List of Scottish Patents. 189 



July 27. For Improvements on Fire Arms. To Charles Random, 

 Baron de Berenger, Middlesex. 



July 27. For a process of Manufacturing certain materials into coarse 

 Paper or Felt. To Alexander Nesbitt, London. 



Art. XXXIII.— LIST OF PATENTS GRANTED IN SCOTLAND 

 SINCE AUGUST 13, 1824. 



15. For an Improved Umbrella. To Joseph Foot, Middlesex. 

 Sealed 1st September. 



16. For a Hat on a new Construction. To Robert Lloyd, London. 

 Sealed August 30. 



17. For a new Apparatus for giving Tension to the Warp in Looms. 

 To W. H. Horrocks, Stockport. Sealed 31st August. 



18. For Improved Machinery for Cleaning and Spinning Cotton and 

 Wool. To J. G. Bodmer, Manchester. Sealed 21st September. 



19. For a new Mode of Twisting, Spinning, S;c. Cotton, Wool, or other 

 Threads, &c. To J. L. Bradbury, Manchester. Sealed 23d Septem- 

 ber. 



20. For a Method of Manufacturing Salt. To Joseph Parkes, 

 Manchester. Sealed 25th September. 



21. For Improved Methods of Preparing and Manufacturing Silk: 

 To John Heathcoat, Tiverton. Sealed 29th September. 



22. For Improved Machinery for Dressing and Spinning Flax, Wool, 

 Silk, &c. To Philip Hill, Kensington. Sealed 25th October. 



23. For Improved Methods of Manufacturing and Purifying Gas by 

 the Admixture of Atmospheric Air. To Simeon Broadmeadows, 

 Abergavenny. Sealed 29th October. 



24. For Improvements on Power Looms. To James Tetlow, 

 Manchester. Sealed 29th October. 



25. For Improved Machinery for Washing and Whitening Cotton, 

 Linen, &c. To Junius Smith, London. Sealed November 6th. 



26. For Improvements in Masting Vessels, To Richard Guppy, 

 Bristol. Sealed 6th November. 



27. For an Improved Steam Engine. To Samuel Hall, Basford. 

 Sealed 6th November. 



28. For a new Filter. To Herman Schradeb, Hackney. Sealed 

 30th November. 



29. For Improved Machinery for Making Cord or Piatt, &c. To Jo hn 

 Head, Banbury. 



Art. XXXIV.— CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, 



From January 1, to April 1, 1824, calculated for the Meridian of Edin- 

 burgh. By Mr. George Innes, Aberdeen. 



These calculations are made for Astronomical time, the day beginning 



