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slble to the naked eye ; but the astronomers have been enabled 

 by the favourable state of the weather to continue the obser- 

 vations, and to furnish also the means of perfecting the pre- 

 ceding elements. 



EARTHQUAKE. 



On the morning of the 10th of July, at a quarter before se- 

 ven, there was a violent shock of an earthquake at Lisbon, 

 which lasted six or seven seconds. The oscillation was rather 

 perpendicular than horizontal. It consisted of two smart shocks 

 within a short interval. The shocks seem to have been more 

 severe on the other side of the Tagus, and the buildmgs near 

 the sea were most aftected ; but we have not learnt any parti- 

 culars of its effects. 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



To Marc Isambard Brunei, of Chelsea, Middlesex, engi- 

 neer, for certain improvements on steam-engines. — Dated the 

 26th June 1822. — 6 months allowed to enrol specifications. 



To Thomas Gauntlett, of Bath, Somersetshire, surgeons* 

 instrument-maker, for certain improvements on vapour-baths, 

 by which the heat is better regulated and the baths rendered 

 more portable. — 26th June. — 2 months. 



To William Brunton, of Birmingham, Warwickshire, en- 

 gineer, for ceitain improvements upon fire-grates, and the 

 means of introducing coal thereon. — 26tli June. — 6 months. 



To Louis Barnard Rabaut, of Skinner-street, Snow-hill, 

 London, gentleman, for an improved apparatus for the pre- 

 paration oi" coffee or tea. — 26th June. — 6 months. 



To Thomas Postans, of Charles-street, in the parish of 

 St James, gentleman, and William Jeakes, of Great Russell- 

 street, Bloomsbury, ironmonger, for an improvement on cook- 

 ing apparatus. — 2Gth June. — 2 months. 



To George Smart, of Pedlar's Acre, Lambeth, Surrey, 

 civil engineer, for his imj)rovement in the manufacture of chains 

 which he denominates ' mathematical chains.' — ith July. — 

 C months. 



To Joseph Smith, of Sheflfield, Yorkshire, book-keeper, for 

 an improvement of or in the steam-engine boiler. — 4'th July. 

 — 6 months. 



To John Bold, of West-street, Bermondsey, printer, for 

 certain improvements in printing. — 4'th July. — 6 months. 



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