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useful in making certain parts of the same. Dated June 5, 

 1813. 



William Cooke, of Greenwich, in the county of Kent, 

 Esq. ; for certain improvements in the art of making and work- 

 ing ploughs of any kind or description. Dated June 15, 1813. 



Char lbs Goodwin, of Finshury-terrace, London, factor; for 

 an improved socket for a candlestick, consisting of a spring or 

 springs, by which any candle, rush-light, or taper, without any 

 paper or other thing being put round it, may he fixed and 

 secured in such socket, and which socket is adapted for the use 

 of any description of candlestick, chandelier, lustre, branch, 

 lamp, or lantern. He has also invented a self-extinguisher, to 

 be fixed to the same, by which the light may be extinguished at 

 any time. Dated June 26, - 1813. 



Article XVII. 



Scientific Booh in hand, or in the Press. 



Mr. W. Henley, Member of the London Philosophical Society, 

 is preparing for the Press a series of Chemical Tables, intended to 

 exhibit the properties of all the present known bodies, the result of 

 their union, the composition of the oxides, acids, and their com- 

 pounds, with the effects produced by the action of heat, light, and 

 electricity; the whole forming a complete abstract of the science of 

 chemistry. 



Dr. John Moodie, of Bath, has nearly prepared for publication 

 The Modern Geography of Asia, to be published in two 4-to. vols, 

 with an Atlas. 



A Fourth Volume of The Antiquities of Athens is preparing for 

 publication. 



%* Early Communications for this Department of our Journal 

 will be thankfully received. 



