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Class 8. [West End Gallery,

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, MILITARY ENGINEERING,

234 Osborne, C. 1 Lichfield St. Birmingham, Manu.—Improved central-fire double guns with chain-twist barrels;bar-slide, double, and single guns; tube single gun; largesingle gun, with Col. Hawker’s improved ignition; improvedalarm gun, pistols, &c.

235 Goddard, S. A. Birmingham, Manu.—Fowlingguns; American ducking gun. Pattern, and common Africanmusket. California protector gun. Invented by the exhi-bitor. Gun barrels, partially finished.

236 Rigby, W. & J. 24 Suffolk St. Dublin, Manu.—Gunsand rifles, double and single; rifle and revolving pistols.Parts of guns in unfinished state, &c.

237 Reilly, E. M. New Oxford St. Manu.—Improvedguns, rifles, pistols, air guns, &c.

238 Davidson, D. Captain, Bombay Army (per C. H.Davidson, Haddington), Inv.—Rifles and pistols, with teles-

opic sights, and bored for grooved bullets.

238a Watkins & Hill, Charing Cross.—Rifle, withtelescope.

239 Bull, J. Bedford, Manu.—Double-barrel gun, withthe modem improvements.

240 Richards, Westley, & Son, Birmingham, Manu.—Rifles, double tiger guns, pistols, &c. Registered improvedcorkscrews and carving fork9.

241 Cooper, J. R. & Co. 24 Legge St. Birmingham,Manu.—Patent self-cocking pocket-pistol, revolving pistols,ladies’ pistols, &c.

242 Walker, R. Graham St. and Broad St. Birming-ham, Manu. and Pat.—Specimen of percussion caps; metal-lic gun-wadding.

243 Townsend, J. 11 and 12 Sand St. Birmingham,Manu.—Improved rifle and walking-stick air-guns.

244 Reeves, Greaves. & Co. 28 Bartholomew St. Bir-mingham, Manu.—Officers’ dress sabres and field-swords.

245 Hart, H. 54 New Canal St. Birmingham, Manu.—Guns and pistols. Specimens of gun-barrel manufacture inevery state, from the old horse-nail stubs of earliest periodto the latest improvements.

246 Brookes & Son, 28 Russell St. Birmingham, Manu.—Fowling-pieces. Rifles. Revolving gun. Military guns.South American (Buenos Ayres) and Spanish carbines.African trading guns. Dane guns. Pistols, &c.

247 Tipping & Lawden, Birmingham, Manu.—Illustra-tion of gun-barrel manufacture; rifles, guns, pistols, air-guns, &c.

248 Mole, R. Broad St. Birmingham, Manu.—Giltmounted sword, blade of finest cast steel; highly mountedMamaluke sword; officers’ regulation swords. Matchets ofbest cast steel for America, West Indies, &c.

249 Powell & Son, Carr’s Lane, Birmingham, Manu.—Double-barrelled rifle and gun; pistols; improved safetytrigger guard; pair of lock actions, &c.

250 Winton, H. 53 Cleveland St. Birmingham, Inv. andManu.—Improved safety guns.

251 Carron, W. Birmingham.—Alarm gun.

251a Baylis & Son, 8 St. Mary’s Row, Birmingham.—Gun implements.

252 Hoskins, J. 31 Frith St, Soho Sq. Inv. and Manu.—Double gun, with safety ; on anew and simple principle.

253 Davi9, J. 1 Duke St. North Parade, Bath, Inv. andManu.—Soldier’s musket, substituting the blade of thebayonet for the ramrod.

254 Shaw, J. Glossop, Inv. and Pat.—India rubber air-gun ; the requisite pressure of air for one discharge beingprocured instantly at the pull of the trigger. Patent valve-bugle: the valves applicable to all brass instruments: thepatent is now being worked by J. Kohler, Henrietta Street,Covent Garden.

255 Fletciter, T. 161 Westgate St. Gloucester.—Twodouble guns, with various improvements.

256 Forsyth & Co. Leicester St. Leicester Sq. Inv. andManu.—Patent safety gun, &c. Original percussion-gun, asinvented by Forsyth, containing a reservoir of powder.

257 Erskine, J. Newton Stewart, Scotland, Inv. andManu.—'Two guns, newly invented to prevent accidentaldischarge, with complete waterproof for the cap.

258 Rippingille, E. 81 King St. Manchester, and 87Albany St. Regent’s Park, London, Inv.—An improvedgun-lock, with stock.

259 Haswell, R. 12 Upper Ashby St. Prop.—Air pistolon a new principle.

260 Neediiam, H. 4 Vine St. Regent St.—Self-primingfowling-piece.

261 Brider, J. 4 Clifton Cottages, Denmark St.Camberwell, Inv. and Manu. — Telescope loading rod forfire-arms.

262 Brider, G. 30 Bow St. Covent Garden, Inv. andManu.—Rifle mallet for hot climates.

263 Baker, T. K. 88 Fleet St. Inv. and Manu.—Im-proved patent gun-lock for preventing accidents from fire-arms.

264 Golden & Son, Huddersfield, Manu.—Bentley’spatent double gun, with improved locks, &c.

265 Webster, W. Hampstead Rd.—Fuzee musket.

266 Siiorman, J. 6 Gt. Pulteney St. Golden Sq. Prod.—Specimens of inlaying and engraving on the iron work ofguns, &c.

267 Mortimer, T. E. 97 George St. Edinburgh, Manu.—Double rifle. Fowling-piece. Highland pistols. Im-proved conical and other balls. Gun-case, with fittings.

268 Staines, E. Salisbury PI.—Fortification plans.

269 Hodges R. E. 44 Southampton Row, Russell Sq.—Patent application of India-rubber to projectile purposes.

270 Parsons, W. Swaffham, Norfolk, Manu.—Improveddouble guns. Loading rod and socket, &c.

271 Hall, Lieut.-Col. R.E. Southampton.—The Towerof London, after the destruction of the Armoury, modelledby R. Davis.

272 Moulin, C. 24 Stanley St. Chelsea.—Model of afortified town.

273 Lillywhite, J. Frederick St. Portsea, Manu.—Metal model of a gun of 95 cwt. with carriage and slide.

274 Bearpoot, R. 11 Warwick St. Woolwich, Inv.—'Two magazines for the resistance of water, applicable forpowder, or any maritime purpose.

275 Tylden, R. A. Capt. Woolwich, Manu.—Models ofBritish ordnance.

276 Fergusson, J. 20 Langham PI. Inv.—Model, showingeight different modes of fortification on a new system.

277 Joyce, F. & Co. 57 Upper Thames St. Inv. andManu.—Improved anti-corrosive waterproof percussiongun-caps. Percussion tube primers. Chemically-preparedgun waddings. Patent wire cartridges, &c.

278 Grainger, J. Wolverhampton, Manu.—Tube andbar-action gun and rifle gun-locks.

280 Gardner, W. T. 22 Mead Row, Lambeth, Inv. andManu.—Model of a ship’s gun loaded at the breech.

281 King, T. J. 16 Whiskin St. Dos.—Pistols inlaidwith gold and silver. Small iron scent-bottle, inlaid w’ithsilver.

282 Munro, J. jun. 4 High St. Lambeth, Manu.—Mo-dels of brass guns, gun-carriages, and limbers.

283 Fitzmaurice, Hon. W. E. Hamilton Lodge,PrincesGate.— Model of a gun and mortar.

284 Walker, Sarah, & Co. 12 Legge St. Birmingham,Manu.—Specimens illustrative of the manufacture of per-cussion-caps anil patent metallic gun-wadding.

285 Richardson, R. 21 Tonbridge PI. New Rd. Manu.—Models of tents, marquees, and rick cloth.

286 Symington, W. 41 Gracechurch St. Inv.—Gun wads.