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71. To PiEiiiiE Jean Baptiste Victor Gosset of Clerk- 
enwell Green, county of Middlesex, merchant, for certain im- 
provements in the construction of looms or machinery for weav- 
ing various sorts of cloths or fabrics.” Sealed at Edinburgh 
30th December 1824. 
72. To John Potter of Smidley, near Manchester, County 
Palatine of Lancaster, spinner and manufacturer, for certain 
improvements in looms, to be impelled by mechanical power, for 
weaving various kinds of figured fabrics, v/hether of silk, cotton, 
flax, wool, or other materials or mixtures of the same, part of 
which improvements are applicable to hand-looms.” Sealed at 
Edinburgh 30th December 1824. 
1. To David Gordon of Basinghall Street, London, Esq., 
for “ certain improvements in the construction of portable gas- 
lamps, and which improvements are applicable to other appara- 
tus for facilitating the use of compressed gas.” Sealed at Edin- 
burgh 1st January 1825. 
2. To Walter Forman, Esq. of Bath, county of Somerset, 
Commander in the Royal Navy, for “ certain improvements in 
the construction of steam-engines.” Sealed at Edinburgh 17th 
January 1825. 
3. To Thomas Wolrich Stansfeld of Leeds, county of 
York, merchant, for ‘‘ improvements in looms, and in the pre- 
paration of warps for the same.” Sealed at Edinburgh 17th 
January 1825. 
4. To William Shelton Burnett of New London Street, 
in the city of .London, merchant, for “ certain improvements 
in ships’ tackle.” Sealed at Edinburgh 1st February 1825. 
5. To David Gordon of Basinghall Street, London, Esq., 
for ‘‘ certain improvements in the construction of carriages or 
other machines, to be moved by mechanical powers.” Sealed at 
Edinburgh 9th February 1825. 
6. To Lieutenant William Hopkins Hill, Royal Artil- 
lery, of Woolwich, county of Kent, for certain improvements 
in the machinery of propelling vessels.” Sealed at Edinburgh 
10th February 1825. 
7. To John Phipps of Upper Thames Street, London, paper- 
