474 New Patents. 



loom, &c. manufacturer, for improvements in weaving-machinery. — 

 S-tth of April. — 6 months. 



To M. W, Lawrence, of Leman-street, Goodman's Fields, for im- 

 provement in refining sugar. — 28th of April.— 6 months. 



To J. A. BerroUas, of Great Waterloo-street, Lambeth, for a de- 

 tached alarum watch. — 28th of April. — 2 months. 



To R. Daws, of Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, for improve- 

 ments on chairs or machines calculated to increase ease and com- 

 fort. — 28th of April. — 6 months. 



To T. Bradenback, of Birmingham, for improvements in bed- 

 steads. — 28th of April. — 6 months. 



To B, Somers, of Langford, Somerset, M.D. for his improve- 

 ments in furnaces for smelting. — 28th of April.— 6 months. 



To W. Lockyer, of Bath, for his improvement in the manufac- 

 ture of brushes, and materials applicable thereto.— 28th of April. 



6 months. 



To H. Knight, of Birmingham, for a machine for ascertaining the 

 attendance to duty of any watchman, workmar, or other person ; also 

 applicable to other purposes. — 28th of April.— 6 months. 



To John M'Curdy, Esq. of Cecil-street, Strand, for improve- 

 ments, communicated from abroad, in the rectification of spirits — 

 28th of April.— 6 months. 



To J. Browne, and W. D. Champion, of Bridgewater, Somerset, 

 for a composition or substance which may be moulded into bricks, 

 or blocks for building, and also made applicable for ornamental 

 architecture. — 5th of May. — 2 months. 



To D. Bentley, of Eccles, Lancashire, for an improved carriage- 

 wheel. — 8th of May. — 6 months. 



To T. P. Coggin, of Wadworth, near Doncaster, for a new or 

 improved machine for the dibbling of grain. — 19th of May. — 2 mon. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR APRIL 1827. 

 Gosport. — Numerical Results for the Month. 



Barom. Max. 30-28 April 8. Wind NE.— Min. 29-44 April 21. Wind NE- 

 Range of the mercury 0-84. 



Mean barometrical pressure for the month 29-9()0 



Spaces described by the rising and falling of the mercury . . . 4-040 

 Greatest variation in 24 hours 0-330.— Number of changes 14- 

 Therm. Max. 70° April 30. Wind S.— Min. 35° April 25. Wind N. 

 Range 35°.— Mean temp.of exter. air 5P-07. For 30 days with in^SO-SS 

 Max. var. in 24 hours 22°-00— Mean temp, of spring water at 8 A.M. 49°-78 



De Luc's Whalebone Hygrometer. 

 Greatest humidity of the air in the evening of the 9th . . . . 88° 

 Greatest dryness of the air in the afternoons of the 14th and 15th . 42 



Range of the index 4g 



Mean at 2 P.M. 55°-5— Mean at 8 A.M. '63°-6— Mean at 8 P.m! 68-8 



of three observations each day at 8, 2, and 8 o'clock . . 62-6 



Evaporation for the month 2-35 inch. 



Rain near ground l-910inch.— Rain 23 feet high 1-785 inch. 



Prevailing Winds N.E. and S,E. 



Summary 



