■Patents. 471 



To Samuel Parker the younger, of Argyl-street, in the parish 

 of St. James, Westminster, Mickllesex, bronzist, for certain 

 improvements in tlie construction of lamps. — 10th Dec. — 2 ni. 



To William Bundy, of Fulham, Middlesex, mathematical 

 instrument maker, for his macliine for breaking, cleaning and 

 preparing flax, hemp, and other vegetable substimces contain- 

 ing fibre. — 16th December. — 6 months. 



To Tliomas Barnard Williamson Dudley, of King-street, 

 in the parish of St. Aim, W^estminster, Middlesex, mechanist, 

 for his method of making or manuiacturing malleable cast- 

 metal shoes for draft and riding horses, and other animals, 

 upon a new and improved plan or principle. — 16th Dec. — 6 m. 



To John Nicholson, of Brook-street, Lambeth, Surry, civil 

 engineer, for certain apparatus for the more conveniently ap- 

 plying heat to certain instruments of domestic use. — 16th De- 

 cember. — 6 months. 



To John Dumbell, of Howley House, Warrington, Lanca- 

 shire, merchant, lor certain improvements relative to carriages, 

 which may be applied thereto, or in improving of the organi- 

 zation, driving, actuating, accelerating, or moving of vehicles 

 and carriages in general. — 16th December. — 6 months. 



To John Bainbridge, of Bread -street, Cheapside, London, 

 merchant, who, inconsequence of a conununicationmade to him 

 by Amos Thayer, junior, of the city of Albany, in the United 

 States of America, mechanist, is in possession of certain im- 

 provements on rotatory steam-engines. — 16th Dec. — 6 mon. 



To Matthias Wilks, of Dartford, Kent, seed-crusher, for 

 his method of refining oil produced from seed. — 20th Decem- 

 ber. — 6 months. 



To Thomas Linley, of Sheffield, Yorksliire, bellows-maker, 

 for his method of increasing the force or power of bellows. — 

 20th December. — 2 montlis. 



To Sir James Jeltj of Oaklands, near Newnham, Glouces- 

 tershire, knight, for liis combination of nuichiner}^ for working 

 and ornamenting marble anil other stone for jambs, mantles, 

 chimney-i)ieces, and other pm-poses. — 20th December. — 6 mo. 



To John Isaac Hawkins, of Pentonville, civil engineer, and 

 Sampson Mordan, of Union-street, City-road, j)ortable jien- 

 makcr, for their improvements on pencil holders or port 

 crayons, and on jiens for tlie purpose of iiicilitating writing and 

 drawing, by rendering the frec|uent cutting or mending of the 

 points or nil)s unnecessary. — 20lli Deceml)er. — 6 months. 



To Wiiham Pass, of Curtain-road, in tin; parish of St. Leo- 

 nard, Shoreditcli, Middlesex, dyer, lor his improvement in 

 calcining and smelting of various descriptions of ore. — 20tli 

 December. — 6 months. 



