472 List of Neva Patents. 



To James Viney, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight, colonel in the Royal Artil- 

 lery, for his method of supplying water or fluids for domestic or other pur- 

 poses in a manner more extensively and economically than has hitherto 

 been usually practised. — 22d May. — 6 months. 



To Benjamin Black, of South Mol ton-street, in the parish of St. George 

 Hanover-square, Middlesex, lamp-manufacturer, for his improvement on 

 carriage-lamps.— 25th May. — 6 months. 



To Joseph Wells, of Manchester, Lancashire, silk and cotton manufac- 

 turer, for his machine for dressing and stiffening and drying of cotton and 

 linen warps, or any other warps that may require it, at the same time 

 the loom is working, either with the motion of the loom or other ma- 

 chinery. — 25th May. — 6 months. 



To James Holland, of Fence House, in the parish of Aston, Yorkshire, 

 shoemaker, for certain improvements in the manufacture of boots and 

 shoes. — 31st May.— 2 months. 



To John Heathcoat, of Tiverton, Devonshire, lace-manufacturer, for 

 certain improvements in the methods of preparing and manufacturing silk 

 for weaving and other purposes. — 15th June. — 6 months. 



To William Ainsworth Jurup, of Middlewich, Cheshire, salt proprietor, 

 and William Court, of Manor Hall, Cheshire, esquire, for their improved 

 method of manufacturing salt. — 15th June. — 2 months. 



To Richard Hooton, of the Aqueduct Iron-Works, Birmingham, War- 

 wickshire, iron manufacturer, for certain improvements in manufacturing 

 wrought iron. — 15th June. — 6 months. 



To William Harwood Horrocks, of Stockport, Cheshire, cotton manu- 

 facturer, for his new apparatus in giving tension to the warp in looms. — 

 15th June.— 6 months. 



To Robert Garbutt, of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, for 

 his apparatus for the more convenient filing of papers and other articles, 

 and protecting the same from dust or damage, including improvements on 

 or additions to the files in common use. — 15th June. — 6 months. 



To William Harrington, of Crosshaven, in the county of Cork, esquire, 

 for his improved raft for transporting timber. — 15th June. — G months. 



To Charles Chubb, ofPortsea, Hampshire, ironmonger, for his improve- 

 ments in the construction of locks. — 15th June. —2 months. 



To Benjamin Ager Day, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, fire-screen 

 maker, for certain improvements in the manufacturing of drawer, door, and 

 lock knobs, and knobs of every description — 15th June. — 2 months. 



To John MacCurdy, of New York, United States of America, but now 

 of Snow-Hill, London, esquire, who, in consequence of a communication 

 made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, is in possession of 

 an improved method of generating steam. — 15th June. — 6 months. 



To Philip Taylor, of the City Road, Middlesex, engineer, for certain 

 improvements in apparatus for producing gas from various substances. — 

 15th June. — 6 months. 



To John Gibson, woollen draper and hatter in Glasgow, for his manu- 

 facturing or making of an elastic fabric from whalebone, and the manu- 

 facturing or making of elastic fabrics from whalebone, hemp and other 

 materials combined, suitable for making into elastic frames or bodies for 

 hats, caps, and bonnets, and for other purposes, and also the manufacturing 

 or making of such elastic frames or bodies from the same materials by 

 the mode of plaiting. — 15th June. — 4 months. 



To William Bailey the younger, of Lane End, Staffordshire Potteries, 

 manufacturer and orm.menter of lustre ware, for his improved gas con- 

 sumer for the more effectually consuming, the smoke arising from gas bur- 

 ners or lamps.— 15th June.— 2 months. 



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