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THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS OF ALL NATIONS.

REPERTORY AND PATENT OFFICE, 9, PICKETT-STREET,

TEMPLE-BAR.

1808.

NICHOLS and SON,

PRINTERS,

Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street,

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Mr. WILLIAMS's for new and improved Machines and Machinery

for preparing and spinning Wool, Cotton, Hemp, and other

filamentous Substances,

Mr. NEWBERRY's for an Invention of certain Machinery for the

Purpose of sawing Wood, splitting or paring Skins, and

various other useful Purposes,

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Mr. PLOWDEN'S for newly-invented Aphthartic Viands; being

Butcher's Meat, animal and comestible Substances, pre-

served without Acid, Salt or drying, in a sweet, palatable

and nutritious State, fit for Consumption both at Sea and

on Land, for an extraordinary Length of Time,

Mr. DONKIN's for a Mode of producing a rotary Motion appli-

cable to useful Purposes,

Mr. MATTHEW's for certain Improvements in the Construction

of Watches and Chronometers,

Mr. JEWELL'S for a Method of preparing or reducing to an

impalpable Powder, for Medicinal Use, the Substance com-

monly called or known by the Name of Calomel, whereby

the Process employed of levigating the same is rendered un-

necessary,

Mr. WEEKS's for a forcing Frame on a new and improved Con-

struction for raising and forcing of Cucumbers, Melons,

Strawberries, and various other Fruits and Plants which

require the Application of artificial Heat to rear or ripen

Mr. DIBDIN'S for a Method of facilitating the Learning of Music, 83

Messrs. JEFFERSON, ELLIS, and GALLOWAY's for a Machine or

Machines for the Purpose of finishing, glazing, and glossing

of Leather,

Mr. CAPARN's for a Machine for discharging Smoke from

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smoking Chimnies,

Mr. DICKSON'S for a Method of constructing Cocks for stop-

ping Fluids; and which Cocks, by one Motion or Opera-'

tion, will permit such Fluids to pass in different Directions, 159

Mr. Binch's for an Improvement in the Construction of the

Roofs and upper Quarters of Landaus, Landaulets, Barouche

Landaus and Barouche Curricles, and other Carriages, the

upper Parts of which are made to fall down,

Mr. MORRIS's for a Machine for Mangling,

Messrs. HENRY FOURDRINIER and SEALY FOURDRINIER, and

JOHN GAMBLE's, for making Paper by Means of Machines,

for which several Letters Patent have been obtained at dif

ferent Periods,

Mr. NOBLE'S for a new Method of making Carbonate of Lead,

commonly called White Lead,

Mr. PHELPS's for certain Improvements in manufacturing

Mr. HAWKES'S for Improvements on musical-keyed Instruments

of twelve fixed Tones,

Mr. HALL'S for certain Improvements in making and manu-

facturing Ropes and other Cordage, and coiling of Lines

in Whale Boats,

Mr. CURR's for a certain Invention of spinning Hemp for the

Making of Ropes or Cordage,

Mr. HARRIOTT's for a new Fire Escape, or Machinery to be

used in Cases of Fire,

Mr. COBB's for a Method of making an Air Jacket and proper

Shoes for Swimming,

Mr. COLEMAN'S for certain Improvements in the Construction

and Application of a Horse-Shoe,

Mr. WATSON'S for certain Improvements in the Art of Soap-

making, by which the Article is in several Respects ameli-

orated,

Mr. LESTER'S for an improved rotary Motion or Engine to com-

municate Power to Machines,

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Messrs. WILMORE and TONKS's for a new Method and Pro-

cesses in the manufacturing of Nails,

Mr. STEDMAN'S for a Patten and Clog, being of infinite Utility
and Ease to such Persons as may wear them,

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Original Communications.

On the distinctive Difference of Messrs. CHAPMANS' and Mr.

CURR'S Patents for Flat Ropes. Communicated by Mr.

W. CHAPMAN,

Description of a cheap Apparatus for filtering and purifying

Water. Communicated by Mr. J. I. HAWKINS,

Observations on Mr. BIRCH'S Patent for an Improvement in the

Construction of the Roofs and upper Quarters of Carriages.

Communicated by the Patentee,

Observations on Mr. MORRIS'S Patent for a Machine for Man-
gling Communicated by the Patentee,

On the Construction of the Teeth of Escapements. Communi-

cated by Mr. ROBERT KING,

Description of a Threshing Machine, made by Mr. JOSEPH

FROST. Communicated by a Correspondent,

Account of the third Voyage of the Ship Economy, built accord-

ing to Mr. J. W. BOSWELL'S Patent Plan. Communicated

by the Patentee,

An Account of Captain CowAN's improved Sails for Ships and

Vessels of all Descriptions. Communicated by the Patentee, 253

Description of an Improvement on Tide-Mills, to make them

work as well at high and low Water as any other Time of

Tide. By Mr. JOHN ISAAC HAWKINS. Communicated by

the Author,

Description of a Mortar for preparing Mercurial Ointment. By

Mr. JAMES PHOENIX. Communicated by the Author,

Improvements on Wheel Carriages. By Mr. P. ANDREWS. Com-

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municated by the Author,

ibid.

Observations on several of the Articles inserted in No. 77. Com-

Graham's Dead-Beat improved. By Mr. R. KING. Communi-

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