To Edward François Joseph Duclos, late of Samson, in the kingdom of Belgium, but now of Church, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman, for his invention of improvements in manufacturing iron.-Sealed 20th October-6 months for inrolment.

To Henry Robinson Palmer, of Great George-street, Westminster, civil-engineer, for his inventions of improvements in giving motion to barges and other vessels on canals.—Sealed 20th October—6 months for inrolment.

To John Frederick Grosjean, of Soho-square, in the county of Middlesex, musical instrument maker, for his invention of certain improvements on harps, which improvements are applicable to other musical stringed instruments.-Sealed 20th October-6 months for in

rolment.

To Miles Berry, of the Office for Patents, Chancerylane, in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, mechanical draftsman and patent agent, for certain improvements in the preparation of palm oil, whereby it is rendered applicable to the woollen manufactures, lubricating of machinery, and other useful purposes, to which it has not hitherto been applied, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad. -Sealed 26th October-6 months for inrolment.

To Miles Berry, of the Office for Patents, Chancerylane, in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, mechanical draftsman and patent agent, for certain improvements in machinery, for heckling or combing and preparing and sewing hemp, flax, tow, and such other vegetable fibrous substances, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad.-Sealed 26th October -6 months for inrolment.

CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, FOR NOVEMBER, 1837.

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Edmonton.

CHARLES HENRY ADAMS.

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No. LXIX.

Recent Patents.

To JOHN HEATHCOAT, of Tiverton, in the county of Devon, lace-manufacturer, for his invention of a method or methods of weaving or manufacturing divers kinds of goods and wares, and for machines or machinery applicable thereto.-[Sealed 23d December, 1835.]

This invention consists of new and improved mechanism and arrangements of machinery, whereby different articles, such as tapes, ribbons, edgings, and other narrow fabrics, may be manufactured with increased dispatch, and in less room or space than by the machinery in common use for such purposes.

The chief point in which this improved method of weaving narrow fabrics differs from those commonly adopted, is, that the operation of weaving is performed in a transverse direction, that is, at right angles to the back and front of the machine, the tapes or other

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narrow fabrics standing edgewise ranged side by side, their faces being parallel to each other, and to the ends of the machine; whereas, in the ordinary methods of weaving, the weft threads are laid in or inserted between the warp threads longitudinally, in directions parallel to the front of the machine. The machinery for effecting this object admits of modifications, in order to produce the different articles which may be required; but as the chief feature or principle of my invention will not be changed, although its application be modified, I do not limit myself to the particular forms and constructions of the several parts of the mechanism which I shall describe. For the illustration of my invention, however, I now proceed to explain one method of applying the same in the production of narrow tapes or ribbons.

Plate VI., fig. 1, represents a portion of the front elevation of the machine; fig. 2, is a vertical section, taken transversely; and fig. 3, is an end view of the machine arranged for weaving tapes or ribbons: A, A, are end standards for supporting the machinery secured to the floor by their feet, and braced together by stays at the top; B, is the driving shaft, which derives its movement from any first moving power, by means of a strap acting upon its pulleys; and c, is the vertical shaft at the end of the machine, geared to the former by bevil wheels. Upon these two shafts are fixed the different wheels, cams, or cranks, which actuate the other parts of the machine; D, is the roller on which the warp threads are wound; E, E, E, is a series of guide plates, through the holes of which the said warp threads pass, and by which they are divided into sets, each set being conducted in a range standing at right angles to the axis of the warp roller: F, F, are a number