A LIST OF PATENTS
Issued from the 3d of December to the 5th of December, 1846, inclusive.

• To Peter H. Watson, of Rockford, Illinois, for improvement in Machinery for cutting Screws. Dec. 3, 1846.
• To Philip Estes, of Adrian, Michigan, for improvement in machinery for chamfering, crozing, and howeling casks. Dec. 3, 1846.
• To James Rorobaugh, of Lunoy's Creek, Virginia, for improvement in Hill Side Plow. Dec. 3, 1846.
• To Samuel & George I. Conrad, of Berlin, Penn. for improvement in Cooking Stove.—Dec. 3, 1846.
• To Charles Randall, of Palmyra, Georgia, for improvement in Harpoons, Dec. 3, 1846.
• To Melchior Bretzger, Pittsburg, Penn. for improvement in looms for weaving Wire Gauze. Dec. 5, 1846.
• To Christian Frederick Schoenbein of Basle Switzerland, for improvement in preparation of Cotton, Wool, and other substances, as substitutes for Gunpowder (having assigned his right to Wm. H. Robertson, of the United States, now consul at Bremen.) Date of the English Patent Oct. 8th, 1846. Patented in United States, Dec. 5th, 1846.
• To William Vine, of New York, for improvement in machinery for polishing Knives &c. Dec. 5, 1846.