provements in the manufacture of dry sulphuric acid, and in the manufacture of smoking or Nordhausen sulphuric acid."-9th July 1847.

8. TO GEORGE WINSLOW, now of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts and United State of America, merchant, but lately of Burton Crescent, in the county of Middlesex, being a communication from abroad, improvements in machinery for manufacturing files and rasps."-12th July 1847.

9. TO JOHN LAW, of York Place, Portman Square, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, being a communication from abroad, improvements in yarns, and in the machinery by which the same are manufactured.”—13th July 1847.

10. TO WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, civil-engineer, being a communication from abroad," improvements in the manufacture of screws." -19th July 1847.

11. TO HENRY JOHN NICOLL, of No. 114 Regent Street, in the county of Middlesex, tailor, "improvements in garments, and in pockets, bags, and other receptacles.”—19th July 1847.

12. TO EDWARD Slaughter, of Avon Side Iron-Works, Bristol, engineer, improvements in locomotive engines."-20th July 1847.

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13. TO WILLIAM BROADBENT, of Manchester, and of Little Lever, both in the county of Lancaster, paper manufacturer and dealer, "improvements in the manufacture of paper."-21st July 1847,

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14. TO JAMES JOHNSTONE, of Willow Park, Greenock, Esquire, certain improvements in the manufacture of sugar."-21st July 1847.

15. To EGBERT HEDGE, formerly residing at No. 7 Howard Street, in the parish of St Clements Danes, and county of Middlesex, now residing at the Commercial Hotel, Blackfriars Road, in the county of Surrey, gentleman, "certain improvements in rails for railways, and in the manner of securing them."-22d July 1847.

16. TO WILLIAM BREYNTON, of the Inner Temple, in the city of London, Esquire," certain improvements in rotatory steam-engines, and in the means of working the same."-21st July 1847.

17. TO JOHN YULE, of Sauchiehall Street, in the city of Glasgow, North Britain, "certain improvements in chairs used on railways, and in the fixing of the same."-27th July 1847.

18. TO HENRY MAPPLE, WILLIAM BROWN, and JAMES LODGE MApple, of Child's Hill, in the parish of Henden, " improvements in communicating intelligence by means of electricity, and in apparatus relating thereto, part of which improvements are also applicable to other purposes."-— 2d August 1847.

19. TO MOSES POOLE, of the Patent Office, London, gentleman, being a communication from abroad,"improvements in the manufacture of cast-metal, iron, and steel."-5th August 1847.

20. TO ROBERT STIRLING NEWALL, of Gateshead, Esquire, "certain improvements in locomotive engines."-6th August 1847.

21. TO JOHN MACINTOSH, of Bedford Square, in the county of Middle

sex, gentleman, " improvements in engines to be worked by steam or other suitable fluid, and improvements in propelling carriages and vessels."6th August 1847.

22. TO WILLIAM THOMAS, Of 129 Cheapside, in the city of London, merchant, being a communication from abroad, "certain improvements in stays, which improvements are applicable to other useful purposes." 11th August 1847.

23. TO PIERRE ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINEMOREAU, of No. 4 South Street, Finsbury, London, English and Foreign Patent Office for Inventions, being a communication from abroad, "certain improvements in the machinery for cutting wood, and in laying and uniting veneers." -11th August 1847.

24. TO JAMES WEBSTER, of Sneinton, in the county of Nottingham, “an improved atmospheric buffer to be applied to railway carriages and other vehicles travelling on railways."-12th August 1847.

25. TO JOHN THOMPSON CARTER, of Drogheda, in the county of the town of Drogheda, in Ireland, flax-spinner, "improvements in machinery for crushing, bruising, and preparing flax, hemp, and other fibrous materials requiring such treatment."-16th August 1847.

26. TO FREDERICK STEINER, of Hyndburn Cottage, near Accrington, in the county of Lancaster, turkey-red dyer, being a communication from abroad, "improvements in the manufacture of sugar."-16th August 1847.

27. TO THOMAS BIRCHALL, of Ribbleton Hall, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman, " improvements in folding newspapers, and other papers."-16th August 1847.

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28. TO JAMES MORRISON, of Paisley, in the county of Renfrew, in Scotland, shawl-manufacturer, “ improvements in applying power in propelling or moving carriages, and in giving motion to machinery."-18th August 1847.

29. TO PHILIP HENRY HOLLAND, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, in the borough of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, surgeon, being a communication from abroad, "improvements in applying manure to land."20th August 1847.

30. TO JOHN BLYTH and ALFRED BLYTH, both of St Anns, Limehouse, in the county of Middlesex, engineers, and JoHN M'CULLOCH of Mosemore Cottages, Old Kent Road, in the county of Surrey, chemist, tain improvements in apparatus for distilling and rectifying."-23d August 1847.

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31. TO STEPHEN WHITE, of No. 30 Winchester Row, New Road, in the parish of Mary-le-bone, in the county of Middlesex, clerk in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company, a new means of producing gas, both as to apparatus and materials from which the gas is produced."-25th August 1847.

32. TO CHARLES HANCOCK, of Brompton, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in the preparation of gutta percha, and in the application thereof, alone and in combination with other materials, to manufacturing purposes, which improvements are also applicable to other substances."-26th August 1847.

33. TO PIERRE ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINEMOREAU, of No. 4 South Street, Finsbury, London, English and Foreign Patent Office for Inventions, being a communication from abroad," certain improvements in steam and other engines."-31st August 1847.

34. TO EDWARD MANLOVE, of Nottingham Park, in the county of Nottingham, gentleman, being a communication, " certain improvements in propelling."-31st August 1847.

35. TO WILLIAM PIDDING, of Alfred Place, Bedford Square, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman," an improved process, or improved processes, for preparing certain vegetable extracts, and also for preserving the aroma of certain vegetable substances from the atmosphere."— 1st September 1847.

36. TO CHARLES CHINNOCK, of Seymore Place, Little Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, " improvements in regulating motion, and controlling friction in the joints, and other parts of furniture, machinery, and carriages."-3d September 1847.

37. To ARTHUR Harry Johnson, of Gresham Street, in the city of London, assayer, " improvement in refining silver-lead, by effecting a saving in one of the materials used."—6th September 1847.

38. To JULES Jean Baptiste Martin de LignAC, of Portland Street, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, "improvements in preserving milk.”—8th September 1847.

39. TO PIERRE ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINEMOREAU, of 4 South Street, Finsbury, English and Foreign Patent Office for Inventions, being a communication from abroad," certain improvements in machinery for preparing cotton, and other fibrous substances."-13th September 1847.

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40. TO BARON CHARLES WETTERSTEDT, of Rhodes Well Road, Limehouse, in the county of Middlesex, improvements in the manufacture of sheet-metal for sheathing and other purposes, in preventing the corrosion of metal, and in preserving wood and other materials."-15th September 1847.

41. TO WILLIAM BACON and THOMAS DIXON, both of Bury, in the county of Lancashire, engineers, "certain improvements in steam-engines."-17th September 1847.

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42. TO KASIMER VOGEL, of St Paul's Churchyard, London, gentleman, a new manufacture of weavers' harness, and machinery for the production of the same."-17th September 1847.

43. TO ROBERT WILSON, of Low Moon Iron Works, Bradford, in the county of York, engineer," certain improvements in machinery, and arrangement thereof for forging, stamping, punching, cutting, and pressing metals, and other substances.”—17th September 1847.

44. TO JOHN MOLLETT, of Austin Friars' Passage, in the city of London, merchant, being a communication from abroad," certain improvements in fire-arms, and in cartridges."-21st September 1847.

INDEX.

Agricultural Discourse, by John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., &c., 288. Alps, their geology, by M. Fournet, 94.

Arago, account of Melloni's Theory of Dew, 128.

Arsenic in mineral waters, 187.

Auvergne, on its paleontology, by M. Pomel, 6.-Age of its volcanoes, as determined by the remains of quadrupeds, by C. Lyell, Esq., F.R.S., 50.

Atmospheric pressure under different latitudes, 399.

Baikal Lake, observations on, 186.

Barry, Martin, M.D., on the nucleus of the animal and vegetable cell, 201.

Bischof, Professor, on a new system of Geology, 304.

Buch, Baron, on glaciers, 396.

Cameos, shell, 191.

Chiolite, a new mineral from Miask, described, 187.

Connell, Professor, account of a sulphato-chloride of copper, 243. Corals obtained from great depths in the Antarctic Ocean, observations on, 258.

Dana, James D., on the volcanoes of the moon, 10.—On the origin of continents, 234.-On the geographical distribution of zoophytes, 41.

Davy, John, M.D., on the mineral water of the baths of Nevis, in the West Indies, 1.-His agricultural discourse, 288.

On the precipitation of one earth or metallic oxide by another from saline solutions, 229.

Desor, M., on the relations which exist between the phenomena of erratic blocks in northern Europe and the elevations of Scandinavia, 141.—On the occurrence of stones on the surface of glaciers, as connected with glacier stratification, 172.

Dew, theory of, by M. Melloni, 128.

Drift-Furrows, apparent, 184.

Dodo, on the remains of, in the Museum of Copenhagen, 405.