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AN ENTIRE-NEW-CONSTRUCTED FASTEN- ING FOR BOOTS, SHOES, KNEE BANDS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, TO BE USED INSTEAD OF BUCKLES
Year: 1788

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
JUKES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Plater, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George: the Third did, by
His, Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of iGreat Britain; bearing date 'the
Fifteenth day of August, in the twenty-eighth year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Joseph Jukes, His especial licence that I, the said
Joseph Jukes, during the term of years therein expressed, should 'and lawfully
might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN ENTIRE-NEW-CONSTRUCTED FASTEN-
ING FOR BOOTS, SHOES, KNEE BANDS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, TO BE USED INSTEAD OF
BUCKLES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging
me, the said Joseph Jukes, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, to and how the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one
calendar month next 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 provisoe, I, the said
Joseph Jukes, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in manner
following (that is to say) :-
An upright screw is fixed in the centre of a small plate, which screw passes
through a hole in the strap or straps of the shoe or other article required
to be fastened, after which a rim or ornament with another hole in the centre

page_text: thereof, is placed so as to receive the screw through such hole. A small
ornamental nut is then screwed on the top which compleats the fastening.
The rim or ornament may be made of any form or pattern at the option of
the maker, but if in shape of a buckle or otherwise open in the middle a
cross bar or bars must be added to form the centrical hole, through which
the screw is to pass, previous to its receiving the nut, or two or more screws
and nutts may be fixed on any part of the rim or ornament. The screw and
nut alone, without the rim or ornament, is a sufficient fastening, and there
should be several holes made in the strap or straps that the wearer may
have the fastening as tight or as slack as he pleases. All the above articles
may be made of any kind of metal desired.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Jukes, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of September, One thousand seven
AN INGREDIENT TO BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR GUM IN THICKENING OF COLOURS FOR PRINTING, WHICH WILL ANSWER ALL THE PURPOSES OF THAT ARTICLE AT A MUCH MORE REASONABLE RATE
Year: 1788

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
BLAIKIE, of Glasgow, in the Kingdom of Scotland, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by Hie Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Eleventh day of June, in the twenty-eighth year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said Francis Blakie, His special licence
that I, the said Francis Blakie, during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Invention (discovered to
me as in the said Letters Patent is mentioned) of "AN INGREDIENT TO BE USED
AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR GUM IN THICKENING OF COLOURS FOR PRINTING, WHICH WILL
ANSWER ALL THE PURPOSES OF THAT ARTICLE AT A MUCH MORE REASONABLE RATE;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said
Francis Blaikie, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description
of the nature 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
one calendar month 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
Francis Blakie, do hereby declare that the said Invention is described in
manner herein-after mentioned (that is to say):-

page_text: The gum substitute to thicken colours for linen and calico printing, and
making up or furnishing printers' colour tubs, and which may also be applied
to several other uses, is prepared by boiling any quantity of flax seed in a
sufficient quantity of water, until the whole substance be extracted thereby,
and strained through a linen or woollen cloth; again boil down the liquor to
the consistence of a jelly, put it into a close vessel, and for preservation put
in a little strong spirits, or pour a little sweet oil on the top of it; bitters may
also be used to preserve it. In using the substitute the printer may either
put a certain quantity into the gallon of colour, according to the nature of it,
and the particular kind of work to be done, and regulate himself by trial, as
is common in using gum, or reduce the substitute by boiling in water to the
consistence wanted.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Blaikie, have hereunto set my
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF MAKING CANNON OR ANY OTHER PIECE OF ORDNANCE MADE OF METAL, TOGETHER WITH ITS SHOT, SHELL, OR ARROW SO CONTRIVED AS TO GIVE A MORE CERTAIN DIRECTION TO THE MARK INTENDED THAN ANY OTHER THAT HAS BEEN HITHERTO IN USE
Year: 1789

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOHN WILKINSON, of Broseley, in the County of Salop, Ironmaster,
send greeting.
WHEREAS IIis most Excellent Majesty King George the Third
did, by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
bearing date the Thirtieth day of July, in the twenty-ninth year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said John Wilkinson, His especial
licence that I, the said John Wilkinson, during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, my
Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF MAKING CANNON OR
ANY OTHER PIECE OF ORDNANCE MADE OF METAL, TOGETHER WITH ITS SHOT,
SHELL, OR ARROW SO CONTRIVED AS TO GIVE A MORE CERTAIN DIRECTION TO
THE MARK INTENDED THAN ANY OTHER THAT HAS BEEN HITHERTO IN USE;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the
said John Wilkinson, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature 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 one calendar month after the date of the said recited

page_text: 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 John Wilkinson, do hereby declare that my said Invention is
described in manner following (that is to say):
Any gun or piece of ordnance, after being bored in the usual method,
hath cut therein two spiral grooves, which run the whole length of the
bore. These grooves, according to their curvature, will give a circular
motion to the shot during its flight. The grooves may be varied in
their form, size, or curvature, as may be found most convenient for
practical engineers. The shot for the above ordnance are formed with
a belt or wings that fit the grooves of the ordnance for which they are
made, and by this connection acquire a circular motion from the action
of gunpowder; the form of these shot may be varied at pleasure. A
shell or arrow shot will acquire the same motion by the like means.
The above mentioned ordnance with its shot may (if any advantage will
result therefrom) have the grooves and belt reversed by forming two
spiral convexes in the ordnance and giving the concave of grooves to.
the shot, &c.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wilkinson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of August, One thousand.
seven hundred and eighty-nine.
JOHN WILKINSON. (L.S.)
FINISHING, EFFECTING, AND COMPLEATING THE EYE OF A NEEDLE, SO AS TO PREVENT THE THREAD, SILK, OR OTHER MATERIAL USED WITH A NEEDLE FROM CUTTING, BREAKING, OR FRAYING
Year: 1789

page_text: TO ALL PEOPLE TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM SHEWARD, of Birmingham, in. the County of Warwick, Needle
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by his
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Ninth day of June, One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine,
in the twenty-ninth year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, the said
William Sheward, my executors, admors, and assigns, his especial licence, full
power, and sole priviledge and authority, that I, the said William Sheward, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, during the term of fourteen 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 "FINISHING, EFFECTING, AND COMPLEATING THE EYE OF A NEEDLE, SO AS TO
PREVENT THE THREAD, SILK, OR OTHER MATERIAL USED WITH A NEEDLE FROM
CUTTING, BREAKING, OR FRAYING," in which said Letters Patent there is con-
tained a proviso, obliging me, the said William Sheward, under my hand and
seal, to cause a particular description of the nature 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 one calendar month 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 I, the said William Sheward, in compliance with
the said proviso, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said

page_text: Invention, and in what manner the same is performed and actuated, by the
.plan or particular thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, the said William Sheward, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord
...One thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
Chancery Extraordinary.
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AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the said Seventh day of July, in
the year above mentioned, the said William Sheward came before our said
Lord the King in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form aforesaid. And also the Specification aforesaid was duly
stampt according to the tenor of the Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Eighth day of July, in the year above mentioned.
A NEW CHAPE AND FASTENING FOR BUCKLES
Year: 1789

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
FREETH, of the Parish of Saint James Clerkenwell, and County of Middlesex,
Buckle Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Second
day of July, in the twenty-ninth year of His reign, did give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Freeth, His especial licence that I, the said Thomas
Freeth, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW CHAPE AND FASTENING FOR BUCKLES ;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said
Thomas Freeth, under my hand, to cause a particular description of the nature
of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in
His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month 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 Freeth, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a new chape and
fastening for buckles is described in the plan and description thereof hereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Freeth, have hereunto set my
hand and seall, this Eleventh day of July, One thousand seven hundred
and eighty-nine.
THOMAS FREETH. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eleventh day of June, in the
year above written, the aforesaid Thomas Freeth came before our said Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also the
Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the Statute made
in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen William and Mary
of England, and so forth.
Inrolled the Thirteenth day of July, in the year above mentioned.
LOCKS AND KEYS ON AN ENTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION, MUCH STRONGER AND SAFER, AND LESS LIABLE TO BE OUT OF REPAIR, THAN ANY NOW IN USE
Year: 1789

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
CORNTHWAITE, of Kendall, in the County of Westmorland, Whitesmith, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Seventh day of July, in the twenty-ninth year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said Thomas Cornthwaite, His especial licence, that I, the said
Thomas Cornthwaite, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "LOCKS AND KEYS ON AN ENTIRE
NEW CONSTRUCTION, MUCH STRONGER AND SAFER, AND LESS LIABLE TO BE OUT OF
REPAIR, THAN ANY NOW IN USE;" in which said Letters Patent there is con-
tained a proviso, obliging me, the said Thomas Cornthwaite, under my hand
and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within one calendar month 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 Cornthwaite, do hereby declare that my said Invention of locks and

page_text: High Court of Chancery..
my hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day of July, One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-nine.
THOS CORNTHWAITE. (L.S.)
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-fourth day of July, in
the year above written, the aforesaid Thomas Cornthwaite came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen
William and Mary, and so forth.
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AN ENGINE TO BE WORKED BY THE POWER OF STEAM ON AN INTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1790

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WESTAWAY ROWE, of Green Walk, in the Parish of Christ Church, and County
of Surrey, Carpenter, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of April, in the thirtieth year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said John Westaway Rowe, His especial licence,
that I, the said John Westaway Rowe, during the term of years therein men-
tioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN ENGINE
TO BE WORKED BY THE POWER OF STEAM ON AN INTIRE NEW CONSTRUCTION;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said
John Westaway Rowe, under iny hand and seal, to cause a particular descrip-
tion of the nature 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 one
calendar month 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
John Westaway Rowe, do hereby declare that my said Invention of an Engine
to be Worked by the Power of Steam on an entire new Construction is described
in the plan thereof hereunto annexed, and in the description following, that is
to say:-
Instead of a cylinder placed upright, and its piston working within perpen-
dicularly, my steam vessel, in which the vacuum is made, is a longitudinal

page_text: section or part of a cylinder fixed horizontally, and not vertically, as has been
the practice. Within this vessel I fix a lever with a pallet upon its axis, which
performs the office of a piston by a vibrating stroke. The admission of steam
and its condensation alternately making a vacuum on each side the pallet may
be performed in a variety of methods, one of which is explained by the Drawing!
annexed.
Figure 1, the pallet or vibrating piston, moving in a semicircle, gives, in the
first motion from its axis, a reciprocating stroke, and from this axis a rotative
motion may be produced by any of the means now in use, as well by that in
the present Drawing.
Figure 2, the gudgeon, or axis of the pallet, or vibrating piston, by its
motion in the segment of a cylinder admitting of any application that may be
most convenient for rotary or reciprocating movements.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Westaway Rowe, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of May, One thousand seven
hundred and ninety.
JOHN WESTAWAY ROWE (18)
CERTAIN COMPOSITIONS OF THE NATURE OF JAPAN OR VARNISH, WHICH WILL BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS IN MANY USEFUL APPLICATIONS
Year: 1790

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Saint, of Greenhill's Rents, in tho Parish of
Saint Sepulchre, and County of Middlesex, Cabinet Maker, of his new invented
"CERTAIN COMPOSITIONS OF THE NATURE OF JAPAN OR VARNISH, WHICH WILL BE
VERY ADVANTAGEOUS IN MANY USEFUL APPLICATIONS;" to hold to him, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, and also within His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad,
for the term of Fourteen Years pursuant to the Statute; with a clause to inroll
the same within two calendar months from the date hereof. W. H. M. at
Westminster, the Seventeenth day of July, in the year above.
By writ, &c.
Dated 17th July 1790.
(No Specification enrolled.)
AN ENGINE FOR WASHING LINEN, WOOLEN, AND EVERY OTHER ARTICLE THAT REQUIRES WASHING, WITH GREATER EXPEDITION THAN BY ANY OTHER METHOD NOW IN UBE
Year: 1790

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
CRESWELL, of Boston Lane, Brentford, in the County of Middlesex, Goldsmith,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date tho.
Tenth day of July, in the thirtieth year of His reign, did give and grant unto
me, the said Joseph Creswell, His especial licence that I, the said Joseph
Creswell, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN ENGINE FOR WASHING LINEN,
WOOLEN, AND EVERY OTHER ARTICLE THAT REQUIRES WASHING, WITH GREATER
EXPEDITION THAN BY ANY OTHER METHOD NOW IN UBE;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said Joseph Creswell,
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of
Imy said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar
month 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
Joseph Creswell, do hereby declare that my said Invention of an engine for

page_text: washing linen, woollen, and every other article that requires washing, is
described in the plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, tho said Joseph Creswell, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of August, One thousand seven
hundred and ninety.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventh day of August, in
the year above written, the aforesaid Joseph Creswell came before our Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained, in form abovo written. And also
the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statuto
in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Ninth day of Aucunt in the walows mantinued
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A MACHINE OR MACHINES FOR MANGLING AND WASHING EVERY ARTICLE MADE OF LINEN, WOOL, SILK, OR COTTON THAT WILL BEAR WASHING, (AND WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO OTHER USEFUL PURPOSES,) WHEREBY THOSE ARTICLES WILL RECEIVE MUCH LESS DAMAGE THAN BY ANY METHOD NOW IN USE
Year: 1790

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
THUNDER, of Brighthelmston, in the County of Sussex, Builder, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Tenth day of August, in the thirtieth year of His reign, did give
and grant unto me, the said Edward Thunder, His especial licence, that I,
the said Edward Thunder, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A MACHINE OR MACHINES
FOR MANGLING AND WASHING EVERY ARTICLE MADE OF LINEN, WOOL, SILK, OR
COTTON THAT WILL BEAR WASHING, (AND WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO OTHER USEFUL
PURPOSES,) WHEREBY THOSE ARTICLES WILL RECEIVE MUCH LESS DAMAGE THAN BY ANY
METHOD NOW IN USE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Edward Thunder, under my band and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature 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 one calendar month 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
Edward Thunder, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a machine or

page_text: machines for mangling and washing every article mado of linen, wool, silk, or
cotton (and which may be applied to other useful purposes), whereby those
articles will receive less daniage than by any other method now in use, is
described in the Plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
Ju witness whereof, 1, the said Edward Thunder, have hereunto set my!
hand and seal, this Fourth day of September, One thousand seven
AN INSTRUMENT TO SERVE AS AN ARTIFICIAL HORIZON, BY MEANS OF WHICH THE SUN'S ALTITUDE MAY BE TAKEN AT SEA WITH A HADLEY QUADRANT, AND THE LATITUDE FOUND WHEN THE REAL HORIZON IS OBSCURED OR INVISIBLE
Year: 1790

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
RIBRIGHT, of the Poultry, London, Mathematical Instrument Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty, by His Letters Patent under
the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Second
day of March, in the thirtieth year of His Majestie's reign, did give unto
me, the said Thomas Ribright, by my name and description aforesaid, His
special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Thomas Ribright, my executors, administrators, and assigns, during the term
of fourteen years therein expressed, to be computed from the date of the said
Letters Patent next and immediately ensuing, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within that part of His Majestie's Kingdom
of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Ber-
wick-upon-Tweed, "AN INSTRUMENT TO SERVE AS AN ARTIFICIAL HORIZON, BY
MEANS OF WHICH THE SUN'S ALTITUDE MAY BE TAKEN AT SEA WITH A HADLEY
QUADRANT, AND THE LATITUDE FOUND WHEN THE REAL HORIZON IS OBSCURED OR
INVISIBLE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging
me, within one month next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent, to cause a particular description of the said instrument, by writing
under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of
Chancery, otherwise the said Letters Patent to be void.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Thomas Ribright, do hereby declare that the Drawings in the margin, with

page_text: the references above contained and mentioned, describing the same, containeth
a full and particular description of the said Invention, and of the method of
using the same.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal,
the Twenty-second day of March, in the thirtieth year of the reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God of Great
Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so
forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and ninety.
Lord One
Inrolled the Twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord
thousand seven hundred and ninety.
NEW MACHINE OR INSTRUMENT CALLED AN IMPROVED QUADRANT FOR DETERMINING THE ALTITUDE AT SEA WHEN NO HORIZON CAN BE FOUND, AND FOR THE ESIER ASCERTAINING THE LONGITUDE
Year: 1791

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, JOHN SYEDS,
of Mill Street, in the Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the
Borough of Southwark, and County of Surry, Mariner, sends greeting.
WHEREAS the King's most Excellent Majesty, by His Letters Patent under
the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Twenty-first day of January,
in the thirty-first year of His reign, gave and granted unto the said John Syeds,
his executors, administrators, and assigns, His special licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that he, said John Syeds, his exors, adiñiors, and assigns, by
himself and themselves, or by his and their deputy or deputies, servants or agents,
or such others as he the said John Syeds, his exors, admors, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after, during the term of years therein and herein-after expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, his "NEW MACHINE OR INSTRUMENT
CALLED AN IMPROVED QUADRANT FOR DETERMINING THE ALTITUDE AT SEA WHEN NO
HORIZON CAN BE FOUND, AND FOR THE ESIER ASCERTAINING THE LONGITUDE," within
that part of Great Britain called England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to him the said John Syeds, his exors,
adñiors, or assigns, or any of them, should in their discretion seem meet, and
that he, the said John Syeds, his exors, admors, and assigns, should and
lawfully might have and enjoy the whole of the profit, benefit, commodity, and
advantage from time to time coming, growing, accruing, and arising by reason
of the term of years therein and herein-after mentioned, to have, hold, exercise

page_text: form for the convenienco of receiving the glass tube, and the glasses differ a
littlo in size and shape for the convenience of receiving the reflection of
the air bubble. The dotted lines in the Plan shew the action of the bubblo,
of air.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Syeds, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of February, in the thirty-first year of
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of
God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand soven
. hundred and ninety-one.
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MAKING SCYTHES WITH STEEL BLADES, AND IRON OR STEEL. BACKS FIXED ON WITH SCREWS OR PINS
Year: 1791

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS. SHALL COME, I; ABRAHAM
HILL of Whiteley Wood, in the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Saw Maker, send greeting. . .
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty, by Letters Patent under
His Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date: the Seventeenth day of
December, in the thirty-second year of the reign, did give and grant unto
me, the said Abraham Hill, His special licence, that I, the said Abraham
Hill, my exors, adñors, 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
"MAKING SCYTHES WITH STEEL BLADES, AND IRON OR STEEL. BACKS FIXED ON WITH
SCREWS OR PINS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe
obliging me, the said Abraham Hill, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one callender month then
next and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, on relation being thereunto had, may and will more fully
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Abraham Hill, do hereby declare, that my said Invention is described in
manner following, that is to say :-

page_text: Take a piece of steel, forge and roll it to a proper thickness for a scythe
blade; then cut it with a chisel or shears into the form of the scythe
blade; then punch or bore the holes for the purpose of fixing on the back;
then harden it by making it red hot in a furnace, and then putting it into a
liquid or composition to be made of oil, commonly called pale or sweet oil, rosin,
and tallow, which liquid or composition made as follows: take twenty-eight
pounds weight of rosin, fifty-six pounds weight of tallow, and eight gallons of
oil, which mix and boil together, then temper the blade by heating it over a
fire til it becomes nearly the colour of a dark yellow, and when cold, set and
grind it, and then fix on the back with screws or pins, which back is to be made
of iron or steel, and the holes to be punched or bored.
In witness whereof, I, the said Abraham H, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand covon hundred and ninety-one
Inrolled the Third day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
OBTAINING FROM WOOD ASHES A GREATLY SUPERIOR QUANTITY OF POT AND PEARL ASHES THAN HAVE HITHERTO BEEN OBTAINED
Year: 1791

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
GLENNY, of Bromley Hill, in the County of Kent, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Second
day of July, in the thirty-first year of His reign, did give and grant unto me,
the said George Glenny, His special licence that I, the said George Glenny.
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully, might use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, and all His Majesty's Colonics and Plantations abroad, my method or
Invention of "OBTAINING FROM WOOD ASHES A GREATLY SUPERIOR QUANTITY OF
POT AND PEARL ASHES THAN HAVE HITHERTO BEEN OBTAINED;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said George
Glenny, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one
calendar month 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
George Glenny, do hereby declare that the method or Invention used by me
for Obtaining from Wood Ashes a greatly Superior Quantity of Pot and Pearl
Ashes, than has hitherto been Obtained, is as follows, namely:-

page_text: That the common ashes produced by burning wood must be compleatly
calcined in a furnace; and if a small proportion of lime be sifted among the
wood ashes before they are put into the calcining furnace, it will prevent them
from vitrifying; but if they are at times stirred with an iron rake, or other
proper instrument, during the process of calcination, that will answer the
purpose of adding the lime; and when the ashes are calcined into a fine
powder, the usual method may be pursued; but it is better to boil them in
large vessels, especially in frosty weather.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Gleuny, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Thirtieth day of July, Ono thousand seven hundred
A COMPOSITION OR MIXTURE FOR KEEPING AND PRESERVING PERFECTLY SOUND FOR THE SPACE OF TWO YEARS AT THE LEAST, THE EGGS OF HENS, TURKEYS GEESE, AND DUCKS
Year: 1791

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
JAYNE, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Confectioner, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty by His Letters Patent
under His Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing dato the Eighth day of
February, in the thirty-first year of His reign, did give and grant unto me,
the said William Jayne, His special license, that I, the said William Jayne.
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick:
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A COMPOSITION OR MIXTURE FOR KEEPING AND
PRESERVING PERFECTLY SOUND FOR THE SPACE OF TWO YEARS AT THE LEAST, THE
EGGS OF HENS, TURKEYS, GEESE, AND DUCKS;" in which said Letters Patent
there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William Jayne, under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the saine is to be performed, to be inrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month 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
William Jayne, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
manner following, that is to say :-
Take and put into a tub or vessel one bushel Winchester measure of quick
lime, thirty-two ounces of salt, eight ounces of cream of tartar, and mix the
same together with as much water as will reduce the composition or mixture
to that consistence that it will cause an egg put into it to swim with its top

page_text: just above the liquid; then put and keep the eggs therein, which will preserve
them perfectly sound for the space of two years at the least.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Jayne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.
IMPROVED ENGINE ANSWERING EVERY PURPOSE OF A STEAM ENGINE, TO BE WORKED WITH OR WITHOUT ONE HORSE, OR OTHER INFERIOR FORCE, AND WITHOUT FIRE, WIND, OR WATER
Year: 1791

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Davison, of Bunhill Row, in the Parish of
Saint Luke, Old Street, in the County of Middlesex, of his new "IMPROVED
ENGINE ANSWERING EVERY PURPOSE OF A STEAM ENGINE, TO BE WORKED WITH OR
WITHOUT ONE HORSE, OR OTHER INFERIOR FORCE, AND WITHOUT FIRE, WIND, OR
WATER;" to hold to him, his executors, administrators, and assigns, within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen
Years pursuant to the Statute; with a clause to inroll the same within one
calendar month from the date hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the
26th day of November, in the year above.
By writ, &c.
AN ENTIRE NEW ESCAPEMENT TO BE APPLIED TO WATCHES OR CLOCKS, OR DIALS CALLED WATCHES OR CLOCKS, FOR THE USE BOTH OF SEA AND LAND, WHICH ACTS UPON AN ENTIRE NEW PRINCIPLE, PRODUCING GREATER CERTAINTY OF TIME THAN ANY HITHERTO INVENTED, BEING MORE SIMPLE AND LESS LIABLE TO BE OUT OF REPAIR, AND WHEN REPAIRED EFFECTED WITH LESS DANGER TO THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES ON WHIC HIT IS CONSTRUCTED,THAN FORMER WATCHES
Year: 1791

page_text: LITHERLAND'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PETER
LITHERLAND, of Latchford, near Warrington, in the County Palatine of
Chester, Watch and Watch Movement Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourteenth day of October, in the thirty-first year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said Peter Litherland, His especial licence that I,
the said Peter Litherland, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN ENTIRE NEW ESCAPEMENT
TO BE APPLIED TO WATCHES OR CLOCKS, OR DIALS CALLED WATCHES OR CLOCKS, FOR
THE USE BOTH OF SEA AND LAND, WHICH ACTS UPON AN ENTIRE NEW PRINCIPLE,
PRODUCING GREATER CERTAINTY OF TIME THAN ANY HITHERTO INVENTED, BEING
MORE SIMPLE AND LESS LIABLE TO BE OUT OF REPAIR, AND WHEN REPAIRED
EFFECTED WITH LESS DANGER TO THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES ON WHIC HIT IS
CONSTRUCTED, THAN FORMER WATCHES, &c;" in which said Letters Patent there
is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said Peter Litherland, under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature 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 one calender month 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.
I

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Peter Litherland, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
plan and description thereof hereupon written..
In witness whereof, I, the said. Peter Litherland, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth, day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand coron hundred' and ninators
Jos LACE, a Master
Extra
in
Chan'.
AND BE IT. REMEMBERED, that on the same Tenth day of November,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Peter Litherland came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also
the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute
in that case made and provided.
A MACHINE OR MACHINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING OR MOVING OF FLUIDS AND OTHER BODIES BY THE POWER OR FORCE OF WIND, STEAM, MANUAL LABOR, OR ANY OTHER GIVEN POWER, AND WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO MANY USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1791

page_text: RIDGE'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
RIDGE, of Hodshrove, in the Parish of Falmer, in the County of Sussex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-fourth day of May, in the thirty-first year of His reign, did give
and grant unto me, the said Samuel Ridge, His special licence that I, the said
Samuel Ridge, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A MACHINE OR MACHINES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RAISING OR MOVING OF FLUIDS AND OTHER BODIES BY THE POWER OR
FORCE OF WIND, STEAM, MANUAL LABOR, OR ANY OTHER GIVEN POWER, AND WHICH
MAY BE APPLIED TO MANY USEFUL PURPOSES;" in which said Letters Patent there
is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Samuel Ridge, under my hand
and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature 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 one calendar month after the date
of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being there-
unto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Ridge, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Ridge, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of June, One thousand seven
hundred and ninety-one.
SAMUEL RIDGE. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-third day of
June, in the year above written, the aforesaid Samuel Ridge came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the 5
Statute in that case made and provided.
Iurolled the same Twenty-third day of June, in the year above mentioned.
Iurolled the same Twenty-third day of June, in the year above mentioned.
METHOD OF WORKING ANY ROTATORY AND SOME OTHER MOTIONS, BY AN ENTIRE NEW APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OF THE MECHANICAL POWERS, TENDING TO PRODUCE A GREATER EFFECT AT MUCH LESS LABOUR AND EXPENCE THAN BY ANY OTHER MODE NOW IN USE
Year: 1791

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Noble Knipe, of Devonshire Street, Queen
Square, Gentleman, of his new invented "METHOD OF WORKING ANY ROTATORY
AND SOME OTHER MOTIONS, BY AN ENTIRE NEW APPLICATION OF CERTAIN OF THE
MECHANICAL POWERS, TENDING TO PRODUCE A GREATER EFFECT AT MUCH LESS LABOUR
AND EXPENCE THAN BY ANY OTHER MODE NOW IN USE;" to hold to him, his
executors, administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen Years pursuant to the
Statute; with a clause to inroll the same within one calendar month from
the date hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the 7th day of July, in the
year above.
By writ, &c.
SEVERAL CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLOUGHS, BY WHICH MEANS THE GROUND MAY BE PLOUGHED AT A MUCH LESS EXPENCE THAN CAN AT PRESENT BE EFFECTED
Year: 1791

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
MERRICKS, of Uckfield, in the County of Sussex, Smith, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Sixteenth day of August, in the thirty-first year of His
reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Merricks, His especial
licence that I, the said Thomas Merricks, during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "SEVERAL
CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLOUGHS, BY WHICH MEANS
THE GROUND MAY BE PLOUGHED AT A MUCH LESS EXPENCE THAN CAN AT PRESENT BE
EFFECTED;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging
me, the said Thomas Merricks, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature 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 one calendar month 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 Merricks, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Merricks, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of August, One thousand seven
hundred and ninety-one.
THOS MERRICKS. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twentieth day of
August, in the year above written, the aforesaid Thomas Merricks came before
our Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained; in form above written.
And also tho Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute in that caso made and provided.
A FIRE OR STEAM ENGINE FOR DRAINING AND WORKING OF MINES, FOR WORKING ANY KIND OF MILLS, TURNING ANY KIND OF WHEELS, OR RAISING OF WATER
Year: 1792

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, the Reverend
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, of Whitehaven, in the County of Cumberland, Clerk,
send grecting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighteenth day of October, in the thirty-second year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said William Williamson, His especial
licence that I, the said William Williamson, during the term of years therein
mentioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A FIRE OR
STEAM ENGINE FOR DRAINING AND WORKING OF MINES, FOR WORKING ANY KIND OF
MILLS, TURNING ANY KIND OF WHEELS, OR RAISING OF WATER;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William
Williamson, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature 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 one calendar month 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
William Williamson, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Fire or
Steam Engine for Draining and Working of Mines, for Working any kind of

page_text: Mills, Turning any Kind of Wheels, or Raising of Water, is described in the
plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Williamson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.
ANTHONY ADAMSON,
er Extra in Chancery.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Sixth day of November, in
the year above mentioned, the aforesaid William Kelly came before our Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also the
Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute in
that case made and provided.
Inrolled the tenth day of November, in the year above written.