List of New Patents. 471 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 

 To Joseph Bourne, of Denby, Derbyshire, stone-bottle manufacturer, 

 for certain improvements in the burning of stone- and brown-ware in kilns 

 or ovens, by carrying up the heat and flame from the furnace or fire below 

 to the middle and upper parts of the kiln or oven, either by means of flues 

 or chimneys in the sides thereof, or by moveable pipes or conductors to be 

 placed wthin such kilns or ovens ; and also by increasing the heat in kilns 

 or ovens by the construction of additional furnaces or fires at the sides 

 thereof, and to communicate with the centre or upper parts of such kilns 

 or ovens; also by conveying the flame and heat of one kiln more into an- 

 other or others by means of chimneys or flues, and thus permitting the 

 draft and smoke of several kilns or ovens to escape through the chimneys of 

 a central kiln or oven of great elevation, whereby the degree of heat is in- 

 creased in the several kilns or ovens, and the quantity of smoke diminished. 

 — Dated »2d of November 1823. — 2 months allowed to enrol specification. 

 To John Slater, of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, clothier, for certain im- 

 provements in the machinery or apparatus to facilitate or improve the 

 operation of cutting or grinding wool or cotton from otF the surfaces of 

 woollen cloths, kerseymeres, cotton cloths, or mixtures of the said sub- 

 stances, and for taking or removing hair or fur from skins. — 22dNov. — 2 mo. 

 To Thomas Todd, of Swansea, South Wales, organ-builder, for his im- 

 provement in producing tone upon musical instruments of various descrip- 

 tions. — 22d November. — G months. 



To Samuel Brown, of Windmill-street, Lambeth, Surry, gentleman, for 

 his engine or instrument for effecting a vacuum, and thus producing powers 

 by which water may be raised and machinery put in motion. — 4th Decem- 

 ber. — 6 months. 



To Archibald I5uchanan, of Catrine Cotton Works, one of ths partners 

 of the house of JamesFinlay and Co., merchants in Glasgow, for a certain im- 

 provement in machinery heretofore employed in spinning-mills in the carding 

 of cotton and other wool, whereby the top cards are regularly stripped and 

 kept clean by the operation of the machinery without the agency of hard 

 labour. — 4th December. — 4 months. 



To Josiah Parkes, of Manchester, Lancashire, civil engineer, for a certain 

 method of manufacturing salt. — 4th December. — 6 months. 

 i To George Minshaw Glascntt, of Great Gai-den-street, Whitechapel, 

 Middlesex, brass-founder, and Tobias Michell, of Upper Thames-street, 

 London, gentleman, for their improvements in the construction or form of 

 nails to be used in or for the securing of copper and other sheathing on 

 ships, and for other purj)oses. — !)lh December. — 6 months. 



To Tiiomas IJorne the younger, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, brass- 

 founder, for certain improvements in themanufacture of rack puUeysin brass 

 or other metals. — 9th December. — C months. 



To William Furnival, ofDroitwich, salt-manufacturer, and Alexander 

 Smith, of Glasgow, master mariner, for their improved boiler for steam- 

 engines and other purposes. — !)th December. — 6 months. 



To Sir Henry FIcathcote, of No. 23, Surry-street, Strand, Middlesex, 

 knight, and captain in the Royal Navy, for his improvement of the stay -sails 

 generally in use for the purpose of intercepting wind between tiie s(]uare 

 sails of ships and other square-rigged vessels. - 13th December. — G months. 

 To Jarvis Boot, of Nottinghau), in the county of Nottingham, lace ma- 

 nufacturer, for his improved apparatus to be used in the process of singeing 

 lace and for other pur|)oscs. — 13th December.— (! months. 



To Pierre Jean Ba[)tist Victor Gosset, of Queen-street, Hayniarket, Mid- 

 dlesex, merchant, who, in consequence of a communication made to him 

 by a certain foreigner residing abroad, is in possession of an invention of a 

 combination of machinery for producing various shapes, patterns, and size* 

 from metals or other materials capable of receiving an oval, round, or other 

 form. — 18th December. —2 months. 



