JOHN BUXTON, of Great Pearle-street, Spital-fields, in the county of Middlesex, Cotton-manufacturer; for an improved method of twisting and laying cotton, silk, and various other articles. Dated June 5, 1814.

WILLIAM SELLARS, of Kemsey Elms, in the county of Worcester, Engineer; for a method of spinning and laying of ropes, twine, line, thread, mohair, wool, cotton, and silk by machinery. Dated June 5, 1814.

GRANT PRESTON, of Burr-street, London-dock, in the county of Middlesex, Brazier; for a concavious cabbin-stove. Dated June 5, 1814.

JOHN STUBBS JORDEN, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Copper Sash Manufacturer; for an improved method of making the lights, and also other improvements in the construction of Horticultural buildings. Dated June 7, 1814.

GEORGE HEYWARD, of Brocknor Iron-works, near Stourbridge, in the parish of King Swinford, in the county of Stafford, Ironmonger; for an improved plan or method of turning rolls, and of rolling gun and pistol barrels previous to welding. Dated June 7, 1814.

THOMAS TINDALL, in the county of York, Gentleman; for certain improvements on the steam-engine, and also a mode of applying the same to the driving of all sorts of carriages and machinery. Dated June 18,

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Specification of the Patent granted to JOHN BUDDLE, of Wallsend, in the County of Northumberland, Gentleman ; for a Fire-pan or Fire-lamp, in which small or inferior Coals may be consumed in the Place of large or round Coals; and also of a Fire-grate or Fire-stove, to be fixed at the bottom of the Chimney in the ordinary Mode, in which Fire-grate or Fire-stove small or inferior Coals may be consumed on all Occasions, and for all the same Purposes as large or round Coals.

Dated February 21, 1814.

With a Plate.

To all to whom these presents shall come, &c. NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I the said John Buddle do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said invention of the said firepan or fire-lamp, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as follows, reference being had to the draw. ings in the annexed schedule; that is to say: First, the fire-pan or fire lamp may be made of a circular or pen tagonal, or rectangular, or any other convenient shape. The body of it may be formed horizontally or vertically, with a pyramidical, convex, conical, horizontal, or conVOL. XXV.-SECOND SERIES.

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cave bottom, or a bottom of any other shape that may be found convenient, and such bottom may be made of iron, brass, or any other materials. The bottom of the fire-pan or fire-lamp should either be formed into one or more vertical tubes, or one or more vertical tubes should be fixed into the bottom of the fire-pan or fire-lamp, for the purpose of admitting the air. These tubes may be made of iron or any other metal, and may be formed of vertical or horizontal bars, or in any other shape that may be sufficiently capable of admitting the air freely into the fire. Dampers or valves may be fixed at the bottom of the tubes, for the purpose of qualifying and regulating the admission of the air as circumstances may require, and a funnel or funnels should be placed on that side of the fire-pan or fire-lamp from which the wind may happen to blow, to be used and applied as occasion may require. In the annexed schedule I have delineated six drawings of the fire-pan or fire-lamp: Fig. 1, (Plate VI.) represents a rectangular fire-pan or fire-lamp with a pyramidical bottom; A shews the tube or chimney through the bottom, B the damper or valve to regulate the admission of the air, C the handle; the sides DEF G, may be formed of parallel bars or of perforated plates. Fig. 2, represents the plan of the same rectangular firepan or fire-lamp with its tube and sides. Fig. 3, repre sents a circular fire-pan or fire-lamp with a conical bottom. Fig. 4, represents the plan of the same circular fire-pan or fire-lamp. Fig. 5, represents the section of a vertical fire-pan or fire-lamp, which may be made of a circular or pentagonal, or rectangular, or any other shape that may be found convenient. A shews its tube or chimney, BB the body, CC its legs, D the damper or valve, E its handle. Fig. 6, represents a rectangular fire-pan or fire-lamp with an horizontal bottom; A shews

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