Agricultural Patents for the year 1863. 
577 
or application of the same. Application dated 11th August ; provi- 
sional protection, 21st August ; notice, 8th December, 18G3. 
17C1. R. Hornsby and J. E. Phillips, of Spittlegate Iron Works, Grantham, 
Improvements in reaping and mowing machines. Application dated 
14th July ; provisional protection, 7th August; notice, 18th August; 
patent sealed, 25th September, 18G3. 
1503. William Mainwaring, of Banbury, engineer, Improvements in har- 
vesting-machines. Application dated lGth June ; provisional pro- 
tection, 3rd July; notice, 2'Jth September; patent sealed, 1st 
December, 18G3. 
11S8. W. Mattison and G. Barker, of Leeming Bar, near Bedale, Yorkshire, 
iron founders, Improvements in grass-mowing and reaping-machines. 
Application dated 12th May ; provisional protection, 22nd May, 
18G3. 
2055. C. H. McCormick, of Chicago, U. S. America, manufacturer, Im- 
provements in reaping-machines.- Application dated 18th August ; 
provisional protection, 4th September ; notice, 8th September, 18G3. 
1090. E. Mitchell, of Fareham, Hampshire, Improvements in reaping and 
mowing machines. Application dated 30th April ; provisional pro- 
tection, 15th May ; notice, 2nd June ; patent sealed, 10th July, 
1863. 
78. David Ball Parsons, formerly of New York, U. S., now of 77, Upper 
Thames-street, London, Improvements in reaping and mowing 
machines. (A communication in part from abroad.) Application 
dated 9th January ; provisional protection, 23rd January, 1863. 
598. David Ball Parsons, now of 77, Upper Thames-street, London, Im- 
provements in reaping and mowing machines. (A communication in 
part from abroad by W. A. Wood, of New York, U. S. America.') 
Application dated 3rd March ; provisional protection, 20th March ; 
notice, 2nd June ; patent sealed, 14th July, 1863. 
*2218. B. W. Ralph, of Honnington-Grange, near Newport, Salop, Improve- 
ments in reaping-machines. Application dated 7th August ; notice, 
9th December, 1862 ; patent sealed, 30th January, 1863. 
21. Robert C. Ransome, of Ipswich, agricultural engineer, Improvements 
in reaping-machines. (A communication from Warsaw.) Application 
dated 2nd January ; notice, 12th May ; patent sealed, 30th June, 
1S63. | 
*3031. James Shanks, of Abroath, county Forfar, N. B., machinist, Improve- 
ments in mowing-machines. Application dated 10th November, 
1862 ; notice, 17th March; patent sealed, 5th May, 1863. 
810. Reuben Sims (Picksley, Sims, and Co.), Bedford Foundry, Leigh, 
Lancashire, agricultural implement-makers, Improvements in reaping 
and mowing machines. Application dated 28th March ; provisional 
protection, 10th April, 1863. 
2169. Reuben Sims (Picksley, Sims, and Co.), Bedford Foundry, Leigh, 
Lancashire, engineer, Improvements in reaping andmowing machines. 
Application dated 2nd September ; provisional protection, 2nd October, 
1863. 
1248. C. Barnard, J. Bishop, C. Barnard, jun., and G. Barnard, of the Norfolk 
Iron- Works, Norwich, engineers, Improvements in lawn mowing and 
