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K.—ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TITLES OF INVENTIONS FOR WHICH LETTERS PATENT HAVE BEEN APPLIED DURING THE YEAR 1897. [*Denotes a prior date under section 106 of "The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1889."]

Invention and Name of Inventor. No. Date. Acetylene gas. Apparatus for generating. C. A. Pinch and H. J. Buohan Acetylene gas, Apparatus for producing, storing, and utilising. T. Holliday Acetylene gas, Apparatus for the generation of. J. W. Scarth and W. A. Thornton Acetylene-gas generator. F. H. Haviland and W. H. Murch .. Acetylene-gas generator. W. Tyree Acetylene-gas generator. W. Tyree .Acetylene-gas generator. W. Tyree Acetylene-gas generator. W. Tyree Acetylene gas, Method of and apparatus for generating. M. C. A. Fourchotte Acetylene gas, Method of and apparatus for producing and distributing. J. L. Schmidt, H. Caspers, and J. M. Twomey Acetylene or other gas burner. E. P. Green Acid, Obtaining sulphurous. T. Huntington and P. Heberlein Advertising medium. S. P. and B. P. Griffin Advertising medium. P.Adams Advertising medium in form of tricycle. E. E. Saville Aerated drinks. Tablets for production of carbonated. A. Dolton Aerated-water bottles, Appliance for opening. J. R. Purdy Aerated waters and mixing same with syrup, Method of and apparatus for drawing. A. Brake, J. R. McKee, and B. Joyce Aerated waters, Method of and apparatus for drawing and mixing with syrups. A. Brake Aerating and sterilising beer, Apparatus for. W. J. Glennon and A. Y. Oastler Aerial-, marine-, and land-navigation boat combined. E.L.Clark Agitating- and settling-vat. P. Perguson Air-compressor for vehicle-brake. B. J. Wessels and H. P. Merriam Air-engine. L. T. Gibbs .. .. .. - .. Air in mines to control gases, Method and apparatus for treating. J. D. Williams and L. D. Gibson Air-pump. (See Pump.) Air to mines, &o., Means of supplying. E. Sprey Air-valve for pneumatio tire. 0. K. Welch Alarm, Pire. H. Hedge Alarm, Railway-crossing electric. J. Perguson Alcohol, Process and apparatus for extracting. A. Collette, jun., and A. Boidin Alimentary extract. E. C. L. Kressel and T. Hill-Jones Amalgam, gold or quicksilver, Apparatus for saving. P. Johnstone and W. Bush Amalgamating and extracting gold from ore, Apparatus and process for. E. L. Oppermann Amalgamating-pan. E. H. T. Plant and S. Dellow Amalgamator. H. Jones and R. Walker Amalgamator. H. S. Cope Amalgamator. E.Lloyd-Owen Amalgamator and concentrator. A. Menesdorffer, R. W. Jolly, and J. Wilson Amalgamator and separator. C. L. Garland, and J. and S. E. Murray Amalgamator, electrolytic. P. Perguson Amalgamator. (See also Concentrator, Gold, Metals, Ores.) Annealing iron and steel castings. P. D. Murphy. Antidote for blood-poisoning. P. V. Ross. Arc-lamp, Electric. The British Blahnik Arc Light Company (Limited) Arc-lamp, Electric. The British Blahnik Arc Light Company (Limited) Arch for promoting combustion in locomotive-furnace. A. P. Hack Armohair, Folding. B. P. Griffin and H. G. Lever.. Artesian-well pipes, Shoe for bottom of. J. Osborne Asphalt and recovering by-products of tar, Process of manufacturing. T. Waterworth Auger, Tubular. J. Murray Auriferous wash-dirt or sand, Screening. W.Morton Auriferous wash-dirt, Screen for. W. Morton Automatic engine. T. W. May Auto-vehicles. (See Motors, Vehicles.) Awner of grain- or seed-machine, Prictional surface for lining. G. Preddy Axle and box for disc-coulters, plough-wheels, &c. J. Cockerell and R. H. Harper Axle and wheel. W.E.Hughes Axle-box for plough-wheels, &c. W. Jolly Axle-cooling, fire-extinction, &c, Means of employing locomotive or other steam engines for. R. Peasey Axle. (See also Vehicle.) Bag. (See Mail-bag, Paper bag, Sleeping-bag.) Bags and sacks, Device for distending mouths of. G. Aitkens, H. P. H. Graves, and P. B. Farmar Bags or sacks, Appliance for distending mouths of. H. Graves and G. Aitkens Baking-tin. A. L. J. Tait Baking-tin. W. C. Campbell Balance for undercarriages of vehicles, Bearings and ends for. D. Murphy, W. McManus, A. R. Harris, and G. W. Basley Balance for vehicles, Cross-arms. D. Murphy, W. McManus, A. R. Harris, and G. W. Basley .. Balance-lever for equalising weight in carts and other vehicles. T.Goodwin Ball-bearing plough-wheel. G. Bristow Ball-bearings. P. Davies Ball-bearings. A. F. S. Tatham Balloting. (See Voting.) Banjo. T.C.Thomson Banks of rivers, Conserving. J. 0. Vincent and R. Cobb Bar. (See Handle-bar.) Barbed wire. S. Reading 10252 9308 10158 9455 9582 9799 9869 9951 9418 10127 29 Dec. 27 Feb. 25 Nov. 22 April. 2 June. 16 Aug. 6 Sept. 15 Sept. 8 April. 10 Nov. 9655 9421 9273 9590 9400 9279 9181 9569 1 July. 8 April. 15 Feb. 3 June. 24 March. 17 Feb. 9 Jan. 27 May. 9238 9646 9962 10024 9652 9583 9401 30 Jan. 30 June. 30 Sept. 15 Oct. 1 July. 3 June. 1 April. 10029 9210 10154 10097 10164 9971 9835 9328 9711 9169 9546 9773 9299 9632 10021 18 Oot. 21 Jan. 23 Nov. 2 Nov. 26 Nov. 8 Oct. 28 Aug. 5 March. 22 July. 5 Jan. . 19 May. 11 Aug. 25 Feb. 24 June. 15 Oct. 9321 9823 9539 10243 10199 10075 9897 9380 9494 9592 10112 9928 1 March. 16 Aug. 19 May. 23 Dec. 9 Dec. INov. 8 Sept. 26 March. 4 May. 31 May. 8 Nov. 23 Sept. 9172 9545 9790 9584 9753 5 Jan. 19 May. 13 Aug. 3 June. 5 Aug. 26 May. 9567 9517 L0077 10043 9664 12 May. 1 Nov. 20 Oct. 3 July. 9557 0000 9755 9292 9382 18 May. 9 Oct. 3 Aug. 23 Feb. 26 March. 9626 10033 18 June. 21 Oct. 9908 15 Sept.