1813.] Neiv Patents. 77 



3. William Hardcastle, of i^bingdon^ in the county of 

 Berks^ Gent, for an improvement in cranes, to prevent acci- 

 dents from the rapid descent of heavy bodies. Dated May 26, 

 181:2. 



This improvement consists in making the rope that supports 

 the v/eight pass round two cyhnders, which, by coiiatera.'iing 

 each other, prevent the ^e'ght from rolling down spontaneovtsiy. 



4. Geop^ge Smart, of OrdaaDce Wharf, in the city of 

 Westminster, timber merchant ; for a method of preparing 

 timber, whereby the same is prevented from shrinking. Dated 

 Mayo, 1812. 



This method consists In compressing the wood, by a force 

 sufficient to reduce it to dimensions as small as those into which 

 it ever can shrink. 



5. Col. William Congreve, of Cecil-street, in the city of 

 Westminster, and county of Middlesex ; for an improved system 

 of securing buildings, towns, dock-yards, and ships, from fire ; 

 combining a power for the raising of water to the tops of build- 

 ings, and for other general purposes. Dated October 31, 1812, 



G. Edward Charles Howard, of Wesibourne Green, in 

 the county of Middlesex ; for a process of preparing and refining 

 sugars. Dated October 31, 1812. 



7. William Caslon, the younger, of Dorset-street, Salis- 

 bury-square, in the city of London, letter founder; for an im- 

 proved printing type. Dated October 31, 1812. 



8. Joseph Bramah, of Pimlico, in the county of Middlesex, 

 engineer; for certain improvements in the method of construct- 

 ing, laying down, and organizing, the main and other pipes for 

 the conveyance of water, for the supply of the metropolis of 

 London, and other cities, towns, and places, where public 

 water-works are adopted, and applying the water so conveyed to 

 a variety of other useful purposes. Dated October 31, 1812. 



9. William Eveits Sheffield, of Somer's-town, in the 

 county of Middlesex, Gent. ; for an apparatus and furnaces for 

 separating metallic and other substances from their ores, or 

 whatever matters may be combined, united, or mixed with them, 

 and in the application of the same. Dated October 31, 1812. 



10. Thomas Lea, of Kidderminster, in the county of Wor- 

 cester, carpet manufacturer ; for certain improvements in the 

 making of carpets. Dated October 31, 1812. 



11. Edward Jukes, of Walworth, in the county of Surrey, 

 Gent. ; for an instrument, or shears, for pruning of trees, gather- 

 ing grapes and other fruits, and for cutting off such limbs as may 

 be injured, and thereby more easily destroy the insects occasioned 

 by blights, which instrument he denominates tlie Averruncaior. 

 Dated November 7, 1812. 



