THE

REPERTORY of pinte l'ammer?

OF

ARTS, MANUFACTURES,

AND

AGRICULTURE.

Consisting of

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS,

SPECIFICATIONS OF PATENT INVENTIONS,

PRACTICAL AND INTERESTING PAPERS,

SELECTED FROM

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THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS OF ALL NATIONS.

MONTHLY INTELLIGENCE

RELATING TO

THE USEFUL ARTS,

PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES,

AND

NOTICES OF ALL PATENTS GRANTED FOR INVENTIONS.

VOLUME XV.-SECOND SERIES.

London:

PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS;

AND SOLD BY W. H. WYATT, AT THE
REPERTORY AND PATENT OFFICE, 9, PICKETT-STREET,

TEMPLE-BAR,

Cancelled

from

Baker Library

JOHN NICHOLS and SON,

PRINTERS,

Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London.

Mr. TREVITHICK's for towing and discharging Vessels of their

Cargoes, and applicable to other useful Purposes,

Mr. FAIRLES's for a Windlass, Windlass Bitts, and metallic
Hawse-hole Chamber, whereby Manual Labour is saved,

Mr. BRIERLEY'S for a new Mode or Process for setting Blue

Lead for corroding the same into White Lead,

Mr. SEWARD's for a new or improved Hook for bearing up the

Heads of Horses in drawing Carriages,

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Messrs. CLATWORTHY's for Shears on an improved Construction

for shearing Sheep, and other Purposes,

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Mr. FINCH's for various Kinds of Metal Laces so as to imitate

Gold and Silver Laces, and also of manufacturing Gold and

Silver on Laces,

Mr. DICKSON'S for Improvements in the Construction of Tuns,

Coolers, Vatts, and Backs, used by Brewers, Distillers, and

others,

Mr. Noon's for Improvements on Guns, Pistols, and other simi-

lar Fire-arms, and which Improvements are applicable to

Cannon and other large Guns,

Mr. ILETT'S for producing Fast Greens on Cottons, and various

other Articles,

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Mr. WELL'S for an improved Method of making and construct-

ing

Barrel Cocks and Water Cocks,

129

Mr. SCANTLEBURY's for a Machine by which he counterbalances

the Weight of any Column of Water,

130

Mr. PROCTOR'S for improved Methods of supplying Tubes or

Lamps with Oil, and in Form equal to any Candle,

132

Mr. CUFF's for Machinery for the more easy, expeditious, and

better Method of slaughtering Cattle,

134

Mr. WARREN'S for an Apparatus to prevent Chimnies from

smoking, and to extinguish Fires in Grates and Stoves with-

out making Dust or Smoke,

Mr. WEDGWOOD's for an Apparatus for producing several origi-

nal Writings or Drawings at one and the same Time, which

he calls a Penna-polygraph or Pen and Stylographic mani-

fold Writer,

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193

Messrs. FÖLSCH and HOWARD's for a Machine, Instrument, or

Pen, calculated to promote Facility in Writing; and also a

- certain Black Writing Ink or Composition, the Durability.

whereof is not to be affected by Time or Change of Climate, 206

Mr. BROOKES's for splitting raw Bull, Ox, and Cow Hides, so

that each side of the Hide so split may be manufactured for

the Purposes for which an entire Hide hath been used,

Mr. RANSOME'S for Improvements on the Wheel and Swing

· Plough,

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209

Mr. SNOWDEN's for certain Improvements in an Engine for cut-

ting Hay and Straw into Chaff, and for cutting other Articles, 257

Mr. GRELLIER's for a Building of a peculiar Construction, for

the Purpose of burning Coke and Lime, whereby the super-"

fluous Heat of the Fire used in burning the Coke is applied

to burn the Lime, and also to render the Fire perpetual,

Mr. SEWARD's for a new or improved Street-Lamp and Burner,

and Lantern Head, for Street and other Lamps and Lan-

terns,

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263

Mr. CURR's for laying a Rope, or, in other Words, of twisting

and forming the Strands together that compose the round

Rope,

266

Mr. CLEGG's for a rotative Engine, the Piston of which makes a

complete Revolution at a Distance from the revolving Axis,

Shaft, or Cylinder,

321

Messrs.

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Messrs. LONDON and Son's for certain new and improved Me-

thods or Processes of manufacturing, refining, and purifying

Muriate of Soda or Common Salt,

Mr. DOBITO's for a new and improved Plough for underdraining

Land,

Mr. COBB's for certaiu Improvements in the Art of making Pa-

per in separate Sheets,

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Original Communications.

Observations on Mr. BRIERLEY'S Patent for a new Mode or

Process for setting Blue Lead for corroding the same into

White Lead. Communicated by the Patentee,

Description of an improved Cock for drawing off two Kinds

of Liquids. By Mr. JAMES PHOENIX. Communicated by the

Inventor,

Improvement on the Spirit-Level. Communicated by a Cor-

respondent,

Observations on Mr. CLEGG's Patent for a rotative Engine, the

Piston of which makes a complete Revolution at a Distance

from the revolving Axis, Shaft, or Cylinder. Communicated

by the Patentee,

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Papers selected from the Transactions of Philosophical Societies, &c.

On the Use of Soap-makers Waste Ashes, commonly called

Soapers' Waste, as a Manure,

Method of ascertaining the Value of growing Timber Trees, at

different and distant Periods of Time. By Mr. CHARLES

WAISTELL,

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Method of Stabbing Hoven Cattle when they have been over-fed

with moist Clover Grass. By Mr. W. WALLIS MASON,

Description of a Swivel-headed Churn Staff, to facilitate the

making of Butter. By Mr. TIMOTHY FISHER,

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Improvement in cutting Silk-Shag Edges. By Mr. PETER

TANSLEY,

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Description of an improved Screw-Wrench. By Mr. WILLIAM

BARLOW,

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On gaining Land from the Sea. By the Right Honourable Lord

BORINGDON,

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