nents in the manufacture or treatment of paper or fabric to prevent copies or impressions being taken of any writing or printing thereon."1st March 1852. 33. To WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil engineer, "improvements in the heddles or harness of looms for weaving, and in the machinery for producing the same;" being a communication.-2d March 1852. 34. TO HENRY BESSEMER, of Baxter House, Old St Pancras Road, in the county of Middlesex, "improvements in expressing saccharine fluids, and in the manufacture, refining, and treating sugar."—3d March 1852. 35. TO FREDERICK CRACE CALVERT, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, professor of chemistry and analytical chemist, "improvements in manufacturing iron, and in manufacturing and purifying coke."-4th March 1852. 36. TO JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the county of Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, gentleman, “improvements in weaving carpets and other fabrics, and in the machinery or apparatus employed therein."--4th March 1852. 37. TO WILLIAM SINCLAIR, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, engineer, "certain improvements in locks."-8th March 1852. 38. TO JOHN BLAIR, of Irvine, in the county of Ayr, North Britain, gentleman," certain improvements in beds or couches, and other articles of furniture."-9th March 1852. 39. TO PERRY G. GARDNER, of the city of New York, in the United States of America, civil engineer and mechanist, "improvements in the manufacture of malleable metals into pipes, hollow shafts, railway wheels, or other analogous forms, which are capable of being dressed, turned down, or polished in a lathe."-10th March 1852. 40. To ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, mechanical draughtsman, improvements in machinery for combing wool and other fibrous substances;" being a communication.--15th March 1852. 66 66 41. To ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAME, of Glasgow, in the county of Lanark, North Britain, ironmaster, improvements in the treatment and application of slag, or the refuse matter of blast furnaces."-15th March 1852. 42. To WILLIAM CHARLES SCOTT, of Camberwell, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, " certain improvements in the construction of omnibuses, and other public and private carriages.”—15th March 1852. 43. TO WILLIAM STIRLING LACON, of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, gentleman, " improvements in the means of suspending ships' boats, and of lowering the same into the water."-16th March 1852. 44. TO JOHN MERCER, of Oakenshaw, Clayton-le-Moors, chemist; and JOHN GREENWOOD, of Irwell Springs, Bacup, Turkey-red dyer, both in the county of Lancaster, "certain improvements in preparing cotton, and other fabrics, for dyeing and printing."-17th March 1852. 45. To CHARLES MIDDLETON KERNOT, of West Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, M.D.; and WILLIAM HIRST, of Manchester, in the county of 372 List of Patents. Lancaster, manufacturer, "certain improvements in the manufacture woollen cloth, and cloth made from wool and other materials, and i machinery or apparatus for manufacturing the same."-17th Marc 1852. 46. To JoпN RAMSBOTTOM, of New Mills, in the county of Derby engraver, "certain improvements in machinery, or apparatus for measuring and registering the flow of water, and other fluids or vapours, which machinery or apparatus is also applicable to registering the speed of, and distance run by vessels in motion, and also in obtaining motive power and other similar purposes."-19th March 1852. 47. To WILLIAM PIDDING, of the Strand, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " or apparatus connected therewith."-22d March 1852. improvements in mining operations, and in the machinery 48. To EMANUEL CHARLES THEODORE CRONTELLE, manufacturer, of Rheims, in the republic of France, " certain improvements in machinery or apparatus for preparing woollen threads, and other filamentous substances for weaving.”—22d March 1852. 49. To EDWARD MOSLEY PARKINS, of Mark Lane, in the city of London, "improvements in the manufacture of cast-metal pipes, retorts, or other hollow castings."-22d March 1852. 50. TO CHARLES BARLOW, of 89 Chancery Lane, London, Esq., "improvements in rotary engines;" being a communication.-22d March 1852. 51. TO WILLIAM SYMINGTON, of Trafalgar Place, West Hackney Road, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman; and CHARLES FINLAYSON, of Manchester, engineer, and JOHN REID, of the same place, gentleman, improvements in flues, and in heating air, and in evaporating certain liquids by heated air."-22d March 1852. 66 52. To JOHN WALLAGE DUNCAN, of Grove End Road, Saint John's Wood, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, engines for applying the power of steam, or other fluids, for impelling purposes, and in the manufacture of appliances for transmitting motion."-22d March 1852. improvements in 53. To JAMES JOSEPH BRUNET, of the Canal Iron-Works, Poplar, in the county of Middlesex, engineer, "certain improved combinations of materials in ship-building;" communicated to him by Lucien Armand, of Bordeaux, France.-22d March 1852. 54. TO RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of the firm of J. C. Robertson and Company, of 166 Fleet Street, in the city of London, patent agents," improvements in presses and pressing, in centrifugal machinery, and in apparatus connected therewith, part or parts of which are applicable to various useful purposes;" being a communication.- 24th March 1852. 55. TO COLIN MATHER, of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, machinemaker, and ERNEST ROLFFS, of Cologne, in the kingdom of Prussia, gentleman, "certain improvements in printing, damping, stiffening, opening, and spreading woven fabrics."- 24th March 1852. facture of h March Derby, measur- , which lesex, r, of ery of ts, 1- INDEX. ials observed on a coral reef, by J. Macgillivray, Esq., 362. ificial formation of minerals, by Hausmann, Ebelmen, Sanar- lca, Mount, its fossil fish, 147. impland the botanist, 364. andle-tree, account of, 363. h harts, whale charts, and hurricane charts, 173. limatology of Arctic America, in reference to the fate of Sir John Coal-tar, its rectified oil used in the preservation of meat and vege- Cosmological view, 321. Cotta, J. B., on the internal structure of mountains, 181. Crystal Palace, its statues and gems, 184. Dana, James D., Esq., remarks on the structure, growth, and on coral reefs and islands, 221. Davis, Lieut. C. H., on the connection between tides and alluvial de- Davy, Dr John, on the colour of rocks, 62. on the influence of a tropical climate on the wool of the De la Rive, M., on the appearance and disappearance of great gla- Drift of North America noticed, 359. Edmonds, Richard, Esq., on druidical remains, 123. Ehrenberg, on infusoria in dust-showers, and blood-rain, 24. on a rock formation of siliceous Polycystina, from the Nico- ben Islands, 182. Eskimos, their geographical distribution and origin, 322. Felspar, its different kinds, 361. Filaria, on the, in the blood of the domestic dog, by MM. Gruby Flying-Fish, remarks on, by Mr Gosse, 185. Forbes, Professor Edward, remarks on the infra-littoral distribution his lecture on the relation of natural history to geology and Fossil footprints, observations on, by Robert Harkness, Esq. of Glasgow, its climate and mortality in 1851, by R. D. Thomson, Gneiss, as divided into primary, transition, and secondary, 360. Himalaya, its climate and vegetation, by Thomas Thomson, M.D., Ice, its structure described, 335. Iodiferous compounds, their important uses, 367. in the air, the water, the soil, and the alimentary products Jet from the blow-holes of whales, 363. Koh-i-Noor Diamond, remarks on, 184. Lapland, 367. Lewy, Mr, on the constitution of the atmosphere, 126. on the geology, mineralogy, zoology, and botany of New istribution, 271. Maury's theory of the trade-winds, his wind and current charts, 170. F.C.S., 75. Meteorological observatory at Mount Vesuvius, 146. Monticelli collection of Minerals at Naples, for sale, 186. Nasmyth, James, Esq., some views respecting the source of light, Natural waters, their chemical and physical constitution, by M. E. Nile, sources of, 364. Obituaries of Oersted, 274-Morton, 276-and De Savigny, 279. Olmsted, Professor Dennison, observations on the zodiacal light, 148. Patents granted for Scotland from 22d September to 22d Decem- from 22d December 1851 to 24th March 1852, 368. Pemmican, manufacture of, 365. Phillips, J. Arthur, F.C.S., on the chemical examination of metals Pisa, science of, 187. Portlock, Lieut.-Colonel, on the scratching of rocks by the passage Progressive geological development, by Sir C. Lyell, 358. Reptilian remains found in the old red sandstone of Morayshire, 353. Sang, Edward, Esq., professor of civil and mechanical engineering, Satellites, new, of Uranus, 177. Saturn's rings, 175. School of Mines, its opening, and lecture by Prof. E. Forbes, 210. in Scotland, 135. 1 |