BM List of Nm) Paifnts. 



that at New MaJton 40 inches. By looking at the map of 

 the United Kingdom, it will be seen that the South-west winds 

 in their passage to Kendal must go directly up St. George's 

 Channel into the Irish Sea ; and in this direction, after arriving 

 at the Land's End, they collect additional vapours, which' 

 readil}' yield to condensation between the English and Irish 

 shores, and thus produce the additional depth of rain at Ken- 

 dal, in comparison of that at New Maltan and places situated 

 more towards the southern shores of Britain. Moreover, as 

 Kendal is situated at the southern extremitj' of the mountain- 

 ous district of Westmoreland and Cumberland, the passing 

 vapours are attracted by the mountains, and the attraction is 

 an additional means of augmenting the annual depth of rain 

 there. The prevailing South-west winds, in their passage to 

 New Malton, first strike upon Harleigli, in North Wales, 

 thence they proceed over Chester, Manchester, &c., a distance 

 of between three and four degrees over the land, in which 

 distance the bulk of rain is considerably diminished. By these 

 means I accoimt for the great difference in the yearly depth 

 of rain at Kendal and New Malton ; and am of opinion that 

 the same causes hold good in respect to the difference in other 

 places in the country. 



LIST OF Ni:VV PATENTS. 



To John Heathcoat, of Tiverton, lace-manufacturer, for an ini|)rove(l me- 

 thod of producing figures or ornainents on goods manufactured from silk, 

 <cotton, &c. — Dated 25th February I8r25. — 6 monthii to enrol specification. 



To David Edwards, of King-street, Bloomsbury, writing-desk manufac- 

 turer, for an ink-stand in which by pressure the ink is caused to flow to 

 use. — 26th Februai'y.— 2 months. 



To Joseph Manton, of Hanover-square, gun-maker, for improvements in 

 fire-arms.— 26th February. — 6 months. 



To William Hopkins Hill, of Woolwich, lieutenant of artillery, for im- 

 provements in machinery for propelling vessels. — 26th February. — 6 months. 



To George Augustus Kollmaun, of the Friary, Saint James's Place, Mid- 

 dlesex, professor of music, for improvements in the mechanism and con- 

 struction of piano-fortes. — 26th February. — 2 months. 



To James Bateman, of Upper-street, Islington, for a portable life-boat. 

 26th February. — 2 months. 



To Cornelius Whitehouse, of Wedneshury, whitesmith, for improve- 

 ments in manufacturing tubes for gas, &c. — 20l;h February. — 6 months. 



To Thomas Attwood, of Birmingham, for an improved method of 

 making nibs or slots in copper or other metal cylinders iised for printing 

 ■cottons, &c. — 26th February. — 6 months. 



To David Gordon, of Basinghall-street, and William Bowser, of Parsons- 

 street, Wellclose-square, iron-manufacturer, for improvements in plating 

 or coating iron with copper, &c. — 26th February. — 6 mo. 



To Chevalier Joseph ds Mettemberg, of Foley-place, Mary-le-bone, 

 physician, for a vegetable mercurial and spirituous preparation called Qv.utt- 

 essence Aulevsoriqup, or Mellemberg's Water, and ulso a particidar method 

 of employiiTg the same by absorption as a si>ccific and cosmetic— 2Gth of 

 February. — 6 months. 



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