This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844. Excerpt: ... Charles & Watterson, of the firm. of MacGuire, Watterson, Co., of Manchester, soap manufacturers, for certain improvements in the manufacture of soap.--Sealed 9th December. Louis Joseph Wallerand, of Basing-lane, London, merchant, for improvements in dyeing or staining various kinds of fabrics, --being a foreign communication.--Sealed 16th December. Alexander Turnbull, of 48, Russell-square, London, Doctor of Medicine, for a new mode or method of more expeditiously and effectually tanning hides and skins, and of extracting and separating the catechuic acid from the tannin acid, in the catecha or terra japonica used in tanning.--Sealed 18th December. Henry Cartwright, of the Dean, near Brosely, in the county of Salop, farmer, for certain improvements in the construction of paddle-wheels.--Sealed 20th December. SEALED IN ENGLAND. 1844. To John Barker Anderson, of Great Suffolk-street, Surrey, for improvements in the manufacture of soap. Sealed 25th November--6 months for inrolment. William Clarke, of Nottingham, lace manufacturer, for improvements in the manufacture of ornamental lace or net. Sealed 25th November--6 months for inrolment. Benjamin Bailie, of Henry-street, Middlesex, glazier, for improvements in regulating the ventilation of buildings. Sealed 25th November--6 months for inrolment. Ebenezer May Dorr, of Ludgate-hill, Gent., for improvements in the manufacture of horse-shoe nails, --being partly a communication. Sealed 25th November--6 months for inrolment. John William Buckle Reynolds, of Lymington, engineer, for improvements in obtaining motive power for working locomotive carriages and other machinery. Sealed 25th November--6 months for inrolment. George Millichap, of Birmingham, for improvements in the construction of axletrees. Sealed 25th N...