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But at Kissengen, an Artesian well yields 100 cubic feet of water per minute, with a jet of 76ft. high and 15in. in circumference. I do not think that the chalk or greensward strata will either of them yield sufficient water supply to repay the expense of boring and leading; but our great lines of railways from London must pass through several limestone districts, and these, particularly in the vicinity of rivers, would fill Artesian wells with an abundant supply of water to be conveyed on the level route of these railways to the capital with profit to the railway companies, and cconomy, comfort, and health to its inhabitants.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,

CHARLES F. PARKINSON, COLONEL.
Eppleton Hall, Co. Durham,
June 1.

ments which have been made since last year were
submitted to the meeting. The success of these ex
periments was stated to be complete, and the vast
importance of the subject in relation to coast de-
fence, and the enormous saving to the country in
the construction of fortifications which the system
would effect were demonstrated. The debate which
followed was of an interesting character; the in-
ventor was congratulated on the results of the ex-
periments, and his views emphatically endorsed by
the members who spoke.

The Niagara Falls Gazette states that arrange. ments have been made for building immediately a new suspension bridge, passing from near the Clifton-house, on the Canada side, to near the gas works on the opposite shore. The new bridge will be considerably longer than its neighbour below.

The latest horticultural device is that of remov. ing the stones from fruits by a process of gradual reduction, by extracting the pith from shoots and grafting them on stocks and their own branches for successive seasons. It is said that the experiment has been perfectly successful with the Malaga grape.

of the Great Northern, the Great Eastern, the A proposal has been made, for the amalgamation Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire systems of railways. A Berlin journal states that the needle-gun has Such an amalgamation would place 1,799 miles of nothing to fear by comparison either with the Eng-railway under one management. lish Snider or the French Chassepot, and gives the following as the result of experiments made on March 19 last, the temperature at 3 deg. of cold, the weather sombre, and the soldiers inexperienced; 80 men, without knapsacks, but with their accoutrements, lying down with their cartouche boxes close to them, fired during 32 sec., at a distance of 400 The MECHANICS' MAGAZINE is sent post-free to sub-paces, 350 shots, and hit the target 75 times in the hundred. scribers of £1 1s. 8d. yearly, or 10s. 10d. half-yearly, pay-pared, and had been simply told to hit the target ander Dallas Bache, has been given to Professor The post of Superintendent of the United States These men who had not been at all pre-Coast Survey, left vacant by the decease of Alexas often as possible in the time given, fired consequently 4 1-6 shots per head, which makes about Dr. Bache has held the post for twenty-three years. Pierce, of Harvard, a well-known mathematician. In him geodetical science has lost a most able operator.

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An ironclad frigate is now being built for the Prussian Government in the yard of the Thames sive powers, will be one of the most powerful vessels Iron Works, which, as to offensive as well as defenof war afloat. She is designed by Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor to the Navy, and will have a length of 355ft. 10in., a breadth of 60ft., with a draught of water 24 ft. forward and 26 ft. aft. The thickness of her armour will be 8in., her tonnage 5,938, with a nominal horse-power of 1,150, her displacement equalling 9,761 tons. The armour RECEIVED.-C. C.-M. A. M.-G. H.-H. D. G.-C. M. will extend nearly 7ft. below the water-line; she -R. J. D. G. H.-S. T. R.-R. S.-G. L. P.-R. B. P.- will carry 30 guns, 15 being placed on each broadW, H. M.-T. R.-J. N.-C. D. P.-W. H. G.-E. B. W.-side, two commanding ahead, and one astern. Many of these will be 50-ton guns, carrying 500lb. shot. She is to be named "Wilhelm I."

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the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at Bury The arrangements for the forthcoming show of St. Edmund's next month are so far completed that, notwithstanding the wise decision of the Privy Council not to allow cattle to be exhibited, the long lines of canvas shedding to which the visitors to these shows have been accustomed will not be cur. tailed, nor will the large area enclosed be at all diminished.

A large new furnace, recently completed under the supervision of Mr. B. Ford, engineer, Tees Ironworks, Middlesbro', and which belongs to Messrs. Gilkes, Wilson, Pease, and Co., ironmasters, was furnace is 75ft. 6in. its cubical contents being tapped on Wednesday week. The height of the 21,000ft. and it is an embodiment of all the most the manufacture of iron.

Habal, Military, and Gunnery Items. sorry to learn from the British Medical Journal, recent improvements and appliances connected with

The Russian Government has given orders for the erection of considerable fortifications at Kertch. The earthworks alone are to cost 432,000 roubles.

The French Emperor is stated to have been so much interested in our display of guns that he has appointed a commission to examine into the whole military equipment of the Exhibition.

We learn that a number of rifled guns manufactured at the works of Sir W. Armstrong, Elswick, for the Pasha of Egypt, and tested at the Government practice range, have been forwarded to Alexandria.

The grand review of the British fleet is appointed to take place on July 15, 16, and 17. The naval force engaged will include all available ships on the home stations, as well as the coastguard vessels and the gunboats, and it will assemble at Spithead on the 9th.

It is reported that Krupp has offered his monster cannon as a present to the King of Prussia. It is valued at about £20,000. If the gift is accepted, Prussia will be able to render at least one of her

coast batteries absolutely unapproachable by any armour-plated frigate afloat or likely to be afloat for years to come.

An order has been received at Chatham for the arming of the corps of Royal Engineers, and the men of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd depot battalions with the Snider rifles. When the Engineers and line get their Sniders all the men at Chatham will be armed with this powerful arm, as the men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines were supplied with Sniders some little time back.

The dearth of naval surgeons is much murmured at on the sickly station of Jamaica, where we are that the yellow fever is adding more victims to the list of those who fall in performing their duties to the sick. Several ships are without their full complement, and it is said that one ship-of-war, the Minstrel," has been sent to cruise off Jamaica without a medical officer. The frigate Phoebe," about to sail from Plymouth for the West India station, had not, by last advice, received her proper number of assistant-surgeons. It is to be inferred that the confidence of the profession in the will of the naval authorities to act liberally towards it is not yet completely restored. The terms and condi. tions of retirement after long service seem to weigh heavily on the judgment of young medical men, civil life and in other departments of public life. who have far brighter prospects open to them in

Miscellanea.

It appears that explosions in English coal mines have killed 25,000 men since 1850.

The Danish Government has just signed a concession for the construction and laying a submarine cable from the Yorkshire coast to the coast of

Denmark.

A rich vein of silver of the highest promise has just been discovered at the Pizifram Mine, in Bohemia, at a depth of 400 fathoms, or 130 fathoms, below the level of the sea,

Maine has in operation at present twelve railroads, extending an aggregate distance of 573 miles, The new roads now building are ten in number. and will run an aggregate distance of 458 miles.

The figures worked out from the cards taken on the trial of the " Euphrates," 700-horse power, The total amount of beet sugar produced in the over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, on Satur- world is reported to be about 2,800,000 tons anday, show the following results:-With full boiler- nually. France is chief grower of beet sugar, and power.-Indicated horse-power, 4,9815, or seven a small amount is raised in the United States. times the nominal power. With half-boiler power. The Sandwich Islands promise to supply the -Indicated horse-power, 2,078 3. The engines Pacific coast with sugar. They are in the Pacific and boilers of the "Euphrates" were designed by to America what Cuba is in the Atlantic. The Mr. R. B. Bevis, managing engineer to Messrs. number of acres planted with cane is 16,266; the Laird Brothers, and manufactured under his super-capital in the business is 2,000,000. dollars. intendence.

French writers think that the navy will be called upon to play a leading part in the next war. The huge unwieldy ships which men supposed to be the resistless leviathans of the deep are being transformed into transports, with three tiers of stabling for cavalry horses. Some of these vaisseaux ecuries will be able to transport 1,200 horses, and the navy will undertake at any moment to transport 25,000 horses. It was considered a great feat during the Crimean campaign when the fleet carried 300 horses to Eupatoria. Orders for the construction of gunboats have been distributed amongst the private shipbuilding firms.

On Monday evening, June 3, a second paper on "Moncrieff's Protected Barbette System,' was read at the Royal United Service Institution by the author, Captain Moncrieff. Reports of the experi

The distance from New York to Sacramento by the railroad route is 3, 129 miles, of which 1,887 have been completed and are now in successful operation, leaving but 1,252 miles yet to be built. It is con. fidently asserted that this gap will be filled up within two years.

The leaves of geraniums are excellent for cuts where the skin is rubbed off, and other wounds of the like kind. One or two leaves must be bruised and applied to the part, and the wound will be cicatrised in a short time. Having tried this years ago we can speak to its efficacy.

Mr. J. F. Redfern has been appointed to model eight figures, to represent the Virtues, which are intended for the Albert Memorial now erecting in Hyde Park. These statues will be reproduced by the electrotype process, and include the canopy of the memorial.

There is in London at the present time a great demand for Cornish granite and Staffordshire blue bricks. The Cornish granite is found to be the best for embankment purposes, and the Staffordshire bricks are famous for their durability. We have recently seen some specimens of the latter manufactured by E. H. Obehard, of the Old Blue Brick Works, near Dudley, which look the very best of the kind, and we hear they can be delivered in Lon. don at a very low rate.

At the Royal palace at Berlin, 40,000 wax candles are instantaneously lighted by one single match. The mode of proceeding is simple enough, the wicks being previously all connected by a thread spun out of gun-cotton, on lighting one end of which all the candles are lighted simultaneously and thus the whole of the 700 apartments are illuminated at once. The process is so easy that the wonder is that it is not more generally practised. In Russia the same method is employed for lighting up the churches on grand occasions.

The Austrian journals state that swarms of poisonous flies have made their appearance in Transylvania, and that more than 100 head of cattle have perished. The farmers are compelled to keep their beasts shut up, and large fires are burn. ing night and day around the sheds to keep off this unwelcome visitation. During one day when the rain fell copiously they disappeared, but as soon as the weather became fine again they returned. The men in charge of the fires have the greatest difficulty in preserving themselves from their venomous attacks, and find tobacco the best preservative.

The screw steamer "Russia," just completed by Messrs. Thomson and Co., of Govan, for the Cunard line, will leave Liverpool for New York, on her first voyage, on the 15th inst. Messrs. Thomson have now on hand for the same line another large screw, She will soon be to be named the "Siberia." ready for launching. Messrs. Caird and Co., of Greenock, have launched a saloon paddle steamer for the South American trade of the following dimensions:-Length over all, 246ft. breadth, 25ft. depth of hold, 9ft. 6in. The vessel was named the "Rio Uruguay" she has been built for Mr. David Bruce.

A company has been formed to supply the City of Valparaiso in Chili, with water. Mr. Waddington, an Englishman, obtained a concession as far back as 1856 from the municipality which was ap proved of by the Government in 1862, to bring water from the range of the Andes. Mr. Waddington had begun to build a canal coming to the city by a circuitous route for the double purpose of supplying a reservoir and of irrigating the country. A length of 72 miles of the canal has already been finished. The company now formed has purchased that portion, with the concession, and have made a contract to complete the works.

The Niagara Falls Gazette states ments have been made for building new suspension bridge, passing fran Clifton-house, on the Canada ade, to works on the opposite shore. The emb be considerably longer than its nigi

A proposal has been made, for the nig of the Great Northern, the Great Manchester, Sheffield, and Linsolaze, z Lancashire and Yorkshire systems f Such an amalgamation would place L railway under one management,

The latest horticultural device is that of ing the stones from fruits by a proces of reduction, by extracting the pit fr grafting them on stocks and their own tra successive seasons. It is said that the has been perfectly successfal grape.

The post of Superintendent of the United Coast Survey, left vacant by the deced ander Dallas Bache, has been g Pierce, of Harvard, a well-known matients Dr. Bache has held the post for way In him geodetical science has lost a usa >perator.

The arrangements for the fortheir he Royal Agricultural Society of Engla St. Edmund's next month are so far compora otwithstanding the wise decision of te Council not to allow cattle to be ethical S ines of canvas shedding to which the s hese shows have been accustomed Larso ailed, nor will the large area encic iminished.

A large new furnace, recently comp he supervision of Mr. B. Ford, engine, len orks, Middlesbro', and which belle Hikes, Wilson, Pease, and Co., ironic O ipped on Wednesday week. The begin irnace is 75ft. 6in. its cubical conta 1,000ft. and it is an embodiment of alter ecent improvements and appliances comeTEL VI he manufacture of iron.

There is in London at the present time emand for Cornish granite and stafiriem. ricks. The Cornish granite is found b r embankment purposes, and the Sai ricks are famous for their durability. We cently seen some specimens of the late to tured by E. H. Obehard, of the En orks, near Dudley, which look the very kind, and we hear they can be dearl n at a very low rate.

At the Royal palace at Berlin, 40,00

instantaneously lighted by one sage me mode of proceeding is simple ensu ing previously all connected by a thread gun-cotton, on lighting one end of dles are lighted simultaneously sad ole of the 700 apartments are a e. The process is so easy that the at it is not more generally practised i same method is employed for lig arches on grand occasions. The Austrian journals state that sonous flies have made their appr nsylvania, and that more than 100 hadd have perished. The farmers are p their beasts shut up, and large f night and day around the sheds to be f welcome visitation. During one day fell copiously they disappeared, b weather became fine again they rea in charge of the fires hare the culty in preserving themse Omous attacks, and find tobacco de ervative.

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company has been formed to sup alparaiso in Chili, with water. M an Englishman, obtained a co as 1856 from the manicipality whi ed of by the Government in from the range of the Andes. bad begun to build a canal com circuitous route for the deale ying a reservoir and of irrigating the 2th of 72 miles of the cans has bee The company now formed lat w

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JUNE 14, 1867.

Patents for Juventions.

ABRIDGED SPECIFICATIONS OF

PATENTS.

THE MECHANICS' MAGAZINE.

THE Abridged Specifications of Patents given below are
classified, according to the subjects to which the respective
inventions refer, in the following Table. By the system
of classification adopted, the numerical and chronological
order of the specifications is preserved, and combined with
all the advantages of a division into classes. It should be
understood that these abridgements are prepared exclu-
sively for this Magazine from official copies supplied by
the Government, and are therefore the property of the
Proprietors of this Magazine. Other papers are hereby
warned not to produce them without an acknowledge
ment:

BOILERSAND FURNACES,-2989

2941 R. LAKIN and J. WAIN. Improvements in machines for spinning and doubling cotton and other fibrous materials. Dated November 10, 1866.

This invention consists, first, in an improved combination
of machinery, actuated by or from the tin roller drum
shaft, to govern and regulate the rise of the faller when it
is unlocked at the completion of the inward run of the
carriage. Secondly, in an improved mode of giving motion
to the middle bottom drawing roller of spinning mules.
Reference to the drawings is necessary for a detailed de-
scription of the invention. Patent completed.

cutting and heading nails. (A communication.) Dated
2942 J. G. TONGUE. Improvements in machinery for

November 10, 1866.

This invention relates to cutting and heading nails by
machinery without turning or reversing the nail plate to
give the requisite taper after each successive cut. The na-
ture of the invention consists, firstly, in the combination
of a pair of cutters having in addition to their clipping
action an oscillating motion about an axis perpendicular,
or nearly so, with their cutting edges, a direct forward
feeding device, and a pair of reciprocating headers. Another
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING MATERIALS,-2949, 2950, 2959, portion of the invention consists in a novel combination in
2965, 2969, 2988
a nail cutting and heading machine with a straight or direct
nail plate feed of cutters, nipper, gripper, and heaters,
arranged for operation together on a frame or bed, having
an oscillating movement about an axis perpendicular or
nearly so with the clipping edges of the cutters; and the
said invention further consists in a peculiar arrangement
of the nipper relatively to the cutters and headers in nail
cutting and heading machines, and operating to turn the
cut blank at or about the middle of its length on to its
flat" prior to its being gripped for heading; also in so
operating headers on opposite sides of the feed as that, by
giving them, in addition to their heading action, a united
Oscillating movement in a crosswise direction relatively to
the feed, the blanks are successively acted upon by the op-
posite headers alternately. The invention cannot be de-
scribed in detail without reference to the drawings. Patent
completed.

CHEMISTRY AND PHOTOGRAPHY-2962, 2997
OULTIVATION OF THE SOIL, including agricultural imple
ments and machines,-none
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,-2977
FIBROUS, FABRICS, including machinery for treating fibre,
pulp, paper &c.,-2941, 2945, 2956, 2962, 2966, 2967,
2968, 2978, 2981, 2990, 2993

FOOD and BEVERAGES, including the apparatus for prepar-
food for men and animals.-none
FURNITURE AND APPAREL, including household utensils,
time-keepers, jewellery, musical instruments, &c.-
2951, 2968, 2964, 2974, 2992
GENERAL MACHINERY,-2942, 2943, 2944, 2954, 2975, 2982,
2995

LIGHTING, HEATING, AND VENTILATING,-2939, 2958
METALS, including apparatus for their manufacture,
3940, 2818, 2957, 2991

MISCELLANEOUS,-2947, 2953, 2955, 2960, 2972, 2980,

3000

ROADS AND VEHICLES, including railway plant and car.
riages, saddlery, and harness, &c.,-2979, 2984
SHIPS AND BOATS, including their fittings,-2998
STEAM ENGINES, -2986

WARFARE,-2946, 2996

ERRATUM.-In our last number it was stated that Mr. Doering's invention for "Improvements in Engines for Boring Rock and other Mineral, and in Frames or Stands for Boring Engines" (patent No. 2,922), was not described apart from the drawings. This was an error. A portion of the invention (that relating to the engines), is described apart from the drawings, and is as follows:This invention relates, firstly, to improvements upon an invention for boring engines for which the present patentee obtained former letters patent, dated December 13, 1865 (No. 3,218). The present improvements in boring engines consist, first, in forming a portion of a thread on each of the two supporting shafts of the engine, instead of forming a complete thread upon one of the shafts, as described in the specification of the former letters patent. The patentee dispenses wish the toothed wheels represented at X and Y, in figs. 4 to 9 of the drawings accompanying the said specification, and substitutes for them a worm wheel, which works between the two supporting shafts. The worm wheel is moved by a ratchet wheel, formed with, or secured to it, this ratchet wheel and worm wheel are placed on the neck of the cylinder cover, and the ratchet wheel is actuated by a pawl connected to a lever moving on the neck of the cylinder cover, or otherwise. A second ratchet wheel for giving the turning motion, as described in the said specification, is situated behind this lever, and is worked from it by a second pawl. This lever is put in motion by a connecting rod from the transverse shaft described in the said specification. To return the engine to its original position, after completing a hole, the two supporting shafts are moved asunder to free the worm wheel. The improvements in boring engines consist, secondly, in an improved method of moving the slide valve. This improvement consists in attaching a spring or drawing appliance, in the form of an air cylinder, or otherwise, to the forward end of the valve-rod; also in fitting behind the valve a catch supported by a spring, which catch, by taking into the forward tappet nut on the valve-rod, which nut is double, prevents the valve being drawn through until the spring of the catch is struck by a hammer or tappet on the transverse shaft. This hammer comes down upon the spring of the catch during the latter part of the forward stroke of the engire, and the valve is then drawn through by the firstnamed spring or air cylinder. Patent completed,

2939 T. SKAIFE. Improvements in a vibrating lightening lamp for the obtaining of photograms. Dated November 10, 1866.

The patentee claims the use of a vibrating platform or table, with or without a reflecting mirror, for the purpose of producing, by means of vibration among its particles, an instantaneous combustion of any actinic powder or other deflagrating or easily flammable substance, when used for the purpose of obtaining photographic pictures, substan tially as described. Patent completed.

2940 N. KORSHUNOFF. Improvements in the manufacture and casting of malleable iron and steel. Dated November 10, 1866.

This invention consists in introducing in the manner hereinafter described into the liquid metal in the puddling or other furnace used for converting cast iron or steel the vapour of nitric acid or chloric acid rich in oxygen, cr their salts, and also the vapour of hydroacids or other materials rich in hydrogen, or the salts of hydroacids, or mixtures of the said acid vapour, either alone or combined with a blast of air; or liquid hydrocarbon in a state of vapour may be introduced into the liquid metal. By the introduction of of the oxidising gaseous liquid or solid compound the decarbonisation of the iron and the oxidation of siliceous matters in the iron are promoted. When hydroacids or materials rich in hydrogen, or the salts of hydroacids, are passed through the melted metal, they are decomposed, and at the moment of decomposition, or when the elements are in a nascent state, they act upon the metal and improve its quality. The quantity of acid or salt employed will depend upon the composition of the iron acted upon. Patent completed.

377

malleable iron. The patentees propose to melt the iron in a common cupola or blast furnace (or it may be melted in any other furnace applicable to the melting of cast iron), and to use as fluxes clay and iron slag, and if the flux made from these materials is not fluid enough, they add a small quantity of wrought iron, which will assist in making a fluid flux; or they may add a small portion of lime, limestone, or chalk, and when the iron is melted it will percolate through the fluxes to the bottom of the furnace, and will be thereby cleansed of many impurities by coming in contact, in a divided state, with the clay flux. The clay may be raw or burat, such as old bricks, if not too sandy. For the purpose of strengthening and otherwise improving the pig iron, a certain proportion of fine iron ores, either raw or prepared, may be added during the proPatent completed.

cess.

2949 J. DENLEY. Improvements in chimney tops for the purpose of preventing or curing the down draught of smoke. Dated November 10, 1866.

The patentee proposes to place on the top of the ordinary plain chimneypot an open inverted conical cap or hoop of metal or pottery-ware surmounted by another of the same shape, and joined thereto from its edge by vertical wires or slips of metal. On the top of the upper. one he places a circular horizontal flat plate or disc, raised by three or more vertical wires or standards from the edge of the hoop, so that, supposing the wind were to blow up the lower hoop or over it, it would force the smoke up to the plate, and thence out from the chimney. He increases the number of these hoops where great draft is required. Patent completed.

2950 W. PIDDING, Improvements in the manufacture of bricks, and in the application or uses of the same. Dated November 12, 1866.

This invention comprises improvements in the manufac ture and formation of hollow or cellular bricks of any shape or size from clay or clays used separately or mixed with other matter or material; or from any other plastic earths, compositions, or material mixed or used separately; auch bricks being strengthened by internal stays, ribs, or cores running entirely or partially through their interior. In some cases the inventor purposes applying the principle of exhausting the air from the material under use, and by this means produces a greater affinity of surface or surfaces. Also in the formation and making of bricks of any shape or size in "moulds" from fusible matters or material and other

2943 J. H. JOHNSON. Improvements in the manufacture
of chains, and in the machinery or apparatus employed
therein. (A communication.) Dated November 10, 1866.
This invention relates to a peculiar construction, arrange-
ment, and combination of machinery or apparatus for
forming the links of chains ready for being welded, and
consists, essentially, in constructing a machine for form-substances; as also from material or substances, whether
ing links for chains so that it shall grasp the iron supplied
to it, form the link, cut the scarf or bevel for the joint
or weld, and give the desired overlap for welding, and
continue to feed up the iron until it is entirely expended
in forming links. Patent completed.

2944 J. H. JOHNSON. Improvements in file-cutting machines. (A communication.) Dated November 10, 1866.

This invention consists in moving the file blank and its
bed through the medium of a feed screw and screw nut, such
feed screw being operated by means of a ratchet wheel and
a palu receiving its motion from levers and a cam. A
guard or shield is combined with the said ratchet wheel and
pal for regulating the travel or motion of the said feed

screw, so as to obtain the desired movement of the file
blank and its bed, and the graduating of the cutting of the
file teeth. Patent completed

2945 W. G. E. SWINNOCK. Improvements in lace fabrics,
(A communication.) Dated November 10, 1866.

This invention consists in the application of lithographic or other printing for producing designs in lace, net, and imitations thereof, such printed articles being more in harmony with the various objects they are intended to represent, while, at the same time, preserving the beauty of the lace, and improving the same by imitating exactly the colours of the objects intended to be represented by the designs. Patent completed.

2946 W. CLARK. Improvements in breech-loading fire arms and cartridges. (A communication.) Dated No

vember 10, 1866.

This invention relates, first, to improvements in breech-
loading firearms with a view to render them at once simple
in construction and easy of action, even to those unprac-
tised in their use. Contrary to the usual practice the inven-
tor makes the breech chamber to move backwards in a line
with the barrel to afford room for the introduction of the
cartridge, which backward motion cocks the hammer, and
at the same time holds it in such position as to prevent its
falling accidentally before the cartridge is properly placed
in position in the breech chamber. The rectilinear move-
ment of the breech chamber is produced by a lever disposed
at the side of the stock, and inside the said chamber is
fitted a socket constituting an abutting surface for the
cartridge, which socket is a fixture, and serves to extract the
cartridge case after firing. The socket is further bor ed at
its centre to receive a pin or stem, which is movable with the
breech chamber, and terminates at one end in a point, serv-
ing as a striker for igniting the central capof the cartridge;
the other end of this stem acts on the hammer in order to
cock it and hold it in such position as above mentioned.
The different parts of the arm are so combined as to enable
muzzle-loaders to be converted on this system into breech-
loaders, it being only necessary to cut away the rear end of
the barrel and fit the breech piece thereto. The cartridge
which has what is termed a central-fire is made so as to
prevent any escape of gas, the cap or priming being placed
at the centre of a wad of compressed pasteboard and then
covered with a metal cap enclosing the whole of the end of
without reference to the drawings. Patent completed.
The invention cannot be fully described
the car ridge.

2947 G. CRAWSHAY and J. THOMAS. Improvements in
the treatment of scoria or slag of copper ores. Dated No-
vember 10, 1866.

This invention consists in the smelting of slag or scoria with pig or cast iron, in combination with clay for the flux, and lime or limestone, so as to extract the iron from such cinder or slag, and for the better refining such iron, omitting the lime or limestone if desirable, thereby showing that, as iron in smelting with lime fluxes will take up lime in its composition, and that such lime greatly deteriorates the iron, so will pig or cast iron, by being melted, again in the clay flux without limes be deprived of its lime, and will take up in its stead a portion of its aluminium. Patent completed.

2948 G. CRAWSHAY and J. THOMAS. Improvements in refining pig or cast iron for puddling into wrought or malleable iron. Dated November 10, 1866.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the means of preparing or refining pig or cast iron, so that it may be fit for the process of puddling into wrought or

used singly or in combination, which are capable of being reduced to a pulp. In these solid or moulded bricks he makes on their uniting surfaces, and outward surfaces where required, indentations for the introduction of a metallic bonding or framing suitable for the various purposes to which he purposes applying them. Patent avandoned.

2951 G. PERRY. Improvements in lockets, brooches, and other articles of jewellery. Dated November 12, 1866.

According to this invention great facility is obtained in exhibiting or displaying at pleasure any one of a series of photographic or other miniatures contained in the locket, brooch, or other article of jewellery. Patent completed.

2952 D. MURRAY, Improvements in apparatus to be used for lowering boats. Dated November 12, 1866.

This invention relates to the lowering of boats from steamers or ships when in motion, and consists in the general arrangement of the hooks attached to the slings by which the boat is attached to the tackles. The different parts constituting the apparatus are arranged as follows:In lieu of employing a tumbler hook attached to the block as shown and described in the drawings and specification of letters patent dated May 10, 1866, granted to T. Thornton, as a communication from the present patentee (No 1374), hooks are attached to chain slings coming up through one of the thwarts forward, and the stern seat aft, having small check chains or ropes attached to the upper part of the Looks, so that when the chain slings are let go, the strain coming on the check chains capsizes the hooks. The chains reeve through iron pins or rollers under the thwart and stern seat, and are then led forward and aft to the controller, the forward chain leading aft and the after chain forward. By means of this arrangement both ends of the boat can be lowered and released simultaneously. The chain is fastened or released by a controller operated on by the rise and fall of a lever, or in any other approved Patent completed.

manner.

Improvements in

2953 J. INGRAM and H. STAFFER. apparatus for testing the lubricity of oils and other lubricants. Dated November 12, 1866.

The patentees claim, firstly, the system or mode of testing the lubricity of oils and their lubricants between oylindrical, concave, and convex surfaces, by ascertaining the amount of frictional motion which will be required to produce a given temperature, substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings. Secondly, the system of stopping the rotation of the apparatus by self-acting means when the given temperature has been attained by a thermometer, and an electro-magnet and connected mechanism, substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings. Patent completed.

2954 W. ROUTLEDGE and F. F. OMMANNEY. Improved rocks, or other substances. Dated November 12, 1866. self-acting apparatus for cutting or getting coal, boring

The body of this apparatus for getting coal consists of a cylinder, valve box, and side passages, all of one piece, the cylinder being at one end permanently closed, and at the other end fitted with a gland or nut having a hole in which is placed a tool or cutter holder. In the interior of the cylinder there is a long piston, having its ends fitting the cylinder, the intervening space between the ends being of less diameter for forming a chamber between it and the cylinder, which chamber communicates with passages leading to both ends of the valve box, and also by a hole in the cylinder with the atmosphere. The valve box has a circular bore, and is fitted with a circular valve with the necessary passages, the box being provided with a pipe hole for the supply of compressed air, steam, or other motive power, and a pipe or hole for the exhaust. At one side of the cylinder and valve box there is a passage communicating with an opening in the cylinder near its closed end, and at another side a passage communicating with an opening at the other end of the cylinder, and also with an opening leading to the tool or cutter holder. When compressed air is supplied to the valve box it passes through an opening in the valve, and through the passage near the closed end of the cylinder, and acts with power on the head of the piston, so as to force its other or foot end against the head of the tool or cutter holder, thereby driving the tool or

pick into the seam, and cutting or getting the coal; the exhaust air having previously passed through the exhaust passage and through the exhaust pipe. When the valve is shifted, the operations are reversed, the compressed air Passing to the tool end of the cylinder, and shifting back the tool and piston to their original positions, and so on continuously. The valve is shifted to and fro by the working of the piston, which, in its forward and backward movements, uncovers and covers the passages leading to both ends of the valve box, and allows a portion of the exhaust air to act alternately on boths ends of the valves, and shift it at each stroke of the piston. The principle worked out in this machine is the obtaining of the coal by a succession of rapid blows, instead of the long and powerful strokes of most other machines. Patent abandoned.

2955 G. F. FREEMAN. A new composition roller for calico printing, which composition is also applicable to other purposes. Dated November 12, 1866.

This new composition is formed of copper, tin, lead, and antimony in certain proportions. Patent abandoned.

2956 J. BENTLEY and W. HAMPSON. Improvements in stretching woven fabrics during the processes of stiffening, sising, drying, or finishing them. 1866... Dated November 12,

This invention is not described apart from the drawings. Patent completed.

2957 G. CRAWSHAY and J. THOMAS. Improvements in the treatment of titaniferous iron ores, and in extracting iron therefrom, also for utilising the scoria produced. Dated November 12, 1866.

2964 L. BRIERLEY. Improvements in metallic bedsteads, carried thereby, which lever is so formed as to interlock with cots, and couches. Dated November 13, 1866. projections formed on the breech-piece, and thus hold it and tightening of the cloth or other textile sacking of the This invention has for its object to facilitate the fixing securely in position when the parts are closed. The lever is let into a recess in the breech piece, and moves on an bed, cot, or couch. The patente: describes his invention axis, its movement being limited on one side by a stop, the framing of the bedstead of angle iron, as is usual in in connection with a metallic bedstead. Instead of making and on the other by the apper part of the recess. When the breech is closed the axis of the lever is below a line or metallic bedsteads, he makes the framing of cylindrical plane passing through the axis on which the breech-piece bedstead, and at the top and bottom or ends of the bed-in position, and as the exterior surfaces of the projections bars or of tubing. This tubing on one of the sides of the turns, and through the projections thereon which secure it stead, is connected with the pillars of the bedstead by on the breech-piece are curved, it is impossible to move the corner blocks and dovetails in the usual manner; the breech-piece upon its axis before the locking lever is lifted; tubing at the other side of the bedstead is connected to consequently, the recoil cannot disturb the parts which close the breech. the pillars by means of tubular sockets on the pillars, in The locking lever is furnished with a which sockets the ends of the tube engage, so as to permit breech. By raising and turning the lever and breech-piece thumb-piece for the purpose of lifting and opening the of a rotary motion of the said tube. He calls this tubular side of the bedstead the rotating tube or side. The sacking over on to the barrel, the end of a spring or a stop is is connected to the three fixed sides of the framing by tractor," which is carried by and moves on the axis of the brought in contact with a projection on a lever or "exmeans of hems in the sacking, through which hems the three fixed tubes are passed. The sacking is fixed to the breech-piece, so as to withdraw the exploded cartridge rotating tube or side by means of a rod, to which the edge case; should the spring happen to break, the stop or of the sacking is attached by a small hem. This rod is shoulder will still act to partially withdraw the cartridge. The hammer of the block is arranged so as to strike a pin oc passed into the rotating tube, the sacking passing from the said rod through à slot running the whole length of the bolt carried by the breech-piece, the other end of the pia rotating tube. By turning the rotating tube, the sacking being arranged to strike and thus explode the cartridge. is coiled on the said tube, and thereby tightened. In order The parts are so arranged that the hammer cannot strike to effect the required motion in the rotating rube or side, the exploding pin or bolt until the breech-piece is perfectlyclosed. square or hexagonal nuts are fixed on or near its ends, and The beech-piece can be removed for the purpose of by spanners or screw wrenches applied to the said nuts the cleaning the barrel by simply removing the scraw of axis on required motion can be given to the rotating tube. In order which it turns. Patent abandoned. to fix the rotat ng tube or side in the position to which it 2971 C. E. BROOMAN. has been brought, a small ratchet wheel has made at its

An improved method of and other vessels. (A communication.) Dated November 13, 1866.

with the titanic iron ore; and, secondly, the use of slag or the patentes claim, first, the mixing of pig or cast iron middle, with which a click or paul supported by the stretcher arrangement of engine for towing or hauling burger and Booria produced from the smelting of titaniferous iron ores for the improvement of iron that is not titanic, substan tially as described. Patent completed.

*2958 A. V. NEWTON. Certain improvements in coal oil lamps. (A communication.) Dated November 12, 1866. This invention is not described apart from the drawings. Patent completed.

2959, J. R. CADMAN. Improved means of forming joints between sashes, doors, drawers, and other structures, and the frames in which they move or are fitted. Dated November 12, 1866.

bar engages and prevents the return motion of the ratchet
wheel. Patent completed.

2965 G. WHITEHEAD. Improvements in chimney tops or
cowls. Dated November 13, 1866.

The chief object of this invention is the employment of steam locomotives upon the towing paths of rivers and canals without any rails for the locomotive to run upon. The invention comprises for this purpose a system of mechanical towing or hauling by steam or other motive agent. for effecting the towing of barges or other vessels. Patent abandoned.

2972 W. CLARK. Improvements in the preparation or treatment of fabrics or materials for the manufacture of various useful articles. (A communication.) Dated Noember 13, 1866. This invention consists in preparing, ornamenting, and a view to the production of various ornamental and useful articles, which, by the aid of the several operations of the invention, are made to resemble open metal work in appearance. Patent completed.

Around the inside of the frame in which a sash door, top of the cap down the eight corners to half way down. metallising or galvanising fabrics and other materials with

This improved chimney top or cowl is made by preference in two parts, one fitting over the other. The inner portion or part is made by preference of an octagonal shape, but it may be round, square, or of any other shape. For the being octagonal, the top being covered with a cap, and sake, however, of clearness the patentee describes it as made by preference somewhat conical. The outer part, which fits over and rests on the inner, is made of a shape to correspond therewith, and is open at top, terminating in a sort of crown or canopy. Ribs are brought from the or thereabouts, the top or cowl. In each square formed preferably square, for the smoke to escape, which can between the ribs, there are by preference three apertures, either ascend or descend according as the wind may affect act as shields to prevent the action of the wind when the draught. There are cross pieces from rib to rib, which blowing down affecting the draught. Patent completed. 2966 C. MOSELEY. Improvements in machinery for the manufacture of india-rubber thread. Dated November 13, 1866.

This invention consists in forming joints as follows: drawer, or other structure moves or is fitted, the patentee cute a dove-tailed or other formed groove or recess, and in this groove he fits a tube or cushion of india-rubber, or other suitable yielding and elastic material; then upon or against the tube or cushion he fits a bead of ebony, metal, wool, or other suitable hard material, which projects from the frame like an ordinary bead, but can be forced inwards owing to the elasticity of the tube or cushion behind it. The sash, door, or other structure fitted in the frame is out with a groove corresponding to the bead, and the elasticity given to the bead by the tube or cushion behind it forms an air-tight joint, and at the same time In performing this invention the inventor cuts the Blaprevents the sash or other structure bearing upon or rub-ments or threads from a solid cylindrical block or hollow bing the wood of the frame, and compensates for any cylinder of india-rubber. The cylinder or block is put shrinkage in the material of the frame, or of the sash or upon a mandrel or centre, which receives a slow rotary and other structure. Patent completed. lateral or progressive motion, and the cylinder or block is cut upon its outer surface by a series of knives having a quick rotary, oscillating, or sliding motion, and by a knife having a reciprocating motion given by steam or other Patent abandoned. power, thus producing a series of threads or filaments.

2960 A. HAWKINS.

Improvements in sculpturing or forming ornamental and other devices on and in marble, stone, and other substances. Dated November 12, 1866.

For the purposes of this invention blocks or moulds, usually of iron or steel, are employed (but other material may be used in forming them) having the reverse of the devices formed therein or thereon, according as the device to be sculptured or formed is to be in relief or sunk. Such blocks or moulds have a quick motion imparted to them to and from the surface of the marble, stone, or other substance, striking the same again and again in quick succession. Water and sharp sand or other suitable grit are copiously supplied to the surface which is being sculptured or formed by this process of beating. Thus, supposing it to be desired to produce in relief the profile of a human head, the block or mould would have the device sunk therein, and in regard to other devices which are required to be produced more or less in relief, or more or less sunk, the blocks or moulds will be formed accordingly with parts of the beating surface sunk or in relief, as required by each particular device, Patent completed.

2961 J. C. STEVENSON and G. T. FRANCE. Improvements in the manufacture of soda or alkali. Dated November 12, 1866.

Provisional protection has not been granted for this invention.

2962 H. and J. CRAWFORD. Improvements in Anishing thread and yarns, and in the machinery or apparatus employed therefor. Dated November 12, 1866. This invention has reference to improvements in that description of thread-finishing machines technically known as the pinning machine" or "iron man," more particularly used for stretching and glossing cr polishing sewing thread in hanks by twisting or screwing" them in vertical rows upon and between corresponding upper revolving and lower non-revolving hooks; and the essential or main feature of the invention consists in putting on an extra intermittent tensional strain or pressure upon the hanks after they have received the complete double, twist, or curl (in addition to the extra tension or weight which the banks receive constantly while giving them both the twisting and untwisting action of the second or polishing coil or curi). so as to act forci ly and draw or elongate the twist or coil at that time, and also while the upper hooks are in the act of being reversed and turned so as to uncoil the polishing screw or coil of the hanks, and vice versa, so as to release this tensional strain upon the hanks when and during the time the upper hooks are reversing their motion and turning so as to retwist or coil the polishing screw or coil upon the hanke. Palent abandoned.

2967 W. S. MACDONALD. Improvements in the method
and means of cleansing textile and other fabrics and mate-
rials. Dated November 13, 1866.

blood, either alone or in combination with a mineral or
The patentee claims the application and use of animal
and preparing textile and other fabrics and materials, and
metallic acid or other substatces, for scouring, cleansing,
mordants on fabrics to be dyed or printed, as described.
for fixing colours on fabrics, and fixing and cleansing the
Patent completed.

2968 J. HARDING. Improvements in machines for
doubling cotton and other fibrous materials. Dated No-
vember 13, 1866.

The patentee claims, first, supporting the cops or bobbins of yarn to be doubled in balanced levers or frames, in order that the distance between the said cops or bobbins and the nip of the rollers may be reduced, as described. Second, the described. Thirdly, the improved arrangements of parts use of three or more rollers placed one above the other, as And, lastly, enclosing the flyers in boxes or cases, as defor lifting the rollers and applying the brake, as described. scribed. Patent completed.

2969 A. SCHOLEY. Improvements in nails or fastenings. Dated November 13, 1866.

The essential feature of novelty of these nails or fastenings consists in making them three-sided, and tapering gradually from the head to the point. Each side, how ever, in lieu of being flat, is hollowed or grooved the entire length, or any portion thereof, the three corners or angles presenting sharp ridges somewhat after the fashion of a bayonet. In lieu of having a laterally projecting head, this part of the nail or fastening is produced by expanding rather more abruptly the upper end of the nail, so that, when driven, the extreme end only of the nail will be visible. Putent abandoned.

picks, or mandrels, such as are used for cutting coal and 2973 F. W. DAHNE and D. THOMAS. Improvements in

other minerals. Dated November 13, 1866.

According to this invention, in place of making the head of the pick or mandrel in one piece, the patentees make the point or points separate from the other parts of the head, and so that they can be removed and replaced at pleasure. By this arrangement, when the points become blunt, they can be removed and sent to the surface to be sharpened, whilst in the meantime the pick may continue in use, another point having been fitted into it. The patentees form in the head of the pick a socket or sockets on one or both sides of the hole which receives the handle, and they make the movable steel points with stems which fit into these sockets, and are secured by locking screws or other. convenient means. Patent completed.

2974 J. P. BROWN. Having reference to the application of bedsteads to apartments. Dated November 13, 1866. The patentee claims constructing an apartment with a bedstead-receiving recess formed in it at its ceiling or upper part, and applying a bedstead to such recess by counterpleted. balancing devices, substantially as described. Patent com

2975 W. W. MARSTON. Improvements in machinery for carving wood, metal, marble, or other material to the shape of a pattern. Dated November 13, 18 36.

furniture, picture frames, letters, scroll, or relief work, The object of this invention is to effect the carving of countersunk figures, shapes, or designs in woods, marbles, art in which a pattern corresponding to the article to be or metal, or to carve busts, medallions, or other works of produced is employed. A tracing instrument is used to follow the pattern, and a rapidly revolving tool is used to bed for carrying both the pattern and article to be carved, effect the cutting or carving. The invention relates to a plane in which the cutter and tracer move in combination and having an endwise movement at right angles to the with three or more universally jointed parallel arms con. necting at one end to a stationary frame, and at the other end to the head upon which are mounted the cutter and tracer. By this combination of mechanism the tracer can be guided by hand, so as to follow a pattern with the greatest ease and accuracy, because the universally jointed arms move with so little friction, the same movement directing the revolving cutting tool with equal accuracy in effecting the carving. Patent completed.

2976 J. F. BELLEVILLE. A new or improved spring regulator, applicable to various industrial purposes, also. applicable as a pressure gauge. Dated November 14, 1866, This invention has for its object the construction of an apparatus composed of discs of a truncated, conical, or concave form, similar to those described in the specification to certain letters patent granted to the present patentes on which successively the inner and outer edges are in conMarch 14, 1866 (No. 763), connected together in pairs, of tact with each other, so as to form between them an enclosed compressible and water-tight space or chamber, capable of bearing very considerable pressure, so that the exterior and interior surfaces of such chamber or hollow spring can, at the same time, be exposed to very different pressures. Such apparatus is applicable in all cases where constant or intermittent force of very regular action and it is required to transmit, by the agency of fluids or gases, a without loss of friction, and also where it is requisite after having transmitted the force that the agent by which it was transmitted should return automatically into its original position. This apparatus is particularly appli cable as a hydraulic or gaseous regulator to all prime water-wheels, turbines, and other prime movers. It has a movers actuated by fluids or gases, such as strani engines, brake, also; it possesses considerable power, and can he very regular and powerful action as a hydraulic or gaseous made to act rapidly through considerable distances. Patent

2970 J. G. TONGUE. Improvements in breech-loading Arearms. (A communication.) Dated November 13, 1866. loaders into breech-loaders, and consists in the general This invention is applicable to the conversion of muzzlearrangement and the particular mechanism for replacing and retaining the closing piece in its position, and for the contrivance for withdrawing the exploded cartridge case. The mechanism is extremely simple and durable, all the readily examined and cleaned when required. There is but mechanical parts being exposed to view, so that they can be one spring in the combination, the breaking of which does 2963 T. MOLINEUX. Improvements in pianofortes. not render the arm unserviceable. The copper cartridge Dated November 13, 1866. employed (as in the American system) cannot explode This invention has for its object improvements in the before the closing of the breech is effected. The lock in the back or framework of pianofortes, technically called case of altered guns on this principle can be retained, and "bracings," and is applicable to both upright and hori- only requires a slight alteration of the hammer; conse zontal pianofortes, and the invention consists in the appliquently, the cost of converting a muzzle to a breech-loa ier cation of T or L iron bars (which the inventor calls is very trifling. The barrel is screwed into a suitably tensive bars") to the backs of the bracings, which said formed breech piece, which is substituted for the ordinary bracings are grooved, or otherwise prepared for that pur. breech-piece. The closing of the breech end is effected by a pose, and the bars are secured to the bracings by means of hinged block which turns over on to the barrel upon a pin or screws or bolts inserted at each end, or in any other suitable axis on the front end of the breech-piece. When the breech end is closed, the hinged block is kept in position by a lever I completed.

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2984 J. CLARK. Improvements in railway brakes. Dated
November 14, 1866.
This invention relates in part to the ordinary brakes, and
in part to the means of applying the same. The objects of
the invention are-first, to obtain the brake power from the
axles or wheels of the train when in motion; second, to
regulate the power so obtained, as required; third, to intro-
duce between the force applied and the brake blocks self-
adjusting media for compensating the wear of the blocks
upon the wheels; fourth, to compensate or prevent the jar
of the carriages to which brakes are fitted; and lastly, to
improve certain parts of the mechanism by which the ordi-

his invention relates to a method of authenticating
te grams by the addition of certain letters, by preference
three, to each telegram. These letters are so arranged as
to give a different combination for every day in a period of
six months, Attached to each combination is a number
ranging from 1 to 183, which numbers are arranged in any
desired ord er opposite to the days of the month. Con-
fidential agets supplied with this table are enabled at once
to ascertain whether the telegrams they receive are for-nary brakes are appled. Patent abandoned.
warded by the correspondent in possession of the counter-
part table or key. Patent abondoned.

2978 J. WHITEHEAD. Improvements in looms for weav-
ing. Dated November 14, 1866.

in position, and as the exterior surfaces of the prim on the breech-piece are curved, it is impossible to move breech-piece upon its axis before the locking leer is tha consequently, the recoil cannot disturb the para võid close the breech. The locking lever is furnished wi it thumb-piece for the purpose of lifting and opening & breech. By raising and turning the lever and bre over on to the barrel, the end of a spring sea sa brought in contact with a projection on a lever or fo tractor," which is carried by and mores, VOA S breech-piece, so as to withdraw the exploded can case; should the spring happen to break, the sa shoulder will still act to partially withdraw the cas The hammer of the block is arranged so as to strike a bolt carried by the breech-piece, the other end of t being arranged to strike and thus explode the catre The parts are so arranged that the hammer can the exploding pin or bolt until the breech-piece is patent closed. The breech-piece can be removed for the purp cleaning the barrel by simply removing the satam of abu which it turns. Patent abandoned,

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2972 W. CLARK. Improvements in the preporvino treatment of fabrics or materials for the rest various useful articles. (A communication.) Dual vember 13, 1866.

This invention consists in preparing, ornanertiți metallising or galvanising fabrics and other materet

I a view to the production of various ornamental min articles, which, by the aid of the several operations t invention, are made to resemble open metal wakitan ance. Patent completed.

2973 F. W. DANNE and D. Thomas, Imprens picks, or mandrels, such as are used for cutting ou other minerals. Dated November 13, 1866.

According to this invention, in place of makingas of the pick or mandrel in one piece, the patentes point or points separate from the other parts of th and so that they can be removed and replaced By this arrangement, when the points become can be removed and sent to the surface to best whilst in the meantime the pick may conti another point having been fitted into it. The form in the head of the pick a socket or soekte ma both sides of the hole which receives the hand,

make the movable steel points with stems whicha these sockets, and are secured by locking az 25 convenient means. Patent completed.

2974 J. P. BROWN. Having reference to the in of bedsteads to apartments. Dated November 13

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2975 W. W. MARSTON. Improvements is maža) carving wood, metal, marble, or other materiala tax of a pattern. Dated November 13, 136.

The object of this invention is to act that furniture, picture frames, letters, scroll, ar nålde countersunk figures, shapes, or designs in w sor metal, or to carve busts, medallions, or other Tart in which a pattern corresponding to the art! produced is employed. A tracing instrument efollow the pattern, and a rapidly revolving tail à v as effect the cutting or carving. The invention tsbed for carrying both the pattern and article to le d. and having an end wise movement at right a e-plane in which the cutter and tracer move in with three or more universally jointed paral 1. necting at one end to a stationary frame, and end to the head upon which are mounted the m-tracer. By this combination of mechanism the t ng be guided by hand, so as to follow's paten greatest ease and accuracy, because the t arms move with so little friction, the same memenat esing the revolving cutting tool with equal aut impratit

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2985 H HUGHES. Improvements in the manufacture of tubes and other articles, and in the apparatus employed therein. Dated November 14, 1866.

This invention consists in imparting to the tube or other
This invention is not described apart from the drawings. article, whether solid or hollow, shapes or designs which
Patent completed.
are partly raised above and partly depressed below the origi-
2919 C. M. BATHIAS. An improved apparatus for regis-nal surface of the tube or other article. For the purpose of
producing that part of the shape or design which is raised
tering the speed of machinery or the distance travelled by
vehicles. Dated November 14, 1866.
above the original surface of a tube or other hollow article,
This invention consists in the combination of three discs the patentee uses an expanding mandril with one or more
without springs, the working of which enables one of rolls or dies therein inserted in the article about to be
ascertaining in an indefinite manner by augmenting the shaped or ornamented, in combination with dies or rolls
applied to the exterior thereof. For the purpose of pro-
discs by a series of three discs the rotary or rectilidir ducing that part of the shape or design which is depressed
below the original surface of any tube or other article, he
uses dies, or rolls, or holes with rolls in them capable of
opening to receive or take out the article in process of manu-
facture, and closing with power sufficient to reduce the
diameter or portions of the same, as may be desired. Patent
completed..

motion of all sorts of machines or vehicles. The first disc,
cat in the form of a Maltese cross, has ten concave sides, on
which are inscribed the numbering figures. The second
carries ten teeth, which catch in the preceding; and the
third carries a single tooth on its circumference, the radius
of which is equal to the concavity of the sides of the first
disc. The second and third discs are solidly jointed to-
gether, their thickness being the same as that of the first
disc. The first disc is shipped on to an axle, and the two
others on another axle at a convenient distance, so as to
allow the first disc to catch in with the two others. Disc
No. 1, in one revolution, bears along at the same time disc
No. 2, and, consequently, disc No. 3, which is connected to
it; but when disc No. 1 has checked off the ten numbering
figures, it carries disc No. 3, which has but one tooth, and
has only travelled round one-tenth of a single figure of disc
No. 1, of the second series of three discs, and so on. The
application of this combination to a vehicle takes place by
means of discs bearing ratchets or unequal sides, so calcu--
lated that the sum of their revolutions correspond with
that of the wheels of the vehicle, the circumference of
which has been previously measured. Patent completed.

2980 H. A. BONNEVILLE. An improved apparatus to
teach book keeping. (A communication.) Dated Novem-
ber 14, 1866.
The patentee claims the arrangement and combination of
movable strips of cardboard, and of a tableau or apparatus
divided into compartments in which are inscised the dif-
ferent debtor or creditor accounts made use of in ccm.
mercial or other operations, so as to be able, by merely
uplifting the necessary pieces of cardboard, to have substan-
tially under one's eye the manner of transferring the writ.
ings on to the journal. Putent completed.

2981 H. A. BONNEVILLE. Improvements in treating a
certain bark for the production of a fibrous substance known
in commerce by the name of vegetable silk. (A communica-
tion.) Dated November 14, 1866.

This invention consists in a process for treating the bark or rind of the young stalks of mulberry trees, so as to obtain therefrom a textile product similar to silk in its brilliancy, to cotton from its softness, and to linen by its strength. The said bark is taken off at the time when the sap rises, or by steeping the stalks in hot or cold water; the inventor then, first of all, takes off the outer coating by dipping this bark in hot water; the bark thus cleared of its outer coating is next boiled in water to free it of a second green bark under the first, and a pellicle next to the wood. The matter which remains is of a fibrous description mixed up with a gummy substance; he submits this matter to repeated washings to cleanse it of this gummy substance. The fibres freed from this gum are fit for wear ing and spinning. Patent abandoned.

2986 T. PAGE. Improvements in locomotive engines and
their permanent ways. Dated November 14, 1866.
This invention con-ists essentially in employing a loco-
motive running on broad tramways of stone, wood, or other
material, such tramways being, if desired, roughened or
Patent completed.
serrated, to afford the required bite.

2987 W. CLARK. Improvements in locks. (A communi-
cation.) Dated November 14, 1866.

This invention is not described apart from the drawings.
Patent abandoned.

2988 J. C. MORRELL. Improvements in the construction
of dry closets, and in apparatus for preparing manure.
Dated November 14, 1866.

For the purposes of this invention the seat of a closet is
hinged or movable, in such manner that, on a person
sitting thereon, the seat will be depressed, and by means of
a connecting rod attached thereto, and to one end of a
lever, motion will be communicated to such lever, and it,
by its other end, will, by another connecting rod
attached thereto, and to one end of a cranked lever,
give motion to a ram or forcer within a chamber
at the bottom of a hopper, and by such means move
back the ram or forcer so as to permit the chamber
or space previously occupied by the ram or forcer to be-
come filled with earth or other suitable dry deodorising
matter. The ram or forcer is also acted on by a spring or
weight, by which, when the seat is again allowed to rise,
the forcer or ram will be moved quickly, and drive before
it the deodorising earth or matters over the fresh deposit
which has been received into a suitable movable pail or
vessel below the opening in the seat. The excrement is
afterwards removed to a drying house, constructed with
several drying floors, steam or hot water pipes being
arranged below the said floors for imparting the requisite
heat
Mechanical means are employed for mixing the
material under operation. Patent abandoned.
2989 W. A. LYTTLE. Improvements in steam generators.
Dated November 15, 1866.

The patentee olaims, first, so constructing steam genera-
tors for any purposes that at one time their fuel shall be
burnt with a blast, caused by propulsion or suction of the
air, heated by the waste heat of the smoks, or smoke and
steam, and with or without special increase of the pressure,
by throttling when propelled, as described; whilst at
another time the air can be supplied to the furnace, and the
by means of a draught produced in the ordinary manner.
structed in accordance with the specification of this inven
Second, he claims for the use of steam generators con-
tion, the several novel details therein described. Patent
completed.

2982 W. CLAPPERTON. Improvements in multiple drill-products of combustion allowed to pass into the chimney

ing machine. Dated November 14, 1866.

2990 W. R. LAKE. Improvements in looms for weaving. (A communication.) Dated November 15, 1866.

This invention consists in the novel method of producing the shed and bringing the heddle levers into line, in the employment of the yielding shaft for supporting the levers. operated upon by the pattern cylinder, and in the peculiar construction of the metal loops connecting the wires to the heddle levers. The invention cannot be described apart from the drawings. Patent completed.

2991 H. LAMPSON. Improvements in connecting together the ends of iron or other metal bands. Dated November 15,

1866.

This invention relates to improvements designed princi-
pally for rendering multiple drilling machines more con-
venient in use than hithert, and more easily adjustable to
different pieces of work. The details of the machine may
be varied, but in one useful modification thera is a horizon
tal girder or frame piece formed with V guides fr a saddle-
adapted to the front side to slide upon horizontally. The
girder is fixed upon two or more standards disposed so that
the saddle overhangs the article (a keel bar, for example)
to be operated upon, and offering no obstruction to the
movement of the article longitudinally under the saddle.
In the outer or front vertical face of the saddle there are a
number of T grooves for the attachment separately of the
sockets for the drill spindles at whatever distance from
each other may be required, the minimum distance depend-
ing, of course, on the sizes of the parts. The saddle can be
moved along horizontally by means of a screw spindle in
the girder, and when one set of holes has been drilled, the
saddle is adjusted by means of the screw spindle to drilling loops, of leather used with leather s raps.
another set ic continuation of or intermediately to the set
already drilled. The drill spindles are driven from a hori
zontal longitudinal driving shaft carried above the girder,
and having a number of bevel wheels which gear with bevel
wheels on short transverse spindles having bevel wheels on
their front ends in gear with bevel wheels on
the drill spindles. The short transverse spindles are car.
ried each by a bracket formed on or attached to its respec-
tive drill spindle sockets, and extensions of these brackets
shift the bevel wheels on the longitudinal driving shaft and
keep them in gear. An automatic feed motion is provided,
but with arrangements permitting of any one or more of
the spindles being thrown out of gear as regards the feed,
so as to be fed by hand, if required. Patent abandoned.
2983 T. S. TRUSS. Improvements in the construction of
piper. Dated November 14, 1866.

The patentee claims the construction of flexible points
for connecting or joining together pipes or tubes for the
transmission of gas, water, steam, air, or other fluids, by
means of a band in one piece, or divided into several parts
or segments, with raised beads or projections on the inter
nal circumference to operate upon the joiut making mate-
rial applied in the grooves, on the ends of pipes, or upon
pipes having plain surfaces. He also claims the coustruc-
tion of pipes with grooves at their ends to be used and
operated upon as described. Patent completed.

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suspended by perpendicular arms from an overhead rocking tree in lieu of being attached to the usual sword arms secured to a rocking tree at the foot of the loom. It is further proposed to adopt such a combination of mechanism for driving the sleigh as shall admit of the beat up or traverse of the sleigh over the yarn being regulated or varied at will without interfering with the crauks which give motion to such sleigh. Patent abandoned.

2994 J. ERSKINE. Improvements in the construction of steam engines. Dated November 15, 1866.

This invention consists in utilising the force of the steam expended on the bottom and top of the cylinder during the up and down strokes of the piston. To effect this the inventor constructs the steam cylinder so that it siides and has a similar motion to the piston, but in the reverse dired tion. He mounts the cylinder on a sliding bed, or in' guides or bearings so that it can travel easily; he connecte the cylinder with one crank and the piston with another, the throw of each being half the length that it would be in. the ordinary way, The shafts connected with each crank. revolve in different directions, the two cranks being each on the opposite dead centres at the same time. The crank shafts may be connected together in acy suitable way by toothed wheels, and the two motions thereby brought into one; or they may have two cranks with a connecting rod. The steam and exhaust pipes are made telescopic, with stuffing boxes, and the travel of the cylinder works the slide valve. Patent abandoned.

2995 J. NICHOLS. Improvements in machinery for wringing yarns. Dated November 15, 1866.

the hank.

This invention is carried oat in the following manner:For wringing washed, dyed, or bleached yarns the patentee sttaches brackets to near one side of each vat, carrying revolving or wringing hook, and at the opposite side another bracket carrying a hook which does not revolve, but can he slided or adjusted in the bracket according to the length of To the shaft of each revolving book he fixes a worm wheel, gearing into and driven by a worm fixed on the main shaft of the machine, which shaft extends the entire length of the vats, and carries as many worms as thera are hooks and worm wheels, there being at the driving end of the shaft one fast and two loose pulleys. By placing the shaft between two sets of vats, and rising right and lefthand worms and worm wheels, he can work two sets of revolving hooks with one main shaft ; but in either case the shaf. is put in motion alternately in opposite directioné bý a strap from a driving shaft. The said strap passes over a pulley fixed to the driving shaft, and over the pulleys on the main shaft, and on its return passes over a loose pulley on the driving shaft or on a counter shaft, thereby giving one revolving motion to wring or twist the banks of yarn, and other reverse motion to untwist them. The rod of the strap forks is connected to one arm of a three armed lever, a second arm carrying a weight, and the third arm a bowi or roller placed in connection with a cam or tappet working on a stud, and to one of the shafts of the revolving hooks is fixed a pinion gearing into a toothed wheel fixed to the cam for giving its revolving motion. In addition to this cam he employs, when desired, another cam or tappet on a counter shaft revolving at a slow speed, and acting at regular periods on a lever connected by a lever and rods to the lever carrying the strap fork. Patent completed. 2996 E. U. HODGES. Improvements in the construction of breech-loading firearms. Dated November 15, 1866. The patentee claims constructing the cartridge extractor in break-down guns by means of a tumbler or rock lever arranged as described." Patent completed.. Improvements in photography.

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These improvements are applicable to vessels propelled by water received into and forced from centrifugal or other suitable pumps, actuated by condensing steam engines on the surface condensers of such steam engines that the water (or such parts thereof as may be desired) which is received into and propelled from its pumping machinery may in its pa-sage intɔ or from such pumping machinery pass through the surface condensers of the steam engine, and thus econgmise the power requisite for causing the water to flow through the surface condensers of the steam engines employed. And in order to ensure draught to the furnaces of the boilers of such steam engines the inventor applies, when required, a blowing fan on the same shaft as that on which the centrifugal pump is fixed. Putent abandoned. 2999 T. B. DAFT. Improvements in constructing har. dours. Dated November 15, 1866. This invention relates to the construction of barbours of iron or steel plates and frames, in such a manner as that they can be built ashore and then launched, and be moored by cables coming ashore and over eapstans, and be further connected with the shore by swivel bridges. Patent com

board such vessels. The invention consists in so arranging

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For the purposes of this invention each metal band is pro-
vided with two flat metal loops, similar in form to the slid-pleted.
One end of
the band is passed through one of these loops, and turned
surface to be next the bale for some distance, say about 4in.
back against itself on the inside thereof, or towards that
The other loop is passed over the other end of the band, and
when the band is applied to a bale, this other end is passed
and drawn through the first loop, and turned shor: back
and thus acts as a capping and keeps this end in place. The
again over it, when the second loop is slipped over this end,
ends of the band will thus be securely connected together.
Patent completed.

1866.

2992 T. and O. VAUGHTON. Certain improvements in the
construction of articles of jewellery. Dated November 15,
Provisional protection has not been allowed for this in
vention.

Dated November 15, 1866.
2993 W. N. ATKINSON. Improvements in power looms.
This invention relates more particularly to power looms
for weaving linen fabrics, whereby finer cloth can be woven
in a power loom than heretofore. According to this inven-
tion it is proposed to employ in a linen power loom reeds
having dents or splits composed of cane (as used in a linen
handloom) in hen of 10 or steel as her tofore used in
power looms; it is further proposed to employ in linen
power looms, a weighted shuttle running on wheels or
rollers similar to these "sed in hand looms. The sleighis

Apparatus arranged according to this invention serves toim press or indent sufficiently, or even to cut through a railway or other ticket, by using an amount of exertion convenient to the operator, and about the same perhaps as that used for printing such tickets. The apparatus consists of a fixed base, on which the inventor joints an upright stem piece, about 6in. or 7in. high, containing the whole of the apparatus. This up right is hollow, and encloses a sliding bolt or stem fitted to slide freely therein. This siiding piece carries at the upper part the mouth piece at which the tickets are inserted for marking. At the lower end it has jointed to it a short paul cr tooth-like piece (it is about half an inch from the axis to the point of the tooth). The point of this tooth rests in a curved notch formed in the periphery or joint or knuckle of the axis carrying the whole upright as before mentioned. The point of contact of this tooth-like piece or paul with the base piece is a little out of line (behind) of the main or base fulcrum and the line of motion of the enclosed sliding stem piece, while the azio of the Faid tooth piece is in or near the said line of motion and axis. The consequence of this arrangement is that when the ticket is inserted and the whole stem pushed backwards, the strut formed by the paul or tooth piece offers resist ange, and the sliding inner stem is forced upwards, and

thrusts the top of such sliding stem, and with it the ticket, against the cutting type or impressing surface held in the head of the outer stem, and opposed to the motion of the sliding stem. A spring is enclosed, and exerts opposite forces on the sliding and outer stems, the action of which is to depress the inner sliding stem in the outer one, and to throws the whole stem forward on the base fulcrum. A stop limits the forward motion, while the backward movement is limited by the pressure of the card or ticket on the type, or a stop provided for contact of the sliding parts when no ticket is inserted. The extent of the oscillation or throw of the apparatus in stamping a ticket is arranged to be about the same as in the ordinary stamping presses, say about 1in. more or less, as convenient for the operator. Patent abandoned.

PROVISIONAL PROTECTIONS.

Dated January 26, 1867.

213 T. Berney, Bracon Hall, Norfolk, clerk. Improvements in the construction, form, and use and means of firing of projectiles, and in the construction and use and means of firing ordnance and other arms.

Dated May 2, 1867.

1494 H. Chamberlain, Wakefield, engineer. Improve-
ments in steam boiler and other furnaces.

1496 E. Bond, Whitby, Yorkshire. Improvements in
the building or construction of ships' sail-yards.
1498 E. Young. Oughtibridge, near Sheffield, consulting
mineral engineer. Improvements in treating iron ores to
remove phosphorous therefrom.
1500 D. Thomson, Old-street, City. Improvements in
steam rollers for rolling roads, and in pitch chains for
working the same, and for other purposes.

Dated May 21, 1867.

1502 J. Davies, High Park-road, Smethwick, near Birmingham, mechanical engineer. Improvements in machinery for folding sheets of paper or other fabric or material.

1504 J. Gough, Kirby-street, Hatton, engineer. Improvements in arming presses for producing devices on the covers of hooks and other articles.

1506 G. Hardman, Wolverhampton, pattern maker. Improvements in charcoal box iron.

1508 S. and G. Holt, Bacup, Lancashire, picker makers. Improvements in pickers, and in the method of manufacture and apparatus employed therein.

1510 S. H. Foster and T. Bunney, Leicester, manufacturers. Improvements in means or apparatus for the manufacture of looped fabrics.

1512 J. Stenhouse, Rodney-street, Pentonville, chemist, and J. Duncan, Clyde Wharf, West Ham, sugar refiner. Improvements in the treatment of animal charcoal and in

1277 A. Brunier, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, the apparatus employed therein. merchant. An improved hat cover.

Dated May 10, 1867. 1389 J. Johnson, Pendleton, Lancashire, manufacturer, and A. Giles, Manchester, engineer. Improvements in machines for drying yarns, paper, and fabrics.

Dated May 13, 1867. 1421 W. Sodo, Pelican Beer-house, George-street, Wellington-street, Stepney, beer-house keeper. An improved method of, and apparatus for, drawing off and refining liquors or liquids of any kind.

Dated May 15, 1867.

1431 C. Brazil, Chorley, and R. Grime, Preston, Lancashire, manufacturers. Improved arrangements and apparatus for wetting and drying wefts or yarns to prepare them for weaving.

1433 E. Smith, Glasgow, manufacturing chemist. Improvements in obtaining violet colouring matters.

1435 O. Perry, Shipley, near Bradford wool combing machine manufacturer. An improved machine for flattening hackle pins or comb teeth employed in machines for combing wool or other fibrous substances.

1437 W. D. Tate, Cloudesley-square, Islington. Improvements in apparatus for stopping bottles and other

Vessels.

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Dated May 17, 1867. 1455 J. Denis, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, merchant. Improvements in the treatment and preparation of fibrous substances or vegetable matters, as pulp, for the manufacture of paper, and in apparatus for the same. 1457 H. Peel, Ovenden, near Halifax, machine maker and ironfounder. Improvements in looms for weaving lastings and serdge-de-berries; applicable also for weaving other fabrics.

1461 A. L. Dowie, Glasgow, merchant. Improvements in treating iron ore to obtain metallic compounds for various

uses.

1463 W. R. Lake, Southampton-buildings, Chancerylane, consulting engineer, Improvements in water gauges for steam boilers. (A communication.)

1465 W. R. Lake, Southampton-buildings, Chancerylane, consulting engineer. An improved mode of producing chloride or oxychloride of lead, and treating the same for manufacturing white lead. (A communication.)

1467 S. Regan, Leeds, engineer. Improvements in marine and land boilers and their furnaces, and also other furnaces used for the manufacture of iron and other purposes.

1469 A. V. Newton, Chancery-lane, mechanical draughtsman. Improved apparatus for lowering, detaching, and picking up ships' boats. (A communication.)

1471 J. L. Clark, Westminster Chambers, Victoriastreet. Improvements in apparatus for communicating between the passengers, guards, and enginedrivers of a railway train.

Dated May 18, 1867.

1473 J. Sloan, Liverpool, painter and plumber. Improvements in the construction of ships' waterclosets.

An im

1474 J. T. and E. J. Bland, Broadway, London Fields, plumbers, and T. Brevetor, Ash Grove, Hackney. proved apparatus for more effectually regulating the supply of water or other fluids to cisterns or other receptacles, and for economising the trouble and expense connected therewith.

1477 A. H. Brandon, Rue Gaillon, Paris. Improvements in machinery for washing wool, the said improvements being also applicable to other purposes. (A coinmunication.)

1481 J. White, Cheapside. An improved binder for sewing machines.

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1514 A. V. Newton, Chancery-lane, mechanical draughts-
man. An improved central-fire metallic cartridge, and
apparatus for manufacturing the same. (A communica-
tion.)
1516 J. Mabson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Improvements in
sewing machines.
Dated May 22, 1867.

1518 J. Collins, machinist, and J. Smethurst, brass-
founder, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Improvements in
machinery for dressing hides.

1520 J. Hargreaves, Appleton-within-Widness, analytical chemist, and T. Robinson, Widnes, Lancashire, ironfounder. Improvements in the manufacture of steel and soft iron from cast iron.

1524 A. M. Clark, Chancery-lane. An improved fabric for the manufacture of machine belting and for other purposes. (A communication.)

1526 W. E. Newton, Chancery-lane, civil engineer. Improvements in portable photographic apparatus. (A communication.)

1528 A. A. Hely, Manbey Grove, Essex, and J. Marshall, Trafalgar-road, Greenwich, civil and mechanical engineer. Improvements in machinery for obtaining pressure.

Dated May 23, 1867.

1532 C. W. Siemens, Great George-street, Westminster. Improvements in the means ann apparatus employed for conveying telegraphic despatches, letters, and other light articles through tubes. (Partly a communication.)

1536 S. and T. Atkinson, Otley, Yorkshire, machine makers. Improvements in machinery for folding paper. 1538 T. G. Green, Church Gresley Pottery, Derbyshire, earthenware manufacturer. Improvements in the manufacture of articles of earthenware.

1540 L. Stuckenschmidt, Seething-lane, City, engineer. Improvements in the means of, and apparatus for, landing, transshipping, or discharging grain and other substances in or from ships, vessels, granaries, or warehouses, and for taking or drawing samples of grain from granaries.

Dated May 24, 1867.

1542 J. M. Muterse, Guérande, Départment de la Loire Inférieure, France, cnemist. A process for extinguishing fires by means of cartridges composed of the most improper materials to combustion diluted in water for projecting on fire.

1544 T. W. Halliwell, Brighouse, Yorkshire. Improve-
ments in looms for weaving, and in apparatus connected
therewith.

1546 L. Slatter, Drayton, Oxfordshire. Improvements in
cases for packing and transporting butter and other dairy
produce.
1548 G. Howard, Berners-street, Oxford-street, cabinet
maker. Improvements in the construction of parquet
flooring.

1550 T. Greenwood, Leeds, machine maker. Improve-
ments in boring metals in the solid.

PATENT APPLIED FOR WITH COMPLETE SPECI-
FICATION.

Dated May 29, 1867.

NOTICES OF INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH

PATENTS.

From the London Gazette, June 11, 1867.

213 T. Berney. Firing projectiles.
223 J. Poole. Metallic hoops.

227 W. H. Stallard. Regulating atmospheric air,
239 W. Pocock. Presenting cards.

245 H. Craven and J. Speeding. Singling yarns.
275 J. A. Murray. Chimney tops.
287 F. Bauman. Separating fibres.
293 J. Smith and G. Wilson. Combing wool.
296 E S. Crease. Boring rock.
299 R. D. Napier. Brakes.
303 B. Harlow. Boilers.
307 J. F. Philippi. Pianofortes.
325 J. Wright and T. Cobley.

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330 G. A. Waller. Filtering beer.

334 S. Alley. Machine tools.

337 J. Graham. Spelter from zinc ashes.

340 F. Rosenauer. Stiffening yarns. (A communication.)

344 G. E. Pain and C. Corroy. Oils for illuminating. 346 R. E. Green and W. Laycock. Printing on textile fabrics.

348 E. Siddaway. Smoothing irons. 358 W. S. Losh. Salts of ammonia. 359 A. Ormsby. Storage of rainwater. 361 H. A. Fletcher, Planing metals. 365 W. Jones. Junctions of pipes. 373 E. Heywood and E. Hinchcliffe. 387 E. Manico. Raising sand. 390 J. B. Booth. Carding engines. (A communication.) 395 F. Bacon. Breech-loading firear ns. 396 A. V. Newton.

Figure weavings.

Sewing machines. (A communi.

cation.)
398 W. Clissold. Tentering machine.
Steam hammers.
440 R. Thwaites, and E, H. Carbutt, and J. Sturgeon.

453 A. V. Newton. Railroad switch indicator. (A communication.)

492 W. Clark. Toilet soaps. (A communication.) 496 T. King. Cleansing casks.

675 J. G. Tongue. Bridles and reins. (A communication.)

1012 S. Perkins. Railway crossings.

1045 W. R. Lake. Combined water meter and force pump. (A communication.)

1064 J. H. Player. Phosphorous.

1106 R. S. M. Vaughan and A. G. Harston. Window latch.

1150 J. Millward. Brewers' mash tuns. (A communi. cation.)

cation.)

1181 A. V. Newton. Pumping engines. (A communi-
Drying moist substances.
Valves.
Axles.

1195 G. Gordon.
1335 E. Bourdon.
1404 J. Watkins.
1416 W. E. de Bourran. Evaporators.
1451 C. E. Brooman. Sewing machines. (A communi-
cation.)

The full titles of the patents in the above list can be ascertained by referring back to their numbers in the list of provisional protections previously published,

Opposition can be entered to the granting of a patent to any of the parties in the above list who have given notice of their intention to proceed, within twenty-one days from the date of the Gazette in which the notice appears, by leaving at the Commissioners' office particularsin writing of the objection to the application.

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1593 F. B. Gage, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, U.S. An
improved means or method of illuminating the shadows
and harmonising the lights and shades in photographic LIST OF SPECIFICATIONS
impressions.

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3292 T. V. Morgan and E.
Hyles

3301 A. Rollason
3303 J. W. Swan
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