List of Patents . 895 
Richard Claiborne, Feb. 23, improvement in paddles for propelling 
boats. 
Nathaniel Robbins, March 11, improved mode of carrying fish in 
warm weather. 
Jacob Warrel, March 17, machine for cutting and grinding bark. 
John Biddis, March 22, manufacturing starch from potatoes. 
John W. Holly, March 27, improvement in a grist mill. 
Moses Coates, April 1, improvement in a saw mill, which returns 
the log after each cut 
Ebenezer Whiting, April 1, improvement on a block macking 
gang -lathe. 
William Bell and Samuel de Montmollin, April 7, machine for 
ginning cotton. 
Joel Pieroe, April 10, machine for churning. 
Benjamin Henfrey, April 16, improvement, being a cheap mode of 
obtaining light from fuel. 
Samuel Downing, April 19, extracting the essence of bark for 
dying. 
Asher Spicer, April 22, machine for cleaning clover seed. 
Hezekiah Richardson, jun. and Levi Richardson, April 28, im- 
provement in a saw mill. 
Henry Abbott, May 4, machine for rolling iron round, &c. 
Do. improvement in casting close stoves. 
Henry Johnson, May 10, improvement in flat roofs for houses and 
balconies. 
Burgiss Allison, May 12, mode of improving spirits. 
Lewis du Pre, May 12, scientific steelyards. 
Benjamin Ellicot, May 12, machine for manufacturing salt. 
Andrew Law, May 12, new plan for printing music. 
Nicholas Young, May 14, machine for cutting fur for the use of 
hatters. 
Edward West, July 6, machine for cutting nails. 
Do. improvement in heading and cutting nails* 
Do. improvement in a gun lock. 
Do. improvement in a steam boat. 
Jacob Perkins, July 9, improvement in pumps. 
Stephen Stilwell, July 9, machine for cleaning wheat. 
John Greenleaf, July 13, machine for cleaning out docks. 
Jesse Reed, July 15, method of rolling iron for nails. 
Ezekiel Miller, July 19, improved machine for threshing and 
cleaning wheat. 
