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-for forcing or pumping water. Communicated to him by a foreigner. Feb 22nd.

W. E. Cochrane, esq. of Somersetstreet; for improvements in the construction of lamps, whereby they are rendered capable of burning concrete oils, animal fat, &c.-Feb. 23rd.

W. Buckle, of Mark-lane; for improvements in machinery for shaping or cutting out irregular forms in wood, or any other materials or substances which admit of being cut by cutters or tools revolving with a circular motion, whether such motion be continuous or reciprocating. Communicated to him by J. P. Boyd, of Boston in America.-March 2nd.

J. Higgins, of Fulham; for improvements upon the construction of carriages.- March 2nd.

C. Yardley, of Camberwell; for a method of manufacturing glue from bones.-March 2nd.

J. Thompson, of Regent-street; for an improvement in the method of forming or preparing steel for the manufacture of springs for carriages.— March 2nd.

J. Ruthven, of Edinburgh; for a new method of procuring a mechanical power.-March 2nd.

G. Strattan, of Hampstead-road; for an improved process of consuming smoke.-March 2nd.

J. Gladstone, of Liverpool; for a chain of a new and improved construction.-March 12th.

R. H. Bate, of 17, Poultry; for certain improvements upon hydrometers and saccharometers.-March 21st.

W. E. E. Conwell, of Madras, surgeon; for an improvement in the preparation and application of a certain purgative vegetable oil.-March 21st.

S. Robinson, of Leeds; for improvements on a machine for shearing and cropping woollen cloth.-March 21st.

G. Stephenson, of Long Benton; for improvements in steam-engines.— March 21st.

R. S. Harford, of Ebbro Vale Ironworks; for an improvement, in the heating processes in the manufacture of bar, rod, sheet, and other malleable iron, whether the same may have been previously prepared by the pudling or other modes of refining.-March 21st. W. Church, Nelson-square; for an improved apparatus for printing.

March 21st.

A. Clarke, esq. Dron, Louchars ; for an improvement in the boilers and condensers of steam engines.-March 21st.

R. Bowman, of Manchester; for improvements in the construction of looms for weaving various sorts of cloths; which looms may be set in motion by any adequate power. Edinburgh, March 27th, 1821.

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S. Kenrick, of West Bromwich; for an improved method of tinning castiron vessels.-Edinb. Mar. 27th, 1821.

H. Brown, of Derby; for an improvement in the construction of boilers, whereby a considerable saving of fuel is effected, and smoke rapidly consumed.-Edinb. Mar. 27th, 1821.

P. London, the younger, of Cannonstreet; for an improvement in the application of heat to coppers and other utensils.-Edin. Mar. 27th, 1821.

W. Pride, of Uley; for a self-regulating apparatus for spooling and warping woollen or other warps or chains.-April 16th.

W. Daniell, of Abocarne; for improvements in the rolling of iron into bars, used for making or manufacturing tin plates.-April 16th.

B. Cook, of Birmingham; for a mixture, or preparation, which may be used with advantage in preventing the damage of accidents from fire.— April 16th.

J. Grimshaw, of Bishop-wearmouth; for a method of stitching, lacing, or manufacturing of flat ropes, by means of rotative machinery, connected with, or worked by, a steam-engine, or other rotative power, better than any other method now in use.-April 16th.

P. Erard, of Great Marlboroughstreet; for improvements on harps. Communicated to him by a foreigner, residing abroad.-April 24th.

E. Dodd, of St. Martin's-lane; for improvements on pedal harps.-April 24th.

J. Delvean, of Wardour-street; for improvements on harps.-April 24th. R. Ford, of Abingdon-row; for a chemical liquid or solution of annotto. April 24.

R. Knight, of Foster-lane, Cheapside, and R. Kirk, of Osborn-place, Whitechapel; for a process for the more rapid crystallization, and for the evaporation of fluids, at comparative low temperatures, by a peculiar mechanical application of air.-May 9th.

C. Phillips, of Haverfordwest; for improvements upon capstans.-Edinburgh, May, 28.

W. F. Colland, of Tottenham-courtroad; for improvements on pianofortes.-Edinb. May 30th.

J. L. Bradbury, of Manchester; for a new mode of engraving and etching metal rollers used for printing upon woollen, cotton, linen, paper, cloth, silk, and other substances. Edinburgh, June 1, 1821.

H. S. H. Wollaston, of Clapton; for a bolt or fastening, particularly applicable as a night bolt.-June 4th. W. Huxham, of Exeter; for improvements in the construction of roofs.-June 4th.

H. Colebank, of Broughton in Furness; for an engine for cutting, twisting, and spreading of wick, used in the making of candles, by which a great saving of manual labour is accomplished.-June 4th.

J. Barton, deputy comptroller of the Mint; for a certain process for the application of prismatic colours to the surface of steel, and other metals; and using the same in the manufacture of various ornaments.-June 4th.

J. Frost, of Finchley; for a new cement, or artificial stone.-June 11th. W. Feetham, of Ludgate-hill; for improvements on shower baths.-June

13th.

D. Gardner, of Aldersgate-street; for a stay particularly applicable to supporting the body under spinal weakness, and correcting deformity of shape.-June 13th.

J. Wass, of Lea-wharf, Derbyshire; for an improvement, which prevents the ill effects to vegetation and animal life, that have hitherto been occasioned by noxious fumes and particles that arise from smelting or calcining lead ore and other pernicious minerals. June 15th.

M. I. Brunel, Chelsea, engineer; for improvements on steam-engines.. June 26th.

T. Gauntlet, Bath, surgeons'-instrument maker; for improvements on vapour-baths, by which the heat is belter regulated, and the baths rendered more portable.-June 26th.

W. Brunton, Birmingham, engineer; for improvements upon firegrates, and the means of introducing coal thereon.June 26th.

L. B. Rabant, Skinner-street, Snow.

hill, gent.; for an improved apparatus for the preparation of coffee or tea.

June 26th.

T. Postans, Charles-street, St. James's, gent., and W. Jeakes, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, ironmonger; for an improvement on cooking apparatus.-June 26th.

G. Smart, Pedlar's Acre, Lambeth, civil engineer; for an improvement in the manufacture of chains, which he denominates mathematical chains.July 4th.

J. Smith, Sheffield, book-keeper; for an improvement of, or in, the steamengine-boiler.-July 4th.

J. Bold, West-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey, printer; for improvements in printing.-July 4th.

Jonas Hobson and John Hobson, of Mythom bridge; for a new series of machinery for the better mode of shearing, cutting, and finishing woollen cloths, kerseymeres, and all other description of cloths and piece goods which require the use of the shears.—July

27th.

J. Stanley, of Charlton-row, Manchester; for machinery calculated for a more efficacious mode of fuelling, or supplying furnaces in general with fuel, whereby a considerable reduction in the consumption of fuel, the appearance of smoke, and of labour, is effected.-July 27th.

J. Pearse, of Tavistock; for improvements in the construction and manufacture of spring-jacks, and their connexion with roasting apparatus. July 27th.

Sir A. Perrier, of the city of Cork; for improvements in the apparatus for distilling, boiling, and concentrating, by evaporation, various sorts of liquids and fluids.-July 27th.

R. B. Roxby, of Arbour-square, Stepney; for improvements on, or additions to the quadrant.-July 31st.

W. Cleland, of Glasgow ; for an improved apparatus for the purpose of evaporating liquids.-Aug. 17th.

D. Mushet, Coleford, Gloucestershire, iron maker; for an improvement or improvements in the making or manufacturing of iron from certain slags or cinders produced in the working or making of that metal.-Aug. 20th.

W. Mitchell, Glasgow, silversmith; for a process, whereby gold and silver plate, and other plate formed of ductile metals, may be manufactured in a

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J. Collier, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, for improvements upon machines for shearing cloth.Sept. 27th.

W. Goodman, of Coventry, for improvements in looms.-Sept. 27th.

J. Bourdieu, of Lime-street, London, for a method of improving the preparation of colours for printing wove cloths. Communicated to him by a foreigner.-Sept. 27th.

B. Boothby, of the Iron-works, Chesterfield, for an improved method of manufacturing cannon shot, by which a superior shot is produced in the solidity and smoothness of its external surface.-Sept. 27th.

J. D. Moxon, of Liverpool, and J. Fraser, of King-street, Middlesex, for improvements in ship cabooses or hearths; and also for an apparatus, to be occasionally connected therewith, for the purposes of evaporating and condensing water.-Sept. 27th.

F. L. Talton, of New Bond-street, for improvements on or additions to, watches or chronometers in general, whereby they may be rendered capable of marking the precise moment of any desired observations, and without the necessity of stopping the regular movement of the watch, as in ordinary stop-watches.-Sept. 27th.

T. T. Beningfield, of High-street, Whitechapel, and J. T. Beale, of Saint George's in the East, for certain improvements on steam-engines.-Sept. 27th.

J. Witcher, of Saint Luke, Middlesex, M. Pickford, of Wood-street, and J. Whitbourn, of Goswell-street, for an improvement in the construction of the wheels of all wheeled carriages, and of all other vertical wheels of a certain size. -Sept. 27th.

J. Frost, of Finchley, for a new method of casting or constructing foundations, piers, walls, ceilings, arches, columns, pilasters, mouldings, and other enrichments to buildings.-Sept. 27th.

S. Pratt, of Bond-street, for improved straps or bands, to be used for securing luggage upon chaises or coaches or for securing property (generally) when placed in exposed situations. Sept. 27th.

T. Binns and J. Binns, both of Tottenham-Court-road, for improvements in propelling vessels, and in the construction of steam-engines and boilers, applicable to propelling vessels and other purposes.-Oct. 18th.

W. Jones, of Bodwelty, Monmouthshire, engineer, for improvements in the manufacturing of iron.-Oct. 18th.

S. Wilson, of Streatham, for a new manufacture of worsted.-Oct. 18th. S. F. Sornes, of Ratcliffe, for an improvement in the construction of anchors.-Oct. 18th.

U. Lane, of Lamb's Conduit-street, for an improvement in the platting of straw, and in manufacturing bonnets. Oct. 18th.

J. Williams, of Cornhill, for a method to prevent the frequent removal of the pavement and carriage-paths, for laying down and taking up pipes, and for other purposes, in streets, roads, and public ways.-Oct. 18th.

J. Brindley, of Frinsbury, for improvements in the construction and building of ships, boats, barges, and other vessels for navigation.-Oct. 18th.

T. Leach, of Blue-Boar-court, London, for an improvement in steam-engines, by the application of steam immediately to a wheel instead of the usual process. Communicated to him by a foreigner.-Oct. 25th.

W. Piper, of Cookley Iron-works, for several new anchors for the use of shipping.-Nov. 1.

A. Flint, of Uley, for a machine for scouring, pising, and washing of woollen cloths.-Nov. 1.

J. Oxford, of Little Britain, for an improved method of preventing premature decay in timber, metallic_substances, and canvas.-Nov. 1.

J. D. Moxon, of Liverpool, for improvements in the construction of bridges, and works of a similar nature, Nov. 9.

F. Deakin, of Birmingham, for an improvement in the manufacture of

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holster cases, cartouch boxes, and other description of cases,-Nov. 9th. J. Jekyll, of Wincanton, for improvements in steam or vapour baths, to render the same more portable and convenient than those in present use. -Nov. 9th.

R. Roberts, of Manchester, for machinery or implements applicable to the process of weaving plain figured cloths or fabrics, which may be used on, and in conjunction with, looms, now in common use; and also improvements in the construction of looms for weaving plain and figured cloths or fabrics, and in the method of working looms either by hand, steam, or other power.-Nov. 14th.

J. Egg, of Piccadilly, for improvements in the construction of guns and fire arms, upon the self-priming and detonating principle.-Nov. 26th.

H. Ibbotson, of Sheffield, for a fender capable of being extended or contracted in length, so as to fit fire places of different dimensions.-Nov. 28.

J. Dixon, of Wolverhampton, for improvements on cocks, such as are used for drawing off liquids.-Nov.

28th.

J. Woollams, of Wells, for improvements in wheeled carriages, of various descriptions, to counteract the falling, and facilitate the labour, of animals attached to them; and to render persons and property in and near them more secure from injury.- Dec. 5th.

W. Robson, of St. Dunstan's-hill, for a method to prevent or protect against fraudulent practices upon bankers checks, bills of exchange, and various species of mercantile, commercial, and other correspondence.-Dec. 10th.

J. Perkins, late of Philadelphia, but now of Fleet-street, for improvements in steam-engines. Communicated to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad.-Dec. 10th.

S. Parker, the younger, of Argylestreet, for improvements in the construction of lamps.-Dec. 10th.

J. Nicholson, of Brook-street, Lambeth, for apparatus for the more conveniently applying heat to certain instruments of domestic use-Dec. 16th.

J. Dumbell, of Warrington, for improvements relative to carriages, which may be applied thereto, or in improv.

ing of the organization, driving, actuating, accelerating, or moving, of vehicles and carriages in general.Dec. 16th.

J. Bainbridge, of Bread-street, for improvements on rotatory steam-engines. Communicated to him by Amos Thayer, jun. of Albany, America. Dec 16th.

T. B. W. Dudley, of Westminster, for a method of making malleable castmetal shoes for draft and riding-horses and other animals, upon a new and improved plan or principle.- Dec. 16th.

W. Bundy, of Fulham, for a machine for breaking, cleaning, and preparing flax, hemp, and other vegetable substances containing fibre. - Dec. 16th.

Matthias Wilks, of Dartford, for a new method of refining oil produced from seed.-Dec. 20th.

Sir J. Jelf, of Oaklans, for a combination of machinery for working and ornamenting marble and other stone for jambs, mantles, chimney-pieces, and other purposes.-Dec. 20th.

T. Linley, of Sheffield, for a method, different from any that has hitherto been invented or known, of increasing the force or power of bellows.-Dec. 20th.

J. I. Hawkins of Pentonville, and S. Mordan, of Union-street, for improvements on pencil-holders, or port crayons, and on pens, for the purpose of facilitating writing and drawing, by rendering the frequent cutting or mending the points or nibs unnecessary.-Dec. 20th.

W. Pass, of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, for an improvement in calcining and smelting of various descriptions of ores.-Dec. 20th.

G. Richards, of Truro, for improvements in grates, stoves, furnaces, and other inventions, for the consumption of fuel, and in the flues connected with them, whereby they are rendered more safe, and the smoke prevented from returning into the rooms in which they are placed; and also, for an improved apparatus for cleansing the same.-Dec. 26th.

T. Rogers, of Storer-street, Bedfordsquare, for a method or apparatus for the purpose of attaching trowsers and gaiters to boots and shoes.-Dec.

26th.

ANTIQUITIES

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MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE.

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SUBTERRANEOUS Antiquities in Gallicia.-A Mr. John Chmielecki, having read in Kirchner's Annals a conjecture that the subterraneous caves and passages in Podolia had a communication with those below Kiow, resolved to examine a site in Czortkowy, to discover whether there were any traces of subterraneous caves in that direction. A cavity in the alabaster rocks, overgrown with grass and weeds, was found to be an opening made by art, which had however been choked up with earth and rubbish. When the workmen had cleared away the earth before the entrance, a mephitic vapour issued from the opening, which so affected them that they fell senseless on the ground; but on being removed into a purer atmosphere, they soon recovered. On the following day, Mr. Chmielecki returned with the town-clerk and six resolute peasants, provided with swords, pistols, torches, and candles, and descended himself into the cave, well armed, and with a lighted torch and tinder-box. Having hold of a rope of three hundred fathoms, he crept through the

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narrow entrance, about ten yards long, into a subterraneous excavation, which resembled a spacious and lofty oval hall, hewn in alabaster, and had a very pleasing effect. Here he rested for some time, and then called to his companions, who were waiting at the entrance, and who, after much persuasion, followed him. On further examining the cave, they disof various covered several passages sizes connected with each other, all curiously hewn out in alabaster, and covering a large extent. whether these passages extended to a great distance, whether they had an issue on the surface or not, were questions which they could not resolve, as they had got to the end of their line, and would not venture to proceed without a clue. After remaining there four hours, they were obliged to retreat, by the pressure of the long-confined air, which almost extinguished their torches and impeded their breath. The results of their examination were as follows:-All the subterraneous vaults appear to be formed partly by nature and partly by art: they contain several

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