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REPERTORY

OF

ARTS, MANUFACTURES,

AND

AGRICULTURE.

Consisting of

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS,

SPECIFICATIONS OF PATENT INVENTIONS,

PRACTICAL AND INTERESTING PAPERS,

SELECTED FROM

THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND

SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS OF ALL NATIONS.

MONTHLY INTELLIGENCE

RELATING TO

THE USEFUL ARTS,

PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES,

AND

NOTICES OF ALL PATENTS GRANTED FOR INVENTIONS.

VOLUME XXIV.-SECOND SERIES.

London:

PRINTED FOR J. WYATT,

REPERTORY OFFICE, HATTON GARDEN.

CONTENTS

OF THE

TWENTY-FOURTH VOLUME, SECOND SERIES.

Specifications of Patents.

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Mr. THOMAS'S for an improved Method of burning Animal Bones
for making Ivory Black, and for other Purposes,

Mr. GOODWIN's for a Socket for a Candlestick and Self-Extin-

guisher to be fixed to the same,

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Messrs. COUPLAND's for a Manufacture of Shawls, Cords, Bruns

wicks, ribbed and plain, Kerseymeres and milled Cloths, from a

Mixture of animal and vegetable Wool, prepared and spun

into Yarn without Oil,

Mr. BRUNTON'S for a Method and Machinery for propelling or

drawing Carriages upon Roads or Railways, also Boats,

Barges, or Vessels, upon Canals or Navigations, by means of

certain Levers or Legs, alternately or conjointly acting upon

such Reads, Railways, Canals, or Navigations, or upon the

Machinery,

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Mr. PARKINSON's for an improved Method for a Still and Boiler

for preventing Accidents by Fire, and for preserving Spirits

and other Articles from waste in the Operation of distilling

and boiling,

Mr. MITCHELL's for an important Discovery in the Manufacture

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of Soap,

Messrs. CHAPMANS' Patent for a Method or Methods of facilitat-

ing the Means, and reducing the Expense, of Carriage on

Railways and other Roads,

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Mr. COOKE's for Improvements in the Art of making and work-

ing Ploughs of any Kind or Description,

Mr. JONES's for a new Instrument for dividing Lines, Distances,

and other useful Purposes, which will be valuable to Mathe-

maticians, Architects, Draftsmen, &c. &c.