. - nnK iw»«^^ tatejits. ^''- '^ 167 



Caustic soda at fiist merely softens bees' wax, but afterwards converts 

 it into soap, though riot so readily as the vegetable wax.. 



By analysis, bees' wax yielded ,|i3{ijaB 



Carbon 31-2910 , I ./■ 



vai>cj«lur: Hydrogen'. ....... 14'0726 



L Oxygen..,.. 4*6364 



998 l3»ifll ICOOOOO 



Ann. de Cli. et de Pliys. xlix. p. 240. 



LIST OF NEW PATENTS. 



To J. J. Jaquier, Castle-street, Leicester-square, merchant, for 

 improvements in the machinery for making paper. Communicated 

 by a foreigner.— Dated the 31st of August 1831.— 6 months allowed 

 to enrol specification. 



To H. G. Dyar, Panton-square, gentleman, for an improvement 

 in tunneling, or method of executing subterraneous excavations. 

 — 5th of September. — 6 months. 



To G. Forrester, Vauxhail Foundry, Liverpool, civil engineer, 

 for certain improvements in wheels for carriages and machinery, 

 which improvements are applicable to other purposes. — 5th of Sep- 

 tember. — 6 months. 



To W. Bickford, Tuckingwill, Cornwall, leather-seller, for his 

 invention of an instrument for igniting gunpowder, when used in 

 the operation of blasting rocks and in mining. — 6th of September. 

 .—6 months. 



To J. Neville, Great Dover-road, Surrey, engineer, for his im- 

 proved apparatus for clarifying water and other fluids. — 9th of 

 September. — 6 months. 



To G. H. Palmer, Manchester-street, Gray's-Inn-road, civil en- 

 gineer, for certain improvements in the steam-engines, boiler, and 

 apparatus, or machinery connected therewith, applicable to pro- 

 pelling vessels, carriages, and other purposes. — 16th of September. 

 — 6 months. 



LUNAR OCCULTATIONS FOR AUGUST. 



OccuUations of Planets and fixed Stars by the M»on, in August 

 1832. Computed for Greenwich, by Thomas Hendeuson, Esq. ,- 

 and circulated by the Astronomical Society. 



