New Patents. — Aurora Borealis. 463 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To G. Stockerand A. Stocker,bothof the parish of Yeovil, Somerset, 

 gunsmiths, for a cock for drawing liquor from casks, which produces 

 a stop superior to that which is efl'ected by common cocks, and will 

 continue in use for a longer period of time. — Dated the 26th of Ja- 

 nuary 1830. — 2 months allowed to enrol specification. 



To' J. Arnold, of Sheffield, Yorkshire, powder-fiask maker, for an 

 improved spring latch or fastening for doors. — 26th of January. — 

 2 months. 



To G. F.Johnson, of Canterbury, Kent,Tunbridge-ware manufac- 

 turer, for a machine or apparatus, which is intended as a substitute for 

 drags for carriage wheels, and other purposes. — 26th of January. — 

 6 months. 



To T. Bulkeley, of Richmond, Surrey, doctor of physic, for a method 

 of making or manufacturing candles. — 26th of January. — 6 months. 



To J. Cobbing, of Bury St. Edmund's, cordwainer, for certain im- 

 provements on skaits. — 26th of January. — 6 months. 



To S. Weight, of Shelton, Staffordshire potteries, for a manufac- 

 ture of ornamental tiles, bricks, and quarries, for floors, pavements, 

 and other purposes. — 26th of January. — 6 months. 



To R. Busk, of Leeds, Yorkshire, gentleman, for certain improve- 

 ments in apparatus used for distilling and rectifying. Communicated 

 by a foreigner. — 26th of January. — 6 months. 



To J. Revere, of New York, in the United States of America, now 

 residing in the parish of St. James, Westminster, M.D., for a new 

 alloy or compound metal applicable to the sheathing of ships, and 

 various other useful purposes. — 28th of January. — 6 months. 



To J. Lambert, of Liverpool-street, London, esquire, for an im- 

 provement in the process of making iron applicable at the smelting 

 of the ore, and at various subsequent stages of the process up to the 

 completion of the rods or bars, and a new process for the improving 

 of the quality of inferior iron. — 4th of February. — 2 months. 



To G. Pocock, of Bristol, gentleman, for improvements in making 

 or constructing globes for astronomical, geographical, and other pur- 

 poses. — 4th of February. — 2 months. 



To J. Gray, of Beaumorris, Anglesea, gentleman, for a new and 

 improved method of preparing and putting on copper sheathing for 

 shipping. — 4th of February. — 2 months. 



To C.T. Miller, of Piccadilly, Middlesex, wax-chandler, for certain 

 improvements in making or manufacturing of candles. — 4th of Fe- 

 bruary. — 6 months. 



To J.C'.Daniell, of Limphey Stoke, in the parish of Bradford, Wilts, 

 clothier, for certain improvements in the machinery applicable to the 

 manufacturing of woollen cloths. — 6th of February. — 6 months. 



AURORA BOREALIS. 



In the evening of the 19th, soon after sunset, as bright a light 

 appeared in the horizon about the magnetic north as the crepuscule 



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