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with the tranquiUity with which he saw the hour of deatli ap- 

 proach. He died at 7 o'clock in the evening. 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



To Thomas Leach, of Blue Boar-court, Friday-street, 

 Cheapside^ London, merchant, in consequence of communica- 

 tions made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for 

 his improvement in steam-engines, by the ajiplication of steam 

 immediately to a wheel, intead of tlie usual ])rocess. — Dated 

 25th October 1S22. — 4 months allowed to enrol specification. 



To William Piper, of Cookley Iron- Works, in the parish 

 of Wolverley, ^^'orce.stershire, civil engineer, for several new 

 anchors for the use of shipping and other vessels. — 1st Novem- 

 ber. — 2 months. 



To Alfred Flint, of Uley, Gloucestershire, engineer, for 

 a machine for scouring, pissing, and washing, of woollen cloths. 

 — 1st November. — 2 months. 



To John Oxfoi-d, of Little Britain, London, gentleman, for 

 his improved method of preventing premature decay in tim- 

 ber, metallic substances and canvass, by the application whereof, 

 to such several bodies respectively, the same are respectively 

 rendered impervious to the dry-rot, damp-rot, worms, insects, 

 or rust, to which the same are respectively liable; and the same 

 are thereby rendered more durable and less liable to decay. — 

 1st November. — 2 months. 



To John Dowell Moxon, of Liverpool, Lancashire, ship- 

 owner and merchant, for his improvements in the construction 

 of bridges and works of a similar nature. — 9th Nov. — 6 mo. 



To Francis Deakin, of Birmingham, in the county of War- 

 wick, sword-manutacturer and wire-drawer, for an improve- 

 ment in the manufacture of holster-cases, cartouch-boxes, and 

 certain other description of cases. — 9th November. — 2 months. 



To John Jekyll, of Koundhill-House, in the parish of Win- 

 canton, Somersetshire, captain in Llis Majesty's Navy, for 

 certain improvements in steam or vaj^our baths, to render the 

 same more portable and convenient than those in present use. 

 — 9th November. — 2 montlis. 



To Richard Roberts, of Mancliester, Lancashire, civil en- 

 gineer, for certain machinery or implements apj)licable to the 

 process of weaving plain or figured cloths or fabrics, which 

 may be used on and in conjunction with looms now in com- 

 mon use; and also certain improvements in the construction of 

 looms for weaving ))Iain and figured clotlis or fa!)rics, and in 

 tlie method of working looms either by hand, by steam, or 

 other power. — 1 1th .N(*vember. — 2 niontiis. 



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