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Art. XXVIII . — List of' Patents granted in Scotland from 1th 
March to Q5th May 1825. 
13. To George Augustus Lamb of Rye, county of Sussex, 
Doctor of Divinity, for “ a new composition of malt and hops.” 
Sealed at Edinburgh 11th March 1825. 
14. To John Maccurdy of New-York, United States of 
America, but now of Duke Street, Adelphi, county of Middle- 
sex, gentleman, for “ an improved method of generating steam.” 
Sealed at Edinburgh 11th March 1825. 
15. To Patrick Mackay and Thomas Cunningham, hat- 
manufacturers in Edinburgh, for “ a new method or methods of 
making or manufacturing hats, bonnets and caps.” Sealed at 
Edinburgh 12th March 1825. 
16. To James Hanmer, baker, of the Island of Antigua, 
now residing in St Martin’s Lane, county of Middlesex, gentle- 
man, for “ improvements in the art of dyeing and calico-printing, 
by the use and application of a certain vegetable material, or 
certain vegetable materials.” Sealed at Edinburgh 25th March 
1825. 
17. To Samuel Brown of Saville Row, Burlington Street, 
Middlesex, Commander in the Royal Navy, for “ an apparatus 
for giving motion to vessels employed in inland navigation.” 
Sealed at Edinburgh 25th March 1825. 
18. To Richard Roberts of Manchester, county of Lancas- 
ter, civil engineer, for “ an improvement, or certain improvements 
of, in, or applicable to the Mule Billy Jenny Stretching-frame, 
or any other machine or machines, however designated or named, 
used in spinning cotton, wool, or other fibrous substances, and 
in which either the spindles recede from, and approach the rol- 
lers, or other deliverers of the said fibrous substances, or in which 
such rollers or deliverers recede from and approach the spindles.” 
Sealed at Edinburgh 5th April 1825. 
19. To Francis Melville of Argyle Street, Glasgow, piano- 
forte maker, for “ an improved method of securing that descrip- 
tion of small piano-fortes commonly called Square Piano-Fortes, 
