List of Patents for Inventions granted for Scotland from 23d June to 21st September 1844, inclusive. 1. TO WALTER FREDERICK CAMPBELL of Islay, Esquire, in the county of Argyle, Scotland," an improved rotatory engine to be driven by steam or other power."-25th June 1844. 2. TO ROBERT FOULERTON of the Jamaica Coffee-House, Cornhill, in the city of London, master mariner," certain improved machinery for moving vessels and other floating apparatus."-25th June 1844. 3. TO THOMAS HANCOCK of Goswell Mews, Goswell Road, in the county of Middlesex, waterproof-cloth manufacturer, an improvement or improvements in the preparation or manufacture of caoutchouc in combination with other substances, which preparation or manufacture is suitable for rendering leather, cloth, and other fabrics waterproof, and to various other purposes for which caoutchouc is employed."-25th June 1844. 4. TO EDMUND MOREWOOD of Thornbridge, in the county of Derby, merchant, and GEORGE ROGERS of Stearndale, in the same county, gentleman," improvements in coating iron with other metals."-27th June 1844. 5. TO GEORGE WILSON of St Martin's Court, St Martin's Lane, in the county of Middlesex, stationer," improvements in the cutting of paper for the manufacture of envelopes, and for other purposes."-27th June 1844. 6. TO ROBERT DAVISON of Brick Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, and WILLILM SYMINGTON of East Smithfield, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, "a method or methods of drying, seasoning, purifying, and hardening wood, and other articles, either in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, parts of which are applicable to the preparation and dessication of animal, vegetable, and mineral substances."-1st July 1844. 7. TO WILLIAM BROCKEDON of Devonshire Street, Queen Square, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in the manufacture of pills and medicated lozenges, and in preparing or treating black lead." -8th July 1844. 8. TO GEORGE EDMUND DONISTHORPE of Bradford, in the county of York, top manufacturer, "improvements in combing wool and other fibrous substances."-8th July 1844. 9. TO JOHN M'BRIDE, manager of the Nursery Spinning and Weaving Mills, Hutchesontown of Glasgow, in Scotland, "certain improvements in the machinery and apparatus for weaving by hand, steam, or other power."9th July 1844. 10. TO MOSES POOLE of the Patent Office, Serle Street, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad," improvements in the manufacture of paper."-11th July 1844. 11. TO GEORGE MILLER CLARKE of Albany Street, Regent's Park, in the county of Middlesex, tallow chandler, "improvements in night lights, and in apparatus used therewith."-11th July 1844. 12. TO WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS of Bloomsbury Square, in the county of Middlesex, engineer," certain improvements in the means and apparatus for subduing and extinguishing fire, and saving life and property, and in obtaining and applying motive power, and improvements in propelling."-15th July 1844. 13. TO EDWARD BUXTON of Basinghall Street, in the city of London, merchant, being a communication from abroad," improvements in spinning wool, cotton, and other fibrous substances."-15th July 1844. 66 14. TO GEORGE GWYNNE of Princes Street, Cavendish Square, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, and GEORGE FERGUSSON WILSON of Belmont, Vauxhall, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, improvements in treating certain fatty or oily matters, and in the manufacture of candles and soap."-22d July 1844. 15. TO DAVID CHEETHAM of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, cotton-spinner, and and JOHN TATHAM of the same place, machine-maker, "certain improvements in machinery or apparatus to be employed in the preparation and spinning of cotton, wool, and other fibrous substances.' -23d July 1844. . 16. To JOHN HOLLAND BUTTERWORTH of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, cotton-spinner," certain improvements in machinery or apparatus applicable to preparation machines used in the spinning of cotton and other fibrous materials."-23d July 1844. 17. TO JACQUES BIDAULT of Paris, in the kingdom of France, merchant, being a communication from abroad, "improvements in applying heat for generating steam, and for other purposes, which improvements may be employed to obtain power."-24th July 1844. 18. To JAMES CALDWELL of Mill Place, Commercial Road, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, "improvements in cranes, windlasses, and capstans."-24th July 1844. 19. To JAMES HARDY of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, gentleman, "certain improvements in the process of welding tubes, pipes, barrels, or hollow rods of malleable iron, by machinery."-30th July 1844. 20. To JOSEPH HALL of Bloomfield Iron-Works, in the parish of Tipton, in the county of Stafford, iron-master, "improvements in the manufacture of horse-shoe nails."-1st August 1844. 21. TO LAWRENCE HILL Junior, of Glasgow, civil engineer, being a communication from abroad, " improvements in machinery for manufacturing shoes for horses and other animals.-1st August 1844. 22. TO CHARLES Low of Robinson's Row, Kingsland, in the county of Middlesex," certain improvements in the making or manufacturing of iron or steel."-2d August 1844. 23. TO WILLIAM SUTCLIFF of Bradford, in the county of York, manufacturer, "improvements in preparing, dyeing, sizing, or dressing yarns, and winding yards, and manufactured fabrics of wool, flax, cotton, silk, and other fibrous materials."-6th August 1844. 24. TO WILLIAM ISAAC COOKSON of the borough and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esquire," improvement in apparatus for burning sulphur in the manufacture of sulphuric acid."-8th August 1844. 25. TO JAMES SMITH of Queen Square, Westminster, Esquire, "improvements in slubbing, spinning, twisting, and doubling cotton, and other fibrous substances."-8th August 1844. 26. TO WILLIAM LOSH of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esquire, " improvements in the manufacture of metal chains, for mining and other purposes." -8th August 1844. 27. TO HENRY BEWLEY of No. 3 Lower Sackville Street, in the city of Dublin, apothecary and chemist, and GEORGE OWEN of the same place, chemist, "improvements in the mode of confining corks, or substitutes for corks, in bottles and other vessels, whether made of glass, earthen, or stone ware, containing liquids charged or not charged with gas."-9th August 1844. 28. TO ANTHONY LORIMER of Clerkenwell Close, in the county of Middlesex, bookbinder, "certain improvements in the apparatus and means of facilitating drawing from nature or models."-9th August 1844. 29. TO PIERRE ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINEMOREAU of No. 1 Skinner's Place, Sise Lane, City, London, being a communication from abroad, "improved crane, called dynamometric."-10th August 1844. 30. To PIERRE ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINE MOREAU of the English and Foreign Patent Office for Inventions, No. 1 Skinner's Place, Sise Lane, in the city of London, being a communication from abroad, a new mode of locomotion applicable to railroad and other ways."-10th August 1844. 66 31. To ALEXANDER EWING of the town of Dumbarton, Scotland glass splitter, "certain improvements in the manufacture of crown glass.' -14th August 1844. 32. TO ARTHUR WALL of Bisterne Place, Poplar, in the county of Middlesex, surgeon, " certain improvements in the manufacture of steel, copper, and other metals."-16th August 1844. 33. TO STEPHEN HUTCHISON of the London Gas Works, Vauxhall, in the county of Surrey, engineer, "certain improvements in gas meters." --16th August 1844. 34. TO JOSEPH MARTIN KRONHEIM of Castle Street, Holborn, in the city of London, engraver, being a communication from abroad, "improvements in stereotyping."-3d September 1844. 35. TO ROBERT FERGUSON and JOHN CLERK, both of the city of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, " an improvement in printing and calendering."-4th September 1844. 36. TO JAMES PILLANS WILSON of Belmont, Vauxhall, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, "improvements in treating fatty and oily matters, and in the manufacture of candles."-4th September 1844. 37. TO FRANCOIS STANISLAS DE SUSSEX of Bethnal Green, in the county of Middlesex, chemist, and ALEXANDER ROBERTSON ARROTT of Torrington Square, in the same county, chemist, "improvements in the recovery of manganese, used in making bleaching powder."—4th September 1844. 38. TO JAMES SMITH, late of Deanston, now of Queen's Square, London, civil engineer, and WILLIAM GAIRDNER JOLLY, residing at Endrick Bank, parish of Drymen, and county of Stirling, Scotland, "certain improvements in the form of tiles for draining, in implements for manufacturing thereof, and in the modes of manufacture."-4th September 1844. 39. TO JOHN LIONEL HOOD of Old Broad Street, in the city of London, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, "an improved composition, or mixture of metals, applicable to the manufacture of sheathing for ships and other vessels, bolts, nails, or other fastenings."-9th September 1844. 40. TO PETER WARD of Oldbury, in the counties of Salop and Worcester, late of West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford, practical chemist, an improvement in combining matters for washing and cleansing." -12th September 1844. 41. TO EDWIN SHEPPARD of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, builder, "certain improvements in machinery, or apparatus for planing, sawing, and cutting wood, and other substances."-13th September 1844. 42. TO JOHN BEARE of St John's Wood, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, "certain improvements in engines or machines for raising or conveying water and other fluids."-18th September 1844. 43. TO JAMES PETRIE of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, engineer, "certain improvements in steam-engines."-19th September * 1844. 44. TO WILLIAM NEWTON of the office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, being a communication from abroad," certain improvements in treating and preparing oil or fatty matters."-20th September 1844. NEW PUBLICATIONS. The New Publications received will be noticed in our next Number. INDEX. Abyssinia, geology of, 404. Agassiz, Professor, on the classification of fishes, 132-On the classi- Animal heat, observations on, by Dr John Davy, 351. Artesian wells, observations on, by Professor Buckland, 318. Biluchi, the tribes inhabiting Sindh in the lower valley of the In- Blackie, William, optician, memoir of, by Dr Coldstream, 94. Bones, recent and fossil, analysed by J. Middleton, F.G.S., 285 Calc-chrome Garnet or Uwarowite, 408. Carbonaceous deposit or film on the Lakes of Westmoreland, de- Caspian sea, depression of, 403. Davy, John, F.R.S.L. and E., on a carbonaceous deposit or film, animal heat, observations on, 351. Diamonds, bed of, discovered in Mexico, 404. Diluvium and alluvium, queries regarding, 405. D'Orbigny, Alcide, his general considerations on the geology of Electrical experiments, by Mr R. Adie, account of, 298. 2 D |