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provements in the construction of cat blocks and fish-hooks, 

 and in the application thereof. — 14th of July.— 6 months. 



To James Barron, of Birmingham, for an apparatus for 

 feeding fire with fuel, which apparatus is applicable to other 

 purposes. — 24th of July. — 6 months. 



To William Johnston, of Caroline-street, Bedford-square, 

 for improvements on inkholders. — 24th of July. — 2 months. 



To William Robinson, of Craven-street, Strand, for a new 

 method of propelling vessels by steam on canals or navigable 

 rivers, by means of a moveable apparatus attached to the stem 

 or stern of the vessel. — 24th of July. — 2 months. 



To William Parsons, of Portsmouth dock-yard, naval 

 architect, for improvements in building ships or vessels calcu- 

 lated to lessen the dangerous effects of internal or external 

 violence. — 24th of July. — 6 months. 



To William Davidson, of Gallowgate, Glasgow, for a pro- 

 cess for bleaching bees-wax, myrtle-wax, and animal tallow. 

 , — 1st of August. — 2 months. 



To Thomas John Knowlys, of Trinity College, Oxford, and 

 William Duesbury, of Bousal, Derby, collar manufacturer, 

 for improvements in tanning. — 1st of August.— 6 months. 



To Count Adolphe Eugene de Rosen, of Princes-street, 

 Cavendish-square, for a new engine, invented abroad, for com- 

 municating power, to answer the purposes of a steam-engine. 

 — 1st of August. — 6 months. 



To Joseph Browne Wilks, of Tandridge Hall, Surrey, 

 esquire, for improvements in producing steam for steam-en- 

 gines, and other purposes. — 2nd of August. — 6 months. 



To Lemuel Wellman Wright, of the Borough Road, Surrey, 

 engineer, for improvements in the construction of trucks or 

 carriages applicable to useful purposes. — 2nd of August. — 

 6 months. 



To John Williams, and John Doyle, both of the Commer- 

 cial Road, Middlesex, for an apparatus and process for se- 

 parating salt from sea-water, and thereby rendering it fresh 

 and fit for use. — 4th of August. — 6 months. 



Results of a Meteorological Journal for August 1826, kept at 

 the Observatory of the Royal Academy, Gosport, Hants. 



General Observations. — This month has been generally calm 

 and dry, and the weather remarkably fine, as on 21 days no 

 measurable rain fell here. The mean temperature of the ex- 

 ternal air this month, is hia;her than it has been in August for 

 the last ten years, and is three and a quarter degrees higher 

 than the mean of that month for the same period. This high 



mean 



