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List of Patents . 
B. Wynkoop, June 26, pendulous bellows, for pumping ships. 
Joseph S. Sampson, June 26, improvement in making candles, 
Charles Newbold, June 26, improvement in ploughs. 
Moses Johnson, June 30, mode of preserving butter. 
J. Hawkins, July 1 1, improvement in forming bricks, tiles, Sec , 
Thomas Bruff, July 1, improvement in extracting teeth. 
Bill Jarvis, July 8, improvement in making shingles, boards, Sec 
Apollos Kinsley, August 12, improvement in cutting tobacco* 
J. Nevil, Aug. 12, improvement in cutting and heading nails. 
Henry Dulheur, August 18, improvement in saw-mills. 
Jonathan W. Curtis, August 24, improvement in mills. 
Charles W. Peale, Nov. 16, improvement in fire-places. 
Thomas Stickney, Nov. 16, improvement in saddles. 
Daniel Pettibone," Nov. 16, improvement in breaking dough and 
paste. 
Richard R Eliot, Nov. 16, improvement in threshing grain. 
Eli Terry, Nov. 17, improvement in clocks, time-keepers, and 
watches. 
Stephen Parsons, Nov. 20, improvement in making sashes. 
John Martin, Nov. 21, machine for propelling boats, 
Timothy Palmer, Dec. 17, improvement in bridges. 
Elias Ring, Dec. 10, a spiral wheel for working in tide-water. 
William Payne, Dec. 10, a soap-stone stove. 
Lester Fling, Dec. 19, improvement in making nails 
List of English Patents * 
1796. 
William Desmond, Jan. 15 ; for a method or process of tanning 
all sorts of hides and skins, and of rendering more solid and incor- 
ruptible, in water, several vegetable and animal substances, such as 
flax, hemp, spa tery, cotton, silk, hair, wool, &c. as well as the ma- 
terials made thereof. 
Isaac Wheildon, and John Bowler, April 26; for a new method 
of making and working presses for packing goods. 
William Goldfinch, May 24 ; for the invention of an improved 
truss for the cure and prevention of ruptures. 
Joseph Stacey Sampson, May 24 ; for the invention of an art or 
method of cutting up tallow-fat, spermaceti, and wax, for melting ; 
and of making the same into candles. 
John Strong, May 31 ; for the invention of certain new improve- 
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