List of New Patents. 239 



To John Masterman, of No. 68, Old Broad-street, for an improved 

 method of corking bottles. — 5th March. — 6 nonths. 



To Abraham Howry Chambers, and Ennis Chambers, of Stratford-place, 

 Mar}-le-bone, and Charles Jearrard, of Adam-street, Manchester-square, 

 for a new filtering apparatus. — 5th March. — (5 months. 



To William Halley, of Holland-street, Blackfriars Road, Surrey, iron- 

 founder and blowing-machine maker, for ijnprovenients in forges, and on 



bellows or apparatus to be used therewith or separate.— 5th March. 



4 months. 



To Robert Winch, of Steward's Buildings, Battersea Fields, Surrey, en- 

 gineer, for improvements in rotary pumps for raising water,&c.— 5th March. 

 — 6 months. 



To William Henry James, of Cobourg-place, Winson Green, near Bir- 

 mingham, engineer, for improvements on rail-ways, and carriages to be em- 

 ployed thereon. — 5th March. — 6 months. 



To William Hirst and John Wooil, both of Leeds, for improvements in 

 cleaning, milling, or fulling cloth. — 5th March. — 6 months. 



To John Linnell Bond, of Newman-street, Mary-le-bone, architect, and 

 James Turner, of Well-street, Mary-Ie-bone, builder, for improvements in 

 the construction of windows, casenients,folding sashes (usually called French 

 sashes), and doors, by means of which the same are hung and hinged in a 

 manner adapted more effectually to exclude rain and wind and to aiford a 

 free circulation of air. — 9th March. — 2 months. 



To Thomas Hancock, of Goswel Mews, St. Luke's, Middlesex, patent 

 cork-manufacturer, for a new manufacture which may be used as a substi- 

 tute for leather and otherwise. — 15th March.— 6 months. 



To Thomas Hancock, of Goswel Mews, for improvements in making 

 ships' bottoms, vessels and utensils of different descriptions and various 

 manufactures, and porous or fibrous substances, impervious to air and water, 

 and for coating and protecting the furnaces of different metallic and other 

 bodies. — 15th March. — 6 months. 

 ' To Thomas Hancock, of Goswel Mews, for improvements in the process 

 of making or manufacturing ropes or cordage and other articles from 

 hemp, flax, &c.— 15th March. — 6 months. 



To John Colling, of Lambeth, engineer, for improvements on springs and 

 other apparatus used for closing doors. — loth March.— 6 months. 



To Robert Bretell Bate, of the Poultry, optician, for his improvement 

 on the frames of eye-glasses.— 15th March. — 6 months. 



To Henry Nunn, and George Freeman, both of Blackfriars Road, Surrey, 

 lace-manufacturers, for improvements in machinery for making that sort oi 

 lace commonly known by the name of bobbin-net.— 15th March.— 6mon. 



To Samuel Brown, of Saville-row, Middlesex, commander in the royal 

 navy, for his apparatus for giving motion to vessels employed in inland na- 

 vigation. — 15th March. — 4 months. 



To Joseph Barlow, of the New Road, St. George's, Middlesex, sugar- 

 refiner, for his process for bleaching and clarifying and improving the qua- 

 lity and colour of sugars known by the name of bastard and piece sugars. — 

 L5th March. — 6 months. 



To William Grisinthwaite, of King's Place, Nottingham, for his improve- 

 ment in air-engines. — 15th March.— 6 months. 



To Richard Whitechurch and John Whitechurch, of Star-yard, Car^- 

 street, Middlesex, for an improvement on hinges for doors, &c. wiiich will 

 enable thedoor8,&C. to be opened on the rieht and left(changing the hinges), 

 and with or without a rising hinge. — 17th March, — 2 months. 



To Mark Cosnahan, of the Isle of Man, for a new a|)paratus for ascer- 

 taining the way and leeway of ships, also applicable to other useful pur- 

 poses. — 17th March. — G months. 



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