List of' Patents granted in Scotland. 



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March 5. To Joseph Jones of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, cotton 

 manufacturer, and Thomas Mellodew of the same place, mecha- 

 nic, for an invention of 44 improvements in looms to be worked 

 either by hand or power, for weaving of plain, corded, or figured 

 fabrics, and an apparatus for better effecting the cutting of fus- 

 tians or other fabrics woven in a diagonal form**' 

 10. To William Aitken of Aberdeen, in the county of Aberdeen, North 

 Britain, Esquire, for an invention of " certain improvements in 

 the construction of carriages to be propelled by animal or other 

 power." 



To Thomas Alcock of the parish of Claines, in the county of Wor- 

 cester, lace-manufacturer, and John Bertie of Basford, in the 

 county of Nottingham, machinist, for an invention of " an im- 

 proved texture of the lace hitherto called bobbin-net or twist 

 net, and also certain improvements in lace machinery for pro- 

 ducing ordinary bobbin-net, and for producing ornaments therein." 



16. To William Hale of Colchester, in the county of Essex, civil engi- 

 neer, for an invention of " certain improvements on, or additions 

 to, boilers or apparatus for producing motive power." 

 To Daniel Duff of Dundee, in the county of Forfar in Scotland, for 

 an invention of 44 a method of softening, splitting, and preparing 

 hemp and other fibrous substances by machinery, for the pur- 

 pose of being spun into yarns." 



23. To William Hale of Colchester, in the county of Essex, civil engi- 

 neer, for an invention of " certain improvements in or on wind- 

 mills, which improvements are applicable to other purposes." 

 To Philip Augustus de Chapeaurouge of Fenchurch Street, in the 

 city of London, gentleman, in consequence of a communication 

 made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an in- 

 vention of 44 a machine, engine, or apparatus for producing mo- 

 tive power, which he denominates a self-acting motive power, and 

 is called in France by the inventor 4 volant moteur perpetuel." 



25. To Charles de Bergue of Clapham, in the county of Surrey, gentle- 

 man, for an invention of 44 certain improvements in machinery 

 for spinning or twisting cotton, flax, silk, and other fibrous sub- 

 stances." 



27- To Robert Joseph Barlow of Rudley, in the North Riding of York- 

 . shire, clerk, for an invention of 44 certain improvements in 

 springs, applicable to carriages and other purposes." 



To John Sylvester of Great Russell Street, in the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, civil engineer, for an invention of 44 improvements in ap- 

 paratus used in the communication or transmission of heat to 

 aeriform, liquid, and solid bodies." 



To Henry William Nunn of Whippingham in the Isle of Wight, 

 George Mowbray, and Richard Alabone, both of the town of 

 Newport in the said island, lace-manufacturers, for an invention 

 of 44 improvements in manufacturing certain kinds of embroider- 

 ed or ornamented lace." 

 31. To Samuel Draper, late of Radford, in the county of Notts, but now 

 of Basford, in the same county, lace-maker, for an invention of 

 44 an improved machine for making an improved manufacture of 

 figured bobbin-nett, or what is commonly called bobbin-net lace." 

 April 3. To William Newton of the Office for Patents, Chancery Lane, in 

 the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, in consequence of a com- 

 munication from a foreigner residing abroad, relating to an inven- 

 tion of 44 certain improvements in preparing fibrous or textile 

 plants, either indigenous or exotic, to be used in place of flax or 

 hemp." 



6. To James Hunter of Leys Mill, Arbroath, in the county of Forfar, 

 North Britain, mechanic, for an invention of 44 certain improve- 

 ments in the art of cutting, or what is commonly called facing 

 and dressing certain kinds of stone." 

 10. To John Day of York Terrace, Peckham, in the county of Surrey, 



