In the longitudinal corn sheller; George E. Waring, Poundridge, N. Y. March 16.

In the mode of distilling Alcohol by steam; Anson & Norman Wolcott, Bloomfield, N. Y. March 19.

In a spring temple for weavers; A. Jenks, and J. Clewell, Holmesburg, near Philadelphia, March 19.

In the crusher and grist-mill; John G. Morse, Randolph County,

N. C. March 20.

In the machine for making bricks; David Atchester, Vermont, March 21.

In pumping water out of ships by means of wind; Thomas Brownell, New York, March 23.

In the churn; Samuel L. Bagley, Hillsdale, N. Y. March 24. In a twin plough; Noble G. Cryer, Wentworth, N. C. March 24. In the domestic cooking stove; David Westfield, New York, March 24.

In the same; Joseph R. Page, Philadelphia, March 24.

In grinding and polishing hard and soft substances; Benjamin Green, Hartford, Vermont, March 27.

In the mode of preparing cotton roving for spinning; Gilbert Brewster, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. March 28.

In the pressing and lifting machine; Samuel Andrews, Bridgetown, Maine, March 28.

In the horse hay rake; Jeremiah Bailey, Philadelphia, March 30. In a mode of obtaining power from certain fluids; Mark J. Brunnel, London, England, March 30.

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In manufacturing shingles; Paul Hawes, Lockport, N. Y. March

In a machine for trimming the edges of paper; John M'Clintie, Chambersburg, Penn. March 31.

In making watch keys; Joseph S. Davis, Providence, R. I. April 3. In the manufacture of tobacco; J. Allen, Jr. and Charles Geoghegan, Richmond, Va. April s.

In an instrument for working in wood; Jeremiah Bailey, Philadelphia, April 7.

In a machine for cutting tubs, buckets, &c. Jeremiah Bailey, Philadelphia, April 7.

In the homony machine; Roberts Campbell, Martinsburg, Va. April 9.

In the cider mill; Constant H. Wicks, Paris, N. Y. April 9.

In the machine for setting up hat bodies; Joseph Grant, Providence, R. I. April 10.

In the water wheel for steam boats; Robert L. Stevens, Hoboken, N. J. April 10.

In making tenons on spokes for wheels; David Sperry, Colchester, Conn. April 18.

In the spinning machine; Nathaniel Remington, Geneva, N. Y. April 21.

In all kinds of propelling machinery; William Staunton, Centre Township, Indiana, April 23.

In the turning lathe; William Patrick, Leverett, Mass. April 24. In the steam engine; George Fleming, Goochland C. H. Va. April 24.

In preserving eggs, butter and lard; Thomas Edmundson, Pipe Creek, Md. April 26.

In the manufacturing of wool; John Goulding, Dedham, Mass. April 27.

In making clay tubes; John R. Rowell & Henry Wire, Fredericktown, Penn. May 10.

In the scraper, or team shovel; G. Davis, and J. Price, Lockport, N. Y. May 12.

In the steam engine; E. A. Lester, Boston, Mass. May 14.

In stocks; Joseph Towson, Baltimore, May 14.

In the mill for grinding paint; Allen Holcomb, Butternutts, N. Y. May 14.

In the mode of extracting oil by steam; David Dodge, Hamilton, Mass. May 14.

In marine rail ways, Joseph Webb, New York, May 14.

In a safety gate for canals; Jacob Van Dorn, Glen, Montgomery County, N. Y. May 14.

In the valve cock, for hydrants; Benjamin Stancliff, Philadelphia, May 15.

In the cotton press; Richard Jarnigan, Waynesborough, N. C. May 15.

In the horizontal piano forte; Thomas Loud, Philadelphia, May 15 In the employment of heated air, in aid of steam power; Minus Ward, Baltimore, May 15.

In funnel stoves; Hiram Wales, Randolph, Mass. May 18.

In the cast iron plough; Robert Sweeny, Warren County, Ohio, May 18.

In the machine for cleansing wheat, rye, &c. John Tyler, Claremont, N. H. May 18.

In carts for removing earth; Jeremiah Prince, Lockport, N. Y. May 18.

In the churn; Levi Rosencrans, Urbana, N. Y. May 19.

In the machine for crushing corn with the cob; S. K. Gauntt, Greenville, Tenn. May 25.

In a water-proof stiffening for hats; Stephen Hempstead, jr. Charles County, Md. May 25.

In the thrashing machine; M. Pennock, Kennet Square, Chester County, Penn. May 26.

In the mode of letting water on the water wheel; Robert & Thos. T. M.Culloch, Albemarle County, Va. May 26.

In the evolution and management of heat; Eliphalet Natt, Schenectady, N. Y. May 30.

In mills for grinding grain; Abraham Delap, and Avery Coe, Guilford, N. C. May 31.

In the machine for hulling and cleaning rice; J. Campbell, Winsboro, S. C. May 31.

VOL. V.-No. 1.-JANUARY, 1828.-9

ENGLISH PATENTS.

List of patents for New Inventions, which passed the Great Seal, in England, from May 26, to July 18, 1827.

To William John Hobson Hood, lieutenant in our royal navy, for his invention of certain improvements on pumps, or machinery for raising or forcing water; chiefly applicable to ships-Sealed 26th May.

To George Burges, for his invention of certain improvements in the construction of wheeled carriages, and wheels to be attached to the said carriages, or for other purposes-26th May.

To Thomas Clarke, carpet and worsted manufacturer, for his invention of certain improvements in manufacturing carpets-26th May. To Malcolm Muir, for his invention of certain machinery for preparing board for flooring, and other similar purposes-1st June.

To John Were Clark, for his invention of an improved mode of attaching, fixing, or securing, the dead eyes to the channels and sides of ships or vessels-8th June.

To Joseph Cliseld Daniell, clothier, for his invention of certain improvements in preparing wire cards, and dressing woollen and other cloths--8th June.

To Charles Phillips, captain in our royal navy, for his invention of certain improvements on capstans-8th June.

To Hugh Evans, lieutenant in our royal marine corps, and William Robert Hale King, tin-plate worker, for their invention of a new table apparatus to promote the ease, comfort, and economy of persons at sea, or on nautical excursions-12th June.

To Thomas Don, millwright, and Andrew Smith, builder, for their invention and discovery of methods of making and constructing shutters and blinds of iron or steel, or any other metals or compositions thereof, and improved methods of constructing and fixing shutters and blinds of iron or steel, or any other metals or materials, and methods of uniting in shutters the double properties of shutters and blinds-15th June.

To Solomon Robinson, flax-dresser, for his invention of improvements in machinery for hackling or dressing and clearing hemp, flax, and tow-16th June.

To Lambert Dexter, Esq., in consequence of a communication made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, for an invention of certain improvements in machinery for the purpose of spinning wool, cotton, and other fibrous substances-16th June.

To Henry Raper, Esq. a rear admiral in our royal navy, for his having found out, or invented a new and improved system of signals, first for communicating by day, by the means of flags and pendants between ships at sea, or other objects far distant from each other; in which system the colours of the flags and pendants which have heretofore served to distinguish the signals one from another, and which by distance or other causes, are extremely subject to be mistaken, may be dispensed with altogether; and secondly, for communicating by night between ships at sea, and other objects far distant from each other, by the means of lights. And which system of signals is more con

spicuous, expeditious, and certain than any which has hitherto been employed for the like purpose-21st June.

To James Marshall, lieutenant in the royal navy, for his invention. of improvements in mounting guns or cannons for sea or other service 26th June.

To John Felton, of Hinckley, machine maker, for his invention or having found out a machine for an expeditious and correct mode of giving a fine edge to knives, razors, scissors, and other cutting instruments-28th June.

To Thomas Fuller, of Bath, coachmaker, for his invention of certain improvements on wheel carriages-28th June.

To Walter Hancock, Engineer, for his invention of an improvement or improvements upon steam engines-4th July.

To William Wilson, hat manufacturer, for his having invented or found out the means or principle of extracting spirits and other solvents used in dissolving malleable gums of various kinds, and other articles employed for stiffening hats, hat bodies, bonnets, caps, and divers articles of merchandises, and converting such spirit (after rectification) into use-4th July.

To Rene Florentin Jenar, gentleman, for his invention of certain improvements in lamps-4th July.

To George Boulton, tailor, for his invention of an instrument, machine, or apparatus for writing, which he denominates a self-supplying pen-4th July.

To Thomas Sowerby, merchant, for his invention of certain improvements in the construction of ships' windlasses-4th July.

To Rene Florentin Jenar, gentlenian, for his invention of a new method of filling up with metal or other suitable material the holes or interstices in wire gauze, or other similar substances which he denominates metallic linen-4th July.

To John Snelson Shenton, plumber and glazier, for his having invented or found out certain improvements in the mechanism of water closets-12th July.

To Edward Barnard Deeble, civil engineer, for his invention of a new construction or constructions, and combination or combinations of metallic blocks, for the purposes of forming caissons, jetties, piers, quays, embankments, light houses, foundations, walls, or such other erections to which the said metallic blocks may be applicable-12th July.

To Robert Vazie, civil engineer, for his invention of improvements in certain processes, utensils, apparatus, machinery, and operations applicable to the preparing, extracting, and preserving various articles of food, the component parts of which utensils, apparatus, and machinery, are of different dimensions, proportionate to the different uses in which they are employed, and may be separately applied in preparing, extracting, and preserving food, and in other useful purposes-12th July.

To William Church, of Birmingham, Esq. for his invention, and having found out certain improvements in apparatus for spinning fibrous substances-18th July.

To George Anthony Sharpe, Esq. for his invention of an improved table urn-18th July.

To Robert More, distiller, in consequence of communications made to him by certain foreigners residing abroad, and discoveries made by himself, for certain improvements in the process of preparing and cooling worts, or wash, from vegetable substances, for the production of spirits-18th July.

To Robert More, distiller, in consequence of communications made to him by certain foreigners residing abroad, and discoveries made by himself, for certain processes for rendering distillery refuse productive of spirits-18th July.

A list of patents granted by the French Government, from the first of January to the 31st of March, 1827.

To M. Calla, Engineer, Paris, for a new kind of corner stone, or boundary-5 years.

M. de Bourgoing, Paris, for the invention of a new reproductive art, called Lithophanie, applicable to every combination of opaque and transparent bodies-15 years.

Jaques Michel Labbaye, Paris, for an harmonic trumpet, with three ventilators, and plug keys-5 years.

Nicholas Louis Clairembourg, Rouen, for the invention of a liquid paste, for sharpening razors, and softening leather of all descriptions 5 years.

Risler, Brothers and Dixon, of Cernay, for the invention of a loom for weaving cotton, wool, flax, and silk, &c.-5 years.

Romain Desire Carillon, Paris, for a steam engine, with an inclined piston, stop, partial condenser, and metallic apparatus-5

years.

Hippolyte Brasseux, junior, Paris, for a seal with 100 mottoes, called the Cachet Medailler-5 years.

Messrs. Pierre Thomas Duret, junior, Antoine and Anthoine, of Paris, for a method of Paving ovens, by means of the free stone, vulgarly called Pierre de Barbantine-5 years.

Bernaud Chaussenot, Paris, for an apparatus for lighting up by means of carburetted hydrogen gas, obtained from a distillation of rosin, and other matters, liquid, as well as solid-10 years.

Jaques Boulet, Paris, for a preparation to be used in carding and combing wool, in order to lay the fibres straight-15 years.

Madame Susse, widow, (of the family of Aglae Reine Aube,) Paris, for a cylinder for stamping and marking drawings, borders, and figures, upon skins, and leather of all kinds--10

years.

Messrs. Beauvais, Camille, and D'Antremont, Paris, for a silk and woollen dressing machine-7 years.

Pierre Jaques Haize, Felix and Binet, Paris, for a safety valve for steam engines-5 years.

Charles Francois Derheims, Lyons, for a particular method of con