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New Patents. 



[Aug. 



JUST PUBLISHED. 



Meteorological Essays and Observations. Bv J. Frederick Daniell, 

 FRS. With Plates. 8vo. 16s. 



Elements of Phrenology. By George Combe, President of the 

 Phrenological Society. With Plates. 4s. 



A Descriptive History of the Steam-Engine. By Robert Stuart, 

 Esq. Civil Engineer. Illustrated by Engravings of 47 Steam-Engines. 

 8vo. 8s. 



Phillips's Flora Historica. 2 vols. 24s. 



Parkes's Chemical Catechism. Enlarged Edition. 14s. 



Bland's Hydrostatics. 1 vol. 12s. 



A General Index to the first 19 vols, of the Edinburgh Medical 

 Journal. 8vo. 16s. 



Article XX. 



NEW PATENTS. 



J. Wells, Manchester, silk and cotton manufacturer, for his 

 machine for dressing, stiffening, and drying cotton and linen warps, 

 or any other warps that may require it, at the same time the loom is 

 working. — May 25. 



J. Holland, Fence House, Aston, York, shoemaker, for certain 

 improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes. — May 31. 



J. Heathcoat, Tiverton, Devon, lace manufacturer, for improve- 

 ments in the methods of preparing and manufacturing silk for weaving 

 and other purposes. — June 15. 



W. A. Jurup, Middlewich, Chester, salt proprietor, and W. Court, 

 Esq. Manor Hall, Chester, for their improved method of manufactur- 

 ing salt. — June 15. 



R. Hooton, of the Aqueduct Iron Works, Birmingham, for certain 

 improvements in manufacturing wrought iron. — June 15. 



W. Harwood Horrocks, Stockport, Chester, cotton manufacturer, 

 for his new apparatus, giving tension to the warp in looms. — June 15. 



R. Garbutt, of the town of Kingston upon Hull, merchant, for his 

 apparatus for the more convenient filing of papers and other articles, 

 and protecting the same from dust or damage, including improvements 

 on the files in common use. — June 15. 



W. Harrington, Esq. Crosshaven, Cork, for his improved raft for 

 transporting timber. — June 15. 



C. Chubb, Portsea, Southampton, ironmonger, for his improve- 

 ments in the construction of locks — June 15. 



B. A. Day, Birmingham, Warwick, fire-screen maker, for certain 

 improvements in the manufacturing of drawer, door, and lock knobs, 

 and knobs of every description. — June 15. 



J. M'Curdy, Snow-hill, for an improvement in the method of gene- 

 rating steam. — June 15. 



P. Taylor, City-road, engineer, for certain improvements in appara- 

 tus for producing gas from various substances. — June 15. 



