List of Patents for New Inventions. — Meteorology. $& 



gihary line be drawn from Mirach through the middle star, 

 and continued as much further on the other side, it will 

 pass over the comet. It appears like a star invested with a 

 little light cloud ; about half- past seven, it is 45 degrees 

 above the horizon, over the east point of the compass, and 

 passe? the meridian nearly in zenith at half-past ten at night. 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



To John Warren, of the town and county of the town of 

 Poole, stonemason, for an apparatus to prevent chimneys 

 from smoking, and to extinguish fires in grates and stoves, 

 without making any dust or smoke injurious to the room or 

 furniture. Sept. 15th, I SOS. . 



To Edward Massey, of Newcastle, in- the county of Staf- 

 ford, clock- and watch-maker, for an improved cock for 

 drawing off liquors. Sept. 24th. 



To Thomas Paton, of the parish of Christ Church, in the 

 county of Surry, engineer, for an improved wheel for various 

 useful purposes. Sept. 24th. 



To Sebastian Erard, of Great Marlborough-street, in the 

 county of Middlesex, for improvements upon piano fortes, 

 large and small, and upon harps ; for which harps he has 

 already obtained letters patent. Sept. 24. 



METEOROLOGY. 



A number of the provincial newspapers have of late 

 had paragraphs respecting meteors. On comparing the 

 accounts, they seem all to refer to the same meteor, seen 

 at places very remote from each other, and, in all, at nearly 

 the same instant of time, viz. a few minutes before eight 

 o'clock P. M. Monday the 17th of October. It passed in a 

 north-easterly direction, and apparently at no great altitude; 

 but its real altitude must have been immense, or it would 

 not have been seen in so many remote places at the same 

 instant — It was seen as far north as Aberdeen, and 'as far 

 south as Hull. Its apparent diameter was somewhat less 

 than the moon, and in some places it seemed to have a tail 

 throwing off coruscations of great brilliancy. It diffused a 

 most vivid pale light, and was visible in its progress for a 

 few- seconds. 



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