List o/Netv Patents. 159 



To John BainlH-icIge, of Bread-street, Clieapside, London, merchant, who 

 in consequence of a communication received by him from a foreigner resident 

 in the United States of North America, merchant, is in possession of cer- 

 tain improvements upon machines for cutting, cropping or shearing wool 

 or fur from skins; also for cropping or shearing woollen, silk, cotton, or 

 other cloths and velvets, or any other fabric or fabrics thereof respectively, 

 whether made or composed entirely of wool, silk, cotton, or other materials 

 of which cloth or velvet is made, or of any mixture or mixtures thereof re- 

 spectively; and also for the purpose of shaving pelts or skins. — 31st July. — 

 G months. 



To Louis John Pouchee, of King-street, Covent Garden, ^IiddIesex, type 

 founder, who, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain 

 foreigner residing abroad, is in possession of certain machinery or appa- 

 ratus to be enii)loved in the casting of metal types.— 5th Aug. — 6 months. 



To Robert Dickinson, of Park-street, Southwark, Surry, esq. for his im- 

 provement in addition to the shoeing or stopping and treatment of horses' 

 feet. — 5th Aug. — (j months. 



To James Barron, of Wells-street, in the parish of St. Mary-le-bone, Ve- 

 netian-blind manufacturer, and Jacob Wilson, of Welbeck-street, in the 

 parish of Mary-le-bone, upholsterer, both in the county of Middlesex, for 

 certain improvements in the construction and manufacturing of window 

 blinds. — 11th Aug. — 6 months. 



To William ^^'igston, of Derby, engineer, for certain improvements on 

 steam-engines. — 11th Aug.— (> months. 



To Henry Constantino Jennings, of Devonshire-street, in the parish of St. 

 Mary-le-bone, Middlesex, esq. for an instrument or machine for preventing 

 the improper escape of gas and the danger and nuisance consequent there- 

 on. — 14th Aug. — 6 months. 



To Robert Rogers, of New Hampshire, in the United States of America, 

 but now of Liverpool, Lancashire, master mariner and ship-owner, for his 

 improved lanyard for the shrouds and other rigging of ships and other 

 vessels, and an apparatus for setting up the same. — 18ih Aug.— ii months. 

 To John Malam, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, engineer, for his mode of i.p- 

 plying certain materials hitherto unused for that purpose to the construct- 

 ing of retorts and improvements in other parts of gas apparatus.— 18th 

 Aug. — 6 months. 



To Thomas Leach, of Friday-street, London, merchant, but now residing 

 at Litchfield, Staffordshire, for his improvements in certain parts of the 

 machinery for roving, spinning, and doubling wool, cotton, silk, flax, and 

 all other fibrous substances. — 18th Aug.— G months. 



To Robert Higgins, of the city of Norwich, shawl-manufacturer, for his 

 improved method of consuming or destroying smoke. — 18th Aug. — mo. 



To George Diggles, of College-street, in the parish of St. John, \yest- 

 ininster, Middlesex, for his improved bit for riding horses, and in single 

 and double harness. — l!)th Aug. — 6 months. 



To Edward Elwell, of Wednesbury Forge, Staffordshire, spade and edge 

 tool maker, for certain ini|)rovcments in the manufacture of spades and 

 shovels. — 20th Aug. — 2 months. 



To Matthias Archibald Robinson, of Red Lion-street, in the parish of 

 St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, grocer, for certain improvements m the 

 mode of preparing the vegetable matter connnonly called pearl barley, and 

 grits or groats made from the corns of barley and oats, by which material 

 when so prcjjared a superior mucilaginous beverage may be produced in a 

 few minutes. — 20th Aug. — (5 months. . . 



To John Goode, of Tottenham, Middlesex, engineer, for certam im- 

 provements in machinery, tools, or a[)paratus, for boring tlie earth for the 

 purpose of obtaining and raising water. — 20th Aug. — 2 months. 



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