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Nails, patent for a new method of making them,
Newberry, Mr. William. Patent for machinery for sawing
wood, splitting or paring skins, &c.

Noble, Mr. Edward Moore. Patent for a new method of
making white lead,

Oak timber, questions proposed by the Commissioners of
Naval Revision respecting the state of it, and answers
to them,

Oil, method of extracting it from the seed of the poppy,
Opium, on the culture of white poppies for the purpose of

Oxalates, their composition, 345; decomposition of them, 348

Oxalic Acid, observations on it,

P

Paper, patent for making it by means of machines,

337.394

Parry, Dr. Enquiry into the causes of the decay of wood,

and the means of preventing it,
Patents, monthly list of them,

Patten, patent for an improved one,

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50.%

71. 142. 215. 286. 359. 4

Phelps, Samuel, Esq. Patent for improvements in manufac-
turing soap,

350

946

Philips and Lee, Messrs. Observations on the combustion of

262

gas from coal at their cotton-manufactory,
Phenix, Mr. James. Description of a mortar for preparing

Plowden, Francis, Esq. Patent for apthartic viands,
Poppy, remarks on its cultivation for the benefit of its oil,
109; soil fit for the purpose, 118; kind and quantity

306

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of

of seed, ibid.; time of sowing and weeding, 119; har-
vest, 165; mode of extracting the oil, 166; expenses,
produce and profits, 169. 355; on its culture for the
preparation of opium, 323; anode of preparing a de-
coction from it for the cure of colds and coughs,
Potash, on the properties and nature of its basis, 131; on
the proportion of the peculiar base and oxygen in it,
180; on the relations of its base to other bodies,

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324

186

Rail Roads, description of improved tram-plates for them, 388
Ross, Capt. His letter to Mr. Boswell relative to the ship

Economy,

252

Rotary Motion, patent for a mode of producing one, 36;
patent for an improved one,

364

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Sails, account of improved ones for vessels of all descrip-
tions, 253; reports relative to their advantages

Salts, on super-acid and sub-acid ones

Shepheard, Captain, his report on Captain Cowan's sails
Sheppard, Captain, Letter on Captain Cowan's sails,
Ships, method of throwing a rope on shore from them when

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- 409

255

256

in distress, by means of a shell from a mortar,
Skins, Patent for machinery for paring or splitting them,
Smoke, Patent for a machine for discharging it from smoking
chimnies,

315

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157

Soap, Patents for improvements in manufacturing it, 246.362
Soap-suds, account of an experiment on them as a manure, 119
Soda, on the properties and nature of its basis, 175; on
the proportion of the peculiar base and oxygen in it,
180; on the relations of its base to other bodies,
Speechly, Mr. Recommends the watering of vines with
soap-suds as a remedy against insects,

186

Stedman, Mr. John. Patent for a patten and clog,
Stuart, Capt. J. Letter on Capt. Cowan's sails,

Sykes, Capt. Certificate respecting Capt. Cowan's sails,

123

370

257

256

T Tar,

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321

337.394

Tar, on the use of it for cattle swelled with eating clover,
Thomson, Dr. On oxalic acid,
Threshing-machine, description of one made by Mr. Frost,
Tide-mills, description of an improvement on them,
Tram-plaies, description of improved ones for rail roads,

213

259

388

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Vancouver, Mr. J. Letter on Le Caan's improved tram-

plates for rail roads,

Virginia Fly, account of its ravages among corn,

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389

376

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Water, cheap apparatus for filtering and purifying it,
Watson, Mr. John. Patent for improvements in soap-making, 361
Weeks, Mr. Edward. Patent for a forcing-frame for raising

fruits which require artificial heat,
Wheat-moth, account of it,

Wheel Carriages, improvements on them, 306; on the means

376

of giving the same intensity of pressure to their wheels, 328
Willers, Mr. George. Letter on Mr. Daniel's life-preserver, 312
Williams, Mr. Samuel. Patent for improving machinery for

spinning wool, cotton, hemp, &c.

Williams, John, Esq. His account of a method of hasten-

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ing the maturation of
Wilmore and Tonks, Messrs. Patent for a new method of

grapes,

200

manufacturing nails,

366

Wine, Family, recipe for making it,

47

409

of preventing it,

Wollaston, Dr. W. H. On super-acid and sub-acid salts,
Wood, enquiry into the causes of its decay, and the means

patent for machinery for sawing it,

50.93

31

Wool, patent for improved machinery for preparing and

spinning it,

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