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AN IMPROVEMENT UPON THE ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR CUTTING OR REDUCING INTO WHAT IS CALLED CHAFF DIFFERENT ARTICLES USED AS DRY FODDER FOR HORSES AND CATTLE
Year: 1818

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
HEPPENSTALL, of Doncaster, in the County of York, Machine Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, in
and by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
bearing date at Westminster, the Seventh day of March now last past, for
Himself, His heirs and successors, did give and grant unto me, the said
Thomas Heppenstall, His special licence, full power, sole and authority, that
I, the said Thomas Heppenstall, my executors, administrators, and assigns, by
myself and themselves, or by my and their deputy or deputies, servants or
agents, and such others as I, the said Thomas Heppenstall, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time, and at all times thereafter during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"AN IMPROVEMENT UPON THE ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR CUTTING OR REDUCING
INTO WHAT IS CALLED CHAFF DIFFERENT ARTICLES USED AS DRY FODDER FOR
HORSES AND CATTLE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said Thomas Heppenstall, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, and to

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within two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent, as in and by the said Letters Patent, reference being thereto
had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Heppenstall, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, by the Plan
or Drawing hereunto annexed, and as follows; that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the application of a worm to turn wheels or rollers
which in their revolution are required to meet each other. In the annexed
Drawing, No. 1 is an axle, on which the cutting knives are fixed. Upon
one end of it is a fly wheel and handle to turn it. On the same axle is a worn,
No. 2, which in its revolution turns the two wheels a and b, fixed upon the
ends of two rollers, which supply or feed the cutting knives with the straw or
other article to be cut or reduced into what is called chaff. c is a box in which
the straw or other article is placed to feed the rollers.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Heppenstall, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, the Sixth day of May, in the fifty-eighth year of
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of
God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King,
Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord One thousand
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PUMPS, WHICH IMPROVE- MENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS
Year: 1818

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WC, GEORGE
WYKE, of Bath, in the County of Somerset, Esquire, and WILLIAM SAMPSON,
of Bristol, in the same County, Mechanic, send greeting..
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Fourteenth day of
March, in the fifty-eighth year of His reign, give and grant unto us, the said
George Wyke and William Sampson, 'our exors, adiñors," and assigns, His
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that we, the said
George Wyke and William Sampson, our exors, admňors, and assigns, during
the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PUMPS, WHICH IMPROVE-
MENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OF VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if we, the said George Wyke
and William Sampson, or one of us, shall not particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, by an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under
the hand and seal of one of us, and cause the same to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said
Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted,
shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by the same, relation
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
George Wyke, do hereby declare that the nature of our said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly de-
scribed and ascertained by the annexed Drawing and the description thereof at
the foot of the same.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF PRODUCING IGNITION IN FIRE ARMS BY THE CONDENSATION OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR
Year: 1818

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Urbanus Sartoris, of Winchester Street, in the
City of London, Merchant, for his invented or found out "IMPROVEMENT IN
THE METHOD OF PRODUCING IGNITION IN FIRE ARMS BY THE CONDENSATION OF
ATMOSPHERIC AIR."
6 months.
Dated 22nd July 1818.
A NEW KIND OF BOBBINS OR BOBBIN USED IN SPINNING AND OTHER MANUFACTORIES
Year: 1818

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS,"
HOMFRAY, of the Hyde, in the Parish of Kinfare, in the County of Stafford,
Iron Master, do send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth day
of May, in the fifty-eighth year of His reign, did give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Homfray, my executors, administrators, and assigns, His
special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Thomas Hoinfray, my executors, administrators, and assigns, during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "A NEW KIND OF BOBBINS OR BOBBIN USED IN SPINNING AND
OTHER MANUFACTORIES;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Thomas Homfray, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto
had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Homfray, do hereby declare that my Invention is described as follows
(that is to sov).

page_text: I take piece of sheet iron, of the length and breadth in proportion to the
size of the bobbin intended to be made, which I form and braze into a
cylinder. I then take four other pieces of sheet iron, and having cut them to
the size required, I press them into a concave form, and join two of them
together at their respective edges by turning the edge of one over the other to
form the head of the bobbin, and after the head is so formed I then solder or
rivet the same to each end of the cylinder. I then introduce a piece of wood
into each hend of the bobbin, through which I make a hole of a proper size for
a spindle, on which the bobbin is to work.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-
fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighteen.
In- PROVEMENT IN THE TANNING AND TAWING OF HIDES AND SKINS, AND IN THE DYEING OR COLORING OF LEATHER AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1818

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Neilson, of Linlithgow, in that part of our
United Kingdom called Scotland, Glue Manufacturer, for his invented "In-
PROVEMENT IN THE TANNING AND TAWING OF HIDES AND SKINS, AND IN THE DYEING
OR COLORING OF LEATHER AND OTHER ARTICLES."
6 months.
Dated 22nd June 1818.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1818

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Munro, of Finsbury Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Esquire, in consequence of a communication made to him by
Barnabus Langden, of New York, one of the United States of America, he
is possessed of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON STEAM ENGINES."
4 months.
Dated 12th February 1818.
IMPROVEMENT IN MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION
Year: 1818

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Dizi, of Crabtree, in the Parish of
Fulham, and County of Middlesex, for his discovered "IMPROVEMENT IN
MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION."
6 months.
Dated 31st August 1818.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE DECK GLASS RIM AND SAFETY GRATE
Year: 1818

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GRANT
PRESTON, of Burr Street, in the Parish of Aldgate and County of Middlesex,
Brazier, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Third day of
February, in the fifty-eighth year of' His reign, give and grant unto me,
the said 'Grant' Preston, my exors, admors, and assigns, His especial licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Grant Preston,
my exors, adñiors, and' assigns, should and lawfully might, during the term
of years therein mentioned, make, usē, exercise, and 'vend, within England,
Wales; and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of " AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE DECK GLASS RIM AND SAFETY GRATE;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if I, the said Grant
Preston, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the-same is to be- performed, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the
said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby
granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by the
same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Grant Preston, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained by the following description thereof, that is to say:-
The outside part consists of a brass or copper strong screw rim, with a
broad flat edge to let into the deck as a fixture; the inside part is another rim
which screws into the outside or fixed rim, containing a flush glass, but partly
convex on the under side. The safety grate is likewise fixed into a screwed
rim of the same size and strength as the one that contains the glass, each
being made to screw either right or left, so that when the glass is wanted to
be taken out for air, it only rests with the person or persons below to take
hold of the handles and unscrew it; it then may be hung upon a hook to
prevent rolling about; the safety grate is then ready to screw in in lieu thereof,
being quite flush when screwed up; also a ventilating fly fits into the latter
rim from below. The handles also answer the end of their being made secure,
by padlocking them when the vessel is laid up.
In witness whereof, I, the said Grant Preston, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
MACHINE OR INSTRUMENT FOR ASCERTAINING THE DIFFERENCE OF SHIPS' DRAUGHT OF WATER FORWARD AND AFT, AT SEA OR IN HARBOUR
Year: 1819

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Head, of Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor
Square, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, for his invented "MACHINE OR
INSTRUMENT FOR ASCERTAINING THE DIFFERENCE OF SHIPS' DRAUGHT OF WATER
FORWARD AND AFT, AT SEA OR IN HARBOUR."
2 months to inroll.
Dated 27th July 1819.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1819

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HUDSON, of Cranbrook, in County of Kent, Boot and Shoe Maker, seend
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland called England, bearing date at Westminster, the First
day of November, in the sixtieth year of His reign, give and grant unto
me, the said William Hudson, my exors, adññors, and assigns, His especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William
Hudson, my exors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein
mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if I, the said William Hud-
son, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that
then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever
thereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and
by the same, relation being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Hudson, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly
described and ascertained in the following description thereof (that is
to say) :-
The thigh of the beast flayed whole, without cutting the skin open, from
the hock or knee bone of the hind leg, as far up the thigh as is required for
the height of the boot or shoe, the skin cut open from the bottom of the
thigh or knee bone downward at the hind part, and flayed as far as is required
for the length of the foot. If the skin is to large at the top a piece may
be taken out to be made fit for the person's leg; the fore leg of the beast flayed
whole for the boot tops to any length required; or the fore legs may be
flayed in the same manner as the hind ones, and the skins applied to the
same use; and for half-boots or shoes the skins may be flayed whole below
the thigh or knee instead of above, which will answer the same purpose.
The whole of the above to be tanned and drssed or curried in the usual manner,
and blocked to its proper shape.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Hudson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
A CERTAIN PLOUGH
Year: 1819

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MATTHEW
THOMAS; of Greenhills Rents; in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third,
did, by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-sixth
day of January, in the fifty-ninth year of His reign, give and grant unto me,
the said Matthew Thomas, my executors, administrators, and assigns, His
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Matthew Thomas, my executors, administrators, and assigns, during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend "A CERTAIN PLOUGH," communicated to me by a Foreigner residing abroad,
upon which I have invented an improvement; and also a propelling power
applicable to ploughs in general; and also to various other implements and
machines, within England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner
as to me, the said Matthew Thomas, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should in our discretion seem meet; in which said Letters Patent is contained
a proviso that if I, the Matthew Thomas, should not particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and
cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages
whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void,

page_text: as in and by the said recited. Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had,
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Matthew Thomas, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in the Drawing hereunto annexed, and the references thereto.
In witness whereof, I, the said Matthew Thomas, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand-eight hundred and nineteen.
Inrolled the Eighth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
nineteen.
NEW METHOD OF PRODUCING ROTATORY MOTION
Year: 1819

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
TRITTON, of Battersea, in the County of Surry, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His late Majesty King George the Third, in and by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, bearing date at His Palace at Westminster, the Fourth day of
December last, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Tritton, my exors, admors, and assigns, His especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that J, the said Henry
Tritton, my exors, admors, and assigns, and every of them, by myself and
themselves, or by my and their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or
such others as I, the said Henry Tritton, my exors, admors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
hereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might.
make, use, exercise, and vend my Invention of a "NEW METHOD OF PRODUCING
ROTATORY MOTION," within that part of His said late Majesty's United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland called England, His Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso that if I, the said Henry Tritton, should not particularly to describe
and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, that then the same Letters Patent, and all liberties.

page_text: and all advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine,
and become void, as in and by the same Letters Patent, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Tritton, in compliance with the
said proviso, do hereby declare that the following statement under my hand
and seal doth particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, viz*:-
My method of producing rotatory motion consists in the combination of
atmospheric pressure with the action of water on a wheel by placing the
wheel in an outer case capable of exhaustion, and producing therein a
rarefaction of air by an air pump or any other known machine for producing a
rarefaction or exhaustion of air. The water after spending its action on
the wheel being thrown out by a pump or pumps worked by the wheel itself or
any other adequate power.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Third
day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
Inrolled the Third day of June, in the year of our Lord One 2
thousand eight hundred and twenty.
SUBSTITUTE FOR PITCH
Year: 1819

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
CONSTANTINE JENNINGS, of Carburton Street, in the Parish of Saint Mary-le-
bone, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do send greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourth day of December, in the sixtieth year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Constantine Jennings, my exors,
adiñors, and assigns, especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Henry Constantine Jennings, my exors, adiñors, and assigns,
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend my new-invented "SUBSTITUTE FOR PITCH" within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His
Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad; in which Letters Patent there
is contained a proviso that if I, the said Henry Constantine Jennings,
should not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent, then and in that case the said
Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted,
should utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything therein-before
contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding, as in and by the
said Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had, will appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Constantine Jennings, in compliance
with the said proviso, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, which is as follows:-
I take a quantity of rough tar, add to it sawdust or soot, shavings, or other
vegetable carbonaceous matter thoroughly dried, and crude or stone sulphur,
in the proportion of from seven to fifteen pounds of sulphur and from fifteen
to thirty bushels of sawdust, or a like, proportion of other vegetable carbon-
aceous matter, to every one hundred gallons of tar, regulating the proportions
according to the fluidity of the tar. If mineral tar be used, I add also to
every one hundred gallons of such tar about two pounds of sulphuric acid of
the highest degree of concentration, proportioning the quantity of the sulphuric
acid to the solidity of the carbonaceous matter. I boil them in a boiler fitted
with a dome retort head and condensing vessels, till the ingredients added to
the tar are thoroughly dissolved and amalgamated, and the substance is
reduced to the consistency which I wish to obtain.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Constantine Jennings, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Second day of June, in the year
One thousand eight hundred and twenty.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF DYEING CLOTHS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND OF PREPARING DYES FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1819

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Dehany Hall, of Park Place, Regent's
Park, in the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex,
Esquire, that in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain
Foreigner residing abroad he is possessed of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF DYEING
CLOTHS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND OF PREPARING DYES FOR THAT PURPOSE."
6 months.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON CHIMNEY CAPS, AND IN THE APPLICATION THEREOF
Year: 1820

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOIN
WINTER, of Acton, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of that part of the. United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland called England, bearing date at. Westminster,
the Seventh day of November, in the first year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said John Winter, my exors, adññors, and assigns, His especial.
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John Winter,
my exors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, my Invention of " CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS ON CHIMNEY CAPS, AND IN THE APPLICATION THEREOF;" in which
said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if I, the said John
Winter, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said
Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted,
shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by the same, relation
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Winter, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described and
ascertained in the following description thereof (that is to say) :-
The cap to be constructed of iron, copper, tin, wood, earthenware, or any
other suitable substance or material. The form thereof I prefer to be conical,
to be placed on a pivot over the centre of the opening of the chimney, and to be
supported by one or more small bars of iron or other suitable material, forming
a triangle, as preferable to any other form; such support to be affixed to the
opening of the chimney, or to the chimney pot or funnel, so as to allow the cap
to yield to the action of the wind. The base of the cap, when so placed, to
reach below the aperture of the chimney, or chimney pot or funnel, and to be
of sufficient size in the circumference to allow the smoke to escape freely.
The size of the cap to be encreased or diminished according to the size of the
chimney or chimney pot or funnel.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Winter (party hereto), have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PRINTING PRESSES."
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Richard Gilmour, of King Street, Borough,
Southwark, and John Bold, of Mill Pond Bridge, both in the County of
Surrey, Printers, for their invented "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PRINTING
PRESSES."
6 months.
A NEW MODE OF COMBINING, ADJUSTING, AND APPLYING CERTAIN OF THE WELL- KNOWN MECHANIC POWERS AND MODIFICATIONS THEREOF WITH GREAT ADVANTAGE, WHICH HE DENOMINATES AN ACCELERATING LEVER MOTION," AND WHICH DISCOVERY OR INVENTION HE SAITH IS APPLICABLE TO MANY USEFUL PURPOSES, AND WHICH WILL BE PRODUCTIVE OF GREAT PUBLIC ADVANTAGE
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Scott, of Grafton Street, in the Parish of
Saint Anne and City of Dublin, Watch Maker, for his invented or found out
"A NEW MODE OF COMBINING, ADJUSTING, AND APPLYING CERTAIN OF THE WELL-
KNOWN MECHANIC POWERS AND MODIFICATIONS THEREOF WITH GREAT ADVANTAGE,
WHICH HE DENOMINATES AN ACCELERATING LEVER MOTION," AND WHICH DISCOVERY
OR INVENTION HE SAITH IS APPLICABLE TO MANY USEFUL PURPOSES, AND WHICH WILL
BE PRODUCTIVE OF GREAT PUBLIC ADVANTAGE;" to hold, &c.; six months.
By writ. &c.
Dated 15th April 1820.
A COMBINATION OF AND ADDITIONS TO MACHINERY CALCULATED TO INCREASE POWER
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Bate, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire,
Esquire, for his invented "A COMBINATION OF AND ADDITIONS TO MACHINERY
CALCULATED TO INCREASE POWER."
6 months.
Dated 3rd June 1820.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHRONOMETERS AND POCKET WATCHES
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Massey, of Eccleston, in the Parish of
Prescot, in the County of Lancaster, and also of the City of Coventry, Watch
Manufacturer, for his invented "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
CHRONOMETERS AND POCKET WATCHES;" to hold, &c.; six months. By writ, &c.
Dated 19th May 1820.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING YEAST
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Lewis Lobeck, of, Tower Street, in the City
of London, Merchant, in consequence of a communication made to him by a
certain Foreigner residing abroad he is in possession of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
THE PROCESS OF MAKING YEAST."
6 months.
Dated 1st November 1820.
NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OR METHODS OF PREVENTING MILDEW IN SAIL CLOTH AND OTHER CANVAS, AND IN OTHER MANUFACTURES MADE OF VEGETABLE FIBRE
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Jacks, of Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, Gentleman, and Arthur Aiken, of the Adelphi, Westminster, Gentle-
man, for their invented "NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OR METHODS OF PREVENTING
MILDEW IN SAIL CLOTH AND OTHER CANVAS, AND IN OTHER MANUFACTURES MADE
OF VEGETABLE FIBRE;" to hold, &c.; six months.
By writ, &c.
Dated 11th May 1820.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HALFTS, HANDLES, OR HILTS FOR KNIVES, FORKS, SWORDS, OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS TO WHICH HALFTS, HANDLES, OR HILTS ARE NECESSARY AND CAN BE APPLIED, WHETHER MADE OP TUBTLE OR TORTOISE SHELL OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hall and William Rostill, of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Tortoise Shell Box Makers and Partners in Trade,
for their invented "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HALFTS,
HANDLES, OR HILTS FOR KNIVES, FORKS, SWORDS, OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS TO
WHICH HALFTS, HANDLES, OR HILTS ARE NECESSARY AND CAN BE APPLIED, WHETHER
MADE OP TUBTLE OR TORTOISE SHELL OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL;" to hold, &c.;
six months.
By writ, &c,
Dated 11th April 1820.
THE MANUFACTURE OF A LIQUID FROM MATERIALS NOW CONSIDERED USELESS FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THE APPLICATION OF THE SAME LIQUID TO THE TANNING OF HIDES AND OTHER ARTICLES REQUIRING SUCH PROCESS
Year: 1820

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Kendrick, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Chemist, for his invented "THE MANUFACTURE OF A LIQUID FROM
MATERIALS NOW CONSIDERED USELESS FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THE APPLICATION OF
THE SAME LIQUID TO THE TANNING OF HIDES AND OTHER ARTICLES REQUIRING SUCH
PROCESS."
6 months.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF BOLTS AND NAILS FOR SHIP AND OTHER FASTENINGS
Year: 1821

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Law, of the Commercial Road, in the
Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, in the Parish of Stepney, Founder, for his
invented "IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF BOLTS AND NAILS FOR SHIP AND
OTHER FASTENINGS."
2 months.
Dated 1st May 1821.
CERTAIN NEW AND IMPROVED MA- CHINERY AND METHODS OF BREAKING, BLEACHING, PREPARING, MANUFACTURING, AND SPINNING INTO THREAD OR YARN, FLAX, HEMP, AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS AND SUBSTANCES OF THE LIKE NATURE CAPABLE OF BEING MANUFACTURED INTO THREAD OR YARN
Year: 1821

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ilario Pellafinet, of Earls Court, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, for his invented "CERTAIN NEW AND IMPROVED MA-
CHINERY AND METHODS OF BREAKING, BLEACHING, PREPARING, MANUFACTURING, AND
SPINNING INTO THREAD OR YARN, FLAX, HEMP, AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS AND
SUBSTANCES OF THE LIKE NATURE CAPABLE OF BEING MANUFACTURED INTO THREAD
OR YARN;" to hold, &c; twelve months to inroll.
By writ, &c.
Dated 27th March 1821.
AN IMPROVEMENT ON STIRRUP IRONS
Year: 1821

page_text: GOODMAN, of Northampton, Saddler, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of that part of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland called England, bearing date at Westminster,
the Fifth day of April, in the second year of His reign, give and grant unto
me, the said James Goodman, my exors, adñors, and assigns, His especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said James
Goodman, my exors, adñiors and assigns, during the term of years therein
mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"AN IMPROVEMENT ON STIRRUP IRONS;" in which said Letters Patent there
is contained a proviso that if I, the said James Goodman, shall not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties
and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine,
and become void, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Goodman, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in the following description thereof (that is to say):-
My Improvement in Stirrup Irons consists in introducing a cross bar in an
open-bottom stirrup iron to support a spring or springs, on which I place a
false bottom, which shall rise or fall according to the motion of the horse, and
give relief to the rider, being supported by the bar across the bottom, the end
of the false bottom to be let into the side of the stirrup iron to keep it in
place, and to allow it to arise or fall, the said spring or springs being confined
to the bar by a screw or other suitable means. At each end of the said spring
or springs which support the false bottom I place two steel rollers for the false"
bottom to work on, to prevent friction.
..
In witness whereof, I, the said James Goodman, have hereunto 'set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES OR STEAM APPARATUS
Year: 1821

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Bennett, junior, of Bewdley, in the County
of Worcester, Builder, for his invented "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM
ENGINES OR STEAM APPARATUS."
6 months.
Dated 4th August 1821.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENT IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT TO COPPERS AND OTHER UTENSILS;
Year: 1821

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Phillips London, the younger, of Cannon Street, in
the City of London, Practical Chemist, for his discovered "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENT IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT TO COPPERS AND OTHER UTENSILS;" which
discovery or invention he believes will be of much benefit and utility.
6 months.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT OR MALLEABLE IRON;
Year: 1821

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
FOSTER, of Stourbridge, in the County of Worcester, Ironmaster, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland called England, bearing date at Westminster, the Twentieth day
of February, in the second year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said
James Foster, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, His especial licence, full power,
sole privilege and authority, that I, the said James Foster, my exors, adiñors, and
assigns, during the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF WROUGHT OR MALLEABLE IRON;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso that if I, the said James Foster, shall not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, and cause the same to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties
and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine,
and become void, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Foster, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: the manner in which the same. is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in the following description thereof (that is to say):
My said improvement consists in inclosing a bar of iron, of any figure that
may be desirable, within repeated layers of iron of a suitable thickness, and of
a cylindrical, octagonal, or any other suitable figure, so that each layer shall
consist of only two pieces. And I do so arrange each layer of iron that the joint
or seam of the same shall be intersected or covered by the solid part of the
succeeding layer, and I repeat the layers as often as may be requisite to make
the pile of the size and weight required. And after it is so formed (of which
the annexed Figures or Drawings will serve to explain, though I make them
of any other figure I deem necessary to the purpose), it is then to be heated
in the customary manner, and rolled or hammered to the size and description
of iron required.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Foster, have hereunto set my hand
and scal, this Sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
dred and twenty-one
A NEW METHOD OF REFINING OIL PRODUCED FROM SEED
Year: 1822

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MATTHIAS
WILKS, of Dartford, in the County of Kent, Seed Crusher, send greeting.
WHEREAS His Majesty King George the Fourth, by His Letters Patent
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the
Twentieth day of December, in the third year of His reign, did, for Himself,
His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Matthias Wilks,
His special licence that I, the said Matthias Wilks, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Matthias Wilks, ny
executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A
NEW METHOD OF REFINING OIL PRODUCED FROM SEED;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Matthias Wilks,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe
and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, and to cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Matthias Wilks, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is described and
ascertained in the following explanation thereof, that is to say :--
Take six pounds of oil of vitriol, and beat up the same together with two
hundred and thirty-six gallons of oil produced from linseed, or with a like
quantity of oil produced from any other kind of sced, during the space of three
hours. Then take fourteen pounds of hot lime, and six pounds of fuller's
earth, and having beat the same well together, add them to the oil and beat
the whole together for the further space of three hours. Then put into a
copper a quantity of water equal to the quantity of oil intended to be refined,
and pour the whole (when beat up with the ingredients, and in manner above
specified) into the copper upon the water, and boil the whole during the space
of three hours. Then draw the fire from under the copper, and beat the oil
until it becomes of a pale colour. Let it then stand for one hour or longer
until the particles of water have become separated from the oil; and when such
separation has taken place, draw off the water. Then draw off the oil into
a cistern, and let it stand for one mouth to clarify and become clear, and the
same will then be fit for use.
. In witness whereof, I, the said Matthias Wilks, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.
Inrolled the same Sixteenth day of June, in the year above written.
AN IMPROVEMENT OF OR IN THE STEAM ENGINE BOILER
Year: 1822

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Smith, of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Bookkeeper, for his found out "AN IMPROVEMENT OF OR IN THE STEAM ENGINE
BOILER."
6 months.
Dated 4th July 1822.
IMPROVE. MENTS IN STEAM ENGINES, BY THE APPLICATION OF STEAM IMMEDIATELY TO A WHEEL, INSTEAD OF THE USUAL PROCESS
Year: 1822

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Leach, of Blue Boar Court, Friday Street,
Cheapside, in the City of London, Merchant, in consequence of communications
made to him by a certain Foreigner residing abroad, for his invented "IMPROVE.
MENTS IN STEAM ENGINES, BY THE APPLICATION OF STEAM IMMEDIATELY TO A
WHEEL, INSTEAD OF THE USUAL PROCESS."
4 months.
Dated 25th October 1822.
A CHAIN OF A NEW AND IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1822

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES.
GLADSTONE, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Ironmonger, do send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth, by His
Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster, the Twelfth day of March now last-
past, did give and grant unto me, the said James Gladstone, my executors;
administrators, and assigns, His special licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said James Gladstone, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His
Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad, my Invention of "A CHAIN OF A
NEW AND IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION," for the term of fourteen years, pursuant to
the Statute in that case made and provided; in which Letters Patent there
is contained a proviso obliging me, the said James Gladstone, under my hand
and seal,: to cause a full and particular description of the nature of said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months
next ensuing the date of the said Letters Patent, otherwise the same utterly
to cease, determine, and become void.
my
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Gladstone, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is fully described and
ascertained as follows, and by the Drawings in the margin of these Presents,
that is to say:
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER CATTLE
Year: 1822

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Harris, of Saint Mildred's Court, in the City
of London, Tea Dealer, for his invented "IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER CATTLE."
6 months.
Dated 9th January 1822.
AMETHOD OR MEANS OF IMPROVING THE PREPARATION OF COLOURS FOR PRINTING WOVE CLOTHS
Year: 1822

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bourdieu, of Lime Street, in the City of
London, Esquire, in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain
Foreigner residing abroad he is become possessed of "A METHOD OR MEANS OF
IMPROVING THE PREPARATION OF COLOURS FOR PRINTING WOVE CLOTHS."
6 months
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BLAST FURNACE, AND CERTAIN APPARATUS TO BE CONNECTED THEREWITH, WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BURN OR CONSUME FUEL IN A MORE ECONOMICAL AND USEFUL MANNER THAN HAS BENN HITHERTO PRACTISED
Year: 1823

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Stein, of the Tower Brewery, Tower Hill,
in the City of London, for his invented "IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF BLAST
FURNACE, AND CERTAIN APPARATUS TO BE CONNECTED THEREWITH, WHICH IS ADAPTED
TO BURN OR CONSUME FUEL IN A MORE ECONOMICAL AND USEFUL MANNER THAN HAS
BENN HITHERTO PRACTISED."
6 months.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PLOUGHS AND HARROWS
Year: 1823

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Finlayson, of Muirkirk, in the County of
Ayr, Farmer, for his Invented "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PLOUGHS AND
HARROWS."
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SPADES AND SHOVELS
Year: 1823

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
ELWELL, of Wednesbury Forge, in the County of Stafford, Spade and Edge
Tool Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of His United Kingdom, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twentieth day of August, 1823, in the fourth year of
His reign, give and grant unto me, the said Edward Elwell, my exors, adñiors,
and assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Edward Elwell, my exors, admors, and assigns, during the term of
years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SPADES AND
SHOVELS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if
I, the said Edward Ellwell, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the
said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted,
shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by the same, relation
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Edward Elwell, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof (that is to say) :-
The mould is made to be hammered or rolled into the plate with one
langnet only; it is then sheared, and the front part of the copher and plate
stamped into the form required, and the number of holes necessary for the
rivets punched out of the front part of the copher. I then take bar or plate
iron and work out-the back langnet and back part of the copher, leaving the
sides of the back part of the copher of a sufficient thickness. I then raise with
the stamp from the back part of the copher the number of solid rivets required,
and which also puts it into the proper form; the rivets are so arranged as
to unite with the holes in the front part of the copher. There is left from the
stamp a sufficient thickness of iron on the sides of the back part of the copher
as to cause it to lie close to the front part of the copher, for making the
solidity of the rivetting perfect, and which leaves the back of the shovel of an
even surface. The two parts are then rivetted together. It is then tree'd and
finished in the usual way.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Elwell, have liereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and women al