188 Scientific Intelligence. 



IT. GF.MEML SCIENCE. 



45. Copley Medals adjudged to Mr Barlow and M. Arago.—The Royal 

 Society of London has adjudged the Copley medals to Mr Peter Barlow 

 of Woolwich, and to M. Arago of the Academy of Sciences, for their dis- 

 coveries respecting the effects of rotation on the magnetic forces, of which 

 we hare given a full account in this number, p. 13. 



46. Figures in Amber.— Artists whose profession leads them to work in 

 amber, are able to produce in its interior certain figures which add great- 

 ly to the value of the specimens which contain them. The process by 

 which these figures are created, consists in boiling the amber in oil. In 

 this way flaws are produced, which represent very curious objects. Mag. 

 der. Pharm. Mai 1824. 



47. Establishment of two Royal Scientific Prizes. — At the Anniversary 

 Dinner of the Royal Society of London, on the 30th November last, Mr 

 Peel announced his Majesty's intention of granting the sum of one hundred 

 guineas annually, to establish two scientific prizes, to be awarded every 

 year for the most important discoveries and inventions. 



Art. XXXIII — LIST OF PATENTS GRANTED IN SCOTLAND 

 SINCE AUGUST 19, 1825. 



46. Sept. 5. For a New Polishing Apparatus for household purposes. 

 To Joseph Alexander Taylor, London. 



47. Sept. 16. For an Improvement in the Loom for Weaving Tape. To 

 Thomas Worthington junior, and John Mulliner, Manchester. 



48. Sept. 17. For an Improved Blowing-machine. To Charles Pow- 

 ell, Monmouthshire. 



49. Sept. 21. For Improvements in the construction of Rail-Roads and 

 Carriages. To William Henry James, Birmingham. 



50. Sept. 30. For Improvements in the making of Buttons. To Benja- 

 min Sanders, Worcester. 



51. Oct. 1. For Improvements in manufacturing Carpets. To Adam 

 Eve, Lincolnshire. 



52. Oct. 1. For Improvement upon a Machine for working Fancy Net. 

 To Hugh Martin and Thomas Lee, Renfrewshire. 



53. Oct. 4. For an Engine for Cutting Nails, Sprigs, and Sparables. To 

 James Wilks and John Ecroyd, Rochdale. 



54. Oct. 10. For an Improvement in the Construction of Riding Saddles. 

 To George Thompson, Wolverhampton. 



55. Oct. 10. For an Improvement in the Construction of Wheels. To 

 George Hunter, Edinburgh. 



56. Oct. 10. For a new method of manufacturing Pipes for the conveyance 

 of Water. To Samuel Bagshaw, Newcastle- under- Lyne. 



57. Oct. 13. For a process of converting Iron into Steel. To Nathaniel 

 Kimball, London. 



58. Oct. 13. For Improvements in the manufacture of Steel. To John 

 Martineau the younger, Middlesex, and Henry William Smith, 

 London. 



