the application of such perforated plates to various useful 

 purposes. — 28th Nov. — 6 months. 



To William Pope, of Ball-alley, Lombard-street, mathematician, for his 

 improvemefits on wheeled carriages. — 3d Dec — 6 months. 



To William Pope, of Ball-alley, Lombard-street, for improvements in 

 making, mixing, improving, or altering soap. — 3d Dec. — 6 months. 



To Henry Berry, of Abchurch-lane, for his improved method of securing 

 volatile or other fluids, and concrete or other substances,in various bottles 

 and vessels. — 3d Dec. — 6 months. 



To Ezekiel Edmonds, of Bradford, Wiltshire, clothier, for improvements 

 on machines for scribbling and carding sheep's wool, cotton, or any fibrous 

 articles requiring such process. — 3d Dec. — 6 months. 



To John Beever, of Manchester, for an improved gun-barrel. — 3d DeCi 

 — 6 months. 



To Edmund Lascombe, of East Stonehouse, Devonshire, for a method, 

 communicated from abroad, of preparing an oil or oils extracted from cer- 

 tain vegetable substances, and the application thereof to gas light and 

 other purposes. — 6th Dec. — 6 months. 



To John Phillips Beavan, of Clifford-street, Middlesex, for a foreign in- 

 vention of a cement for building, &c. — 7th Dec. — 6 months. 



To Francis Halliday, of Ham, Surry, esquire, for improvements in ma- 

 chinery to be operated upon by steam. — 9th Dec. — 6 months. 



To Joseph Chesseborough Dyer, of Manchester, patent card manufacturer, 

 for improvements in machinery for making wire cards for carding wool, 

 cotton, tow, &c., and also certain improvements on a machine for shaving 

 and preparing leather used in making such cards. — 9th Dec. — 6 months. 



To Robert Addams, of Hammersmith, for a method of jiropelling carriages 

 on turnpike, rail, or other roads. — 14th Dec— 6 months. 



To Matthew Ferris, of Longford, Middle>'ex, calico-printer, for his im- 

 provements on machinery for printing cotton, &c. — 14th Dec. — 6 months. 

 To James Ashwel! Tabor, of Jewin-street, Cripplegate, for his means for 

 indicating the depth of water in ships and vessels.— 14th Dec— 2 months. 



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