HOBLYN, REV. WILLIAM MALET. (Con.). Clipsham, Rutlandshire, 1845-6. b. Gwennap Vicarage, 21 May, 1783, bapt. 23 Oct. d. Buxton, 18 May, 1846. cf. Gent. Mag., xxvi, 102, (1846).

HOBSON, REV. JOHN. Wesleyan Minister in Cornwall, 1831-44. b. near Sheffield, 1790. d. Taunton, 23 Jan., 1863.

Letter from the Penzance Circuit. Wesleyan Methodist Mag., lvi, 873-75, (1833).

Memoir of Richard Oates, who died 8 May, 1840, aged 88. ib., lxiii, 619, (1840).

HOCKEN, EDWARD OCTAVIUS, M.D. (8th son of Joseph Hocken). b. Falmouth, 3 Sept., 1820. d. Chacewater, 12 Aug., 1845. cf. The London Medical Directory, (J. Churchill, Princes St., Soho), 1846, pp. 183-85.

A Treatise on Amaurosis and amaurotic affections. By E. O. Hocken. Lond., S. Highly, 32, Fleet St., 1840, 8°., pp. vii and 359, 10/6.

NOTE. This work was republished at Philadelphia. An essay on the influence of constitution in the production of disease. By E. O. Hocken. Lond., S. Highley, 1840, 12°., 2/6.

An exposition of the pathology of hysteria, elucidated by a reference to the origin, diagnosis, symptomatology, pathology, and treatment of hysterical amaurosis. By E. O. Hocken. Lond., S. Highly, 32, Fleet St., 1842, 8°., pp. 32, 1/6. A complete condensed Practical Treatise on Ophthalmic Medicine. By E. O. Hocken, M.D. Part i. Lond., S. Highly, 32 Fleet Street, 1844, 8°., pp. 108, 3/-.

NOTE. This work was to have been completed in three parts.

A practical enquiry into the value of Medicinal Naphtha in tubercular phthisis. By E. O. Hocken, M.D... Lond., Samuel Highly, 32, Fleet Street, 1844, 8°., pp. viii and 72, 3/-.

An essay on the comparative value of the preparations of mercury and iodine in the treatment of syphilis. By E. O. Hocken. Lond., S. Highley, 1844, 8°., pp. 48, 2/6.

NOTE. Reprinted from the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journ., No. 159.

HOCKEN, EDWARD OCTAVIUS, M.D. (Con.). der...Medicin (Leipsic), 1842, pp. 230-32, 282-83. Amaurosis from hysteria. Edinb. Medical and Surgical Journ., lvii, 49-69, (1842).

Amaurosis from an excess of circulating blood. ib., lvii, 324-56.

Observations on the separate and combined actions of the Muscles of the Eye. ib., lviii, 310

26.

HOCKEN, REV. JOSHUA. Wesleyan Minister. b. Bodmin, 27 July, 1798. d. Leckheaton, 26 May, 1853. cf. Wesleyan Methodist Mag., lxx, 729, (1847); lxxvi, 868, (1853).

A brief History of Wesleyan Methodism in the Grimsby Circuit. By Rev. J. Hocken. Lond., 1839, 12°., pp. 67.

Memoir of Nathaniel Saunby. Wesleyan Methodist Mag., Ixiii, 332–33, (1844).

HOCKEN, REV. WILLIAM, B.A. (son of Will. Hocken). R. of St. Endellion, 28 Oct., 1833. b. Helstone, in Lantegloss-by-Camelford, 9 Jan., 1806.

The Policy of providing for the Religious Instruction of the Roman Catholics of Ireland through the medium of their own clergy; considered in reference to the proposed increase of the Grant to Maynooth College, in a letter to Sir C. E. Smith, Bart., by the Rev. W. Hocken, Rector of St. Endellion, in the County of Cornwall, and late of St. John's College, Cambridge. Lond., Longman; Truro, E. Heard, [printed,] 1845, 8°., pp. 16, 1/-.

HOCKER, REV. CHARLES, B.A., Ex. Coll., Oxford (son of Rev. W. Hocker. d. 1842). V. of Talland, 1844-58; Perp. Curate of Laneast, 1858-63; Vicar of Treneglos and Warbstow, 1863-64. b. St. Mewan, 13 Feb., 1812. d. Treneglos, 10 Oct., 1864.

The following pages contain the substance of a sermon delivered in the parish church of Laneast, by the Rev. C. Hocker, P.C., on the morning of June 9th, 1861, they are printed for private circulation, at the request of the bereaved and sorrowing widow of the late deeply lamented J. K. Lethbridge, Esq., who died at Weston-super-mare, on Tuesday, May 28, 1861, after an illness of only a few hours, and truly may it be said that he "fell asleep in Jesus," and his end was perfect peace. Launceston, P. D. Maddox, Southgate Street. n.d., [1861,] 8°., pp. 12.

HOCKER, ROBERT.

Grant to R. Hocker of three Fairs to be eld yearly in Cornwall, 24 May, 1708. Harl. MSS. 2,263, art. 196.

HOCKER, REV. WILLIAM (son of William Hocker). b. Trelill, near Wadebridge. bapt. St. Kew, 3 January, 1664? d. London, 12 Dec., 1721.

A sermon preach'd on the death of the Reverend Mr. W. Hocker. With an account of his life and character. Published with farther enlargements at the request of the hearers. By Thomas Reynolds. Lond., printed for John Clark ..1722, 4°., pp. viii and 55, 6d. Dr. Williams.'

NOTE.-Dedicated to the people lately under the pastoral care of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Pomfret amongst whom Mr. Hocker " lately officiated in quality of an Assistant." An account of the Life and Character of Mr. Hocker, is contained in pp. 36-55.

HOCKER, REV. WILLIAM, M.A., Pemb. Coll. Camb. (son of Rev. Will. Hocker, V. of St. Enoder). R. of St. Mewan, 1802-42; V. of Lanteglos, 1806-42. b. St. Enoder, 24 Feb., 1772. d. St. Mewan, 5 Apl., 1842. cf. Gent. Mag., xviii, 102, (1842).

Observations on a Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Hocker; and on a charge delivered by the Rev. the Archdeacon of Cornwall, in Truro Church, on Monday, May 20th, 1811, by Joseph Burgess. Truro, printed by Michell and Co., 8, High Cross, 1811, 8°., pp. 30, 6d.

HOCKIN, LIEUT. CHARLES FRANCIS, R.M. (5th son of Rev. Will. Hockin). b. Phillack Rectory, 28 Oct., 1813. bapt. 14 Dec. killed at the storming of Sidon, in Syria, 26 Sept., 1840. bur. D'Jouni, near Beirout. cf. P. H. Nicolas' "Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces," ii, 326, 341.

HOCKIN, REV. FREDERICK, M.A. (8th son of Rev. Will. Hockin). R. of Phillack, with Gwithian, 30 Aug., 1853. b. Phillack Rectory, 18 May, 1818.

Assurance: A sermon preached at S. Mary's, Penzance, on the 21st June, 1865, at the visitation of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Cornwall, by F. Hockin, Rector of Phillack, with Gwithian, and Dean Rural of Penwith. Published at the request of the clergy. Lond., Church Press Co.; Banfield, Hayle, 1865, 8°., pp. 32, 6d.

HOCKIN, REV. HENRY WILLIAMS, B.A. (2nd son of Rev. Will. Hockin, who d. 1853). V. of Stithians. b. Phillack Rectory, 4 Feb., 1808. d. London, 13 July, 1846.

A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Stythians, on Sunday, Jany. 10, 1841, by the Rev. H. W. Hockin, Vicar of St. Stythians and Perranarworthal. On the occasion of the death of John Martin, who was killed by an Explosion at the Kennall Gunpowder Mills. Truro, E. Heard, 1841, 8°., pp. 16.

HOCKIN, REV. JOHN PEARCE, M.A. (eld. son of Rev. Thos. Pearce Hockin, V. of Okehampton, and grandson of Thos. Hockin, of Caduscot, Liskeard). Admitted at Exeter College, 20 Jan., 1791; R. of Coddington, Herefordshire, Jan., 1810 to 1831. b. Okehampton, 2 July, 1772. bapt. 11th July. d. Coddington, 26 Oct., 1831. bur. 3 Nov. cf. Gent. Mag., ci, 473, (1831).

A supplement to the account of the Pelew Islands, compiled from the Journals of the Panther and Endeavour, two vessels sent by the Hon. East India Company to those Islands in the year 1790; and from the oral communications of Capt. H. Wilson. By the Rev. J. P. Hockin, of Exeter College, M.A. Lond., printed for Capt. Wilson, by Bulmer and Co., 1803, 4°.,' pp. 72, 15/-.

NOTE. This is A Supplement to "An account of the Pelew Islands...composed from the Journals and Communications of Capt. H. Wilson...By Geo. Keate .Lond., 1788, 4°." Mr. Hockin m. a dau. of Capt. Wilson.

HOCKIN, REV. WILLIAM. R. of Phillack, with Gwithian, 9 July, 1763. Resigned, 1809. b. Phillack, 4 Feby., 1738. d. Phillack, 19 July, 1813. bur. 22 July. cf. Gent. Mag., lxxxiii, 93, (1813).

HOCKIN, REV. WILLIAM, LL.B. (only son of Rev. Will. Hockin). R. of Phillack, with Gwithian, 5 July, 1809 to 1853. b. Phillack Rectory, 19 Dec., 1776. d. Phillack Rectory, 22 April, 1853. bur. 30 April. cf. Gent. Mag., xxxix, 672, (1853).

HOCKING, HENRY HICKS. Barrister at Law. (son of Richard Hocking, of Mevagissey). b. Brixton, Surrey, 16 July, 1842.

Six Essays on Commons preservation; written in competition for prizes offered by Henry W. Peek, Esq., of Wimbledon House... Lond., Sampson Low, 1867, 8°., pp. xvii and 432.

NOTE. The fourth essay in this collection (pp. 221303), "dealing with the legal and historical aspects of the question," is by H. H. Hocking.

HOCKING, JOHN (son of Richard Hocking). Engineer of the Consolidated Mines. b. Redruth, 22 Apl., 1804.

Mémoire sur l'exploitation des mines des comtés de Cornwall et de Devon. Par M. Combes. Annal. des Mines, 3 S., v, 109-44; 344-70; 593-608; 616-21, (1834).

NOTE.-An account of the Cornish Pumping Engine designed by J. Hocking for the Consolidated Mines, is contained in p. 367, &c., of the above, where M. Combes acknowledges his obligations to Mr. Hocking. The illustration there given is reproduced in Combes' Traité de l'exploitation des Mines," plate, lix, but in the latter place Mr. Hocking's name is not mentioned.

HOCKING JOHN, Jun. (son of preceding). b. Redruth, 10 Feb., 1830.

Steam Boilers and the Causes of their explosion. Rep. Miners' Assoc. of D. and C., 1861, [18 Sept. meeting,] pp. 5-6; 1861, [30 Dec. meeting,] p. 3.

On Winding Machinery. ib., 1862, [9 Apl. meeting,] pp. 6-10.

The New Self-Acting Calciner. For Roasting Tin and other Ores and Minerals, containing Sulphur and other Volatile Matters. By Robert Oxland, F.G.S., Metallurgist, Compton Giffard, Plymouth, and J. Hocking, Jun., Engineer, Redruth. n.p. or d., [1868,] 8°., 2 leaves. cf. Rep. Miners Assoc. of D. and C., 1868, p. 42; Rep. R.C.P.Soc., 1869, pp. 96-98.

HOCKING, SAMUEL, C.E. (son of Samuel Hocking). b. Treskillard, in Illogan, 7 Feb., 1807.

Liverpool Water Supply. Report of James Simpson, Esq., C.E.,...and James Newlands, Esq., C.E.,...Liverpool, printed by D. Marples, 50, Lord St., 1849, 8°., pp. 99.

NOTE.-Contains (pp. 61-87), "Appendix C. Liverpool Water Investigation. Mr. Hocking's Report on the present state of the machinery at the several pumping stations," signed Samuel Hocking, and dated Liverpool, 21st April, 1849. There is also at the end of the book a "Diagram shewing the pulsations or oscillations of pressure in the mains," signed Samuel Hocking.

A counter for measuring and registering the number of feet passed over by the piston of a steamengine in the acting stroke. Plate vii, Fig. 1. Rep. R.C.P.Soc., 1835, p. 111.

A water meter for mines. ib., 1836, p. 56. A safety apparatus for steam boilers. (With Drawing Plate, v). ib., 1838, pp. 148-50.

Remarks in a discussion on the "Expansive action of Steam." Minutes of Proc. of Instit. of Civil Engineers, vi, 340-41; 342-43, (1847).

Remarks in a discussion on "Rolling bars for suspension bridges." ib., viii, 278-79, (1849). A Treatise on the Cornish Pumping Engine. By W. Pole. Lond., Weale, 1844, 4°.

NOTE. From the Preface it appears that Mr. Hocking aided the writer in procuring information for this work.

Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines...Ed. by R. Hunt, F.R.S... 6th ed. Lond., Longman, 1867, 3 vols., 8o.

NOTE.-S. Hocking was amongst the contributors.

HOCKING, THOMAS PENROSE. Linendraper, Penzance. b. 20 May, 1777. d. Penzance, 13 March, 1842.

HOCKING, THOMAS PENROSE. (Con.).

A Letter of remonstrance addressed to Mr. Thomas Hocking, of the North Parade, concerning his opinion of the Baptist denomination... by G. C. Smith. Penzance, 1824, 12°. See Jeffery, John.

HODGE, ROBERT, C.E. (son of Archibald Hodge). Surveyor and Engineer to the Corporation of Plymouth. b. Cardross, Dumbartonshire, 23 Jan., 1810.

Plan of the Borough and Parish of Bodmin, in the county of Cornwall. Surveyed and drawn by R. Hodge, 1841...Scale, 40 inches to 1 mile. MS. Bodmin Municipal Records.

NOTE. The two following plans are reduced from the above.

Plan of the town of Bodmin. [By R. Hodge.] Scale, 2 Chains = 1 inch. Lond., Lithogd. by Standige and Co., 1841.

Plan of the Borough and Cornwall. [By R Hodge.] inch. Lond., Lithogd. by

1846.

Parish of Bodmin, Scale, 8 Chains = 1 Standige and Co.,

Bodmin. Apportionment of the Rent Charge in lieu of Tithes in the Borough and Parish of Bodmin, 1846. Borough 2,785 acres, parish 3,405 acres, total 6,190 acres. Surveyed by Robert Hodge, C.E. Bodmin, printed by Liddell and Son, 1846.

Plan of the Parish of Egloshayle, in the County of Cornwall, 1841. Scale, 8 Chains = 1 inch. Surveyed by R. Hodge, C.E. Total 5,618 acres, 3 roods, 30 poles, including roads and rivers. Lond., Lithogd. by Standige and Co., 1841.

Apportionment of the Rent Charge in lieu of Tithes in the Parish of Egloshayle, in the County of Cornwall, 29th day of Jany., 1840. [By R. Hodge.] Bodmin, printed and published by Liddell and Son, 1840.

HODGE, THOMAS.

Certificate on behalf of T. Hodge. Lescard, 1592. See Gray, John.

HODGE, TOM.

The History of the Four Kings of Canterbury, Colchester, Cornwall, and Cumberland, their Queens and Daughters, being the Merry Tales of Tom Hodge and his School-Fellows. Falkirk, printed and sold by T. Johnston, 1823, 12°., pp. 24. Another ed. Printed and sold in Aldermary Churchyard. n.d., 12°., pp. 24.

NOTE. The edition of 1823 contains "A Tale of Cornwall," pp. 23-24. It is No. vii in that work, but there is a previous No. vii also in the book. "The Tale" is not found in the other edition.

G G

HODGE, WILLIAM. b. St. Austell, 19 Mch., 1810.

A.D. 1851, Apl. 1. No. 13,763. Specification of William Hodge, of St. Austell, Printer, for "Improvements in the manufacture of glass, china, porcelain, earthenware and artificial stone." Lond., 1851, fol.-Reprinted. Lond., Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1857, fol., pp. 4, 4d.

HODGES, SYDNEY. Secretary to the R.C.P. Soc., 1857-1865.

The Burns Centenary Poems...Selected and edited by George Anderson and John Finlay. Glasgow, Murray and Son, 1859, 8°.

NOTE.-No. 23, (pp. 123-27) is by Mr. Hodges.

On Many Things. Rep. R.C.P.Soc., 1860, pp.

1-17.

A Tale of the Western Counties. By Geo. Budock, [i.e., Sydney Hodges.] Clack, No. i to vi.

HODGKIN, THOMAS (son of John Hodgkin, Barrister at Law). b. Tottenham, near London, 29 July, 1831.

Roman coins found at Pennance Farm, near Falmouth. Rep. R.C.P.Soc., 1867, pp. 71-73.

NOTE. In 1861 Mr. Hodgkin m. Lucy, dau. of Alfred Fox, Esq., of Falmouth.

HODGSON, REV. CHARLES, M.A. (only child of Bernard Hodgson, Principal of Hertford Coll., Oxford). V. of St. Tudy, 1817-46. b. Oxford, 19 Nov., 1786. d. St. Tudy, 17 May,

1846.

Catalogue of the classical, historical and theological library of the late Rev. C. Hodgson, Vicar of St. Tudy, in Cornwall, to which is added the remaining portion of the library of a Clergyman. Which will be sold by auction by S. Leigh, Sotheby, and Co., on Thursday, Nov. 26, 1846, and two following days. Lond., Compton and Ritchie, printers. n.d., [1846,] 8°., pp.

42.

HODGSON, REV. JOHN. Wesleyan Minister in Cornwall, 1797-1802. d. 27 Mch., 1853. A Letter from Mr. Hodgson to Mr. B. Rhodes, dated Redruth, June 25, 1799. Methodist Mag., xxiii, 44-46, (1800).

HOGG, JOHN, M.D. (son of the following). b. Redruth, Oct., 1803.

A series of chemical and medical tables, forming a synopsis of chemistry, materia medica, pharmacy and nosology. By J. Hogg, Surgeon and Graduate in Medicine of Edinburgh. House Surgeon and Apothecary to the Dispensary of the University of London. Lond., printed for John Taylor...30, Upper Gower Street, 1830, fol., unpaged.

HOGG, JOHN, M.D. (Con.).

London as it is; being a series of observations on the health, habits, and amusements of the people. By J. Hogg, M.D., Edinb., late House Surgeon to the University Dispensary; Hospital Assistant to the North London Hospital. Lond., John Macrone, St. James's Square, 1837, 12o., pp. xx and 389, 10/6.

Practical Observations on the prevention of consumption. With Statistical table of the prevalence of the disease and of the comparative salubrity of various places, at home and abroad. By J. Hogg, M.D., Edin. Lond., R. Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, 1860, 8°., pp. xii and 226, 5/-. HOGG, THOMAS. Master of the Truro Grammar School, 23 May, 1805. Resigned 1829 b. Kelso, Mch., 1777. d. Euston Road, St. Pancras, London, Aug., 1835. cf. Poluhele's Reminiscences, ii, 173.

Institutes of Mathematical Geography for the use of Schools. By T. Hogg. Truro, printed at the Cornish Press by J. Tregoning, 1806, 12°., Pp. 113.

Syllabus of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy for the use of Truro School. By T. Hogg. Truro, printed by J. Tregoning, at the Cornish Press, 1806, 12°., pp. 120.

St. Michael's Mount, in Cornwall; A Poem. School, Truro. Truro, printed by Jos. TregonBy T. Hogg, Master of the Free Grammar ing; Lond., Rivington, 1811, 4., pp. 81, and appendix pp. 12, 6/-. Dedicated to Sir J. St. Aubyn, Bart., M.P.

By T. Hogg, Master of the Free Grammar School, Truro, Cornwall. Truro, printed and sold by P. Nettleton, Royal Cornwall Gazette Office...n.d., [June, 1817,] 8°., pp. 101, 4/-.

The Influence of the Holy Bible. A Poem.

A manual of mineralogy in which it is shewn how much Cornwall contributes to the illustratration of the science. By T. Hogg, Master of the Grammar School, Truro. Truro, printed and published by W. Polyblank, High Cross...1825, 8°., pp. xviii and 245, 7/6.

The Fabulous History of the ancient Kingdom of Cornwall. By T. Hogg. Lond., Longman; [Truro, E. Heard, printed,] 1827, 8°., pp. 507, 15/-.

NOTE.-Dedicated to Sir Christopher Hawkins. Prefixed to the copy in the Br. Museum is a note signed H, stating that "this work is a Satire on the Cornish Historians, notwithstanding his assumed adherence to Veracity."

An Essay on the Mordra System of Education, 1819. MS.

NOTE. A Gratuity of £10 was awarded to Mr. Hogg by The Church Union Soc., of St. David's Diocese for this Essay, as the second best.

HOLL, HARVEY BUCHANAN, M.D., F.G.S. (son of William Holl, of Worcester). b. Stoke, near Guildford, 1821.

On the older rocks of South Devon and East Cornwall. Map. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., Lond., xxiv, 400-54, (1868).

HOLLAND, JOSEPH. b. Devonshire.

The True copy of a collection made by Mr. Joseph Holland, in the yeare 1584, of Coates and Armes nowe and aunciently borne by Noblemen and Gentlemen, within the Counties of Somersett, Devon, and Cornewall, the 25 of March, 1597, fol. MS.

NOTE.-Bequeathed to the Bodleian Lib., by Gough.

HOLLAND, PHILEMON. b. Chelmsford, 1551. d. 9 Feb., 1636.

Britain or a chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands adjoyning, out of the depth of Antiquities... Written first in Latine by W. Camden. Translated newly into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctour in Physick...Lond., printed by F. K. R. Y. and J. L. for Andrew Her, 1637, fol.

NOTE.-Cornwall described (with map), pp. 183-98. The map is entitled "Cornwall. Olim pars Danmoniorvm, William Kip., Sculp.," and is embellished with a view of Launceston Castle.

A.D. 1776, Dec. 20. No. 1,132. Specification of William Knowles, of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, in the county of Southampton, Carpenter, and John Holman, of Redruth, in the county of Cornwall, Carpenter, for "Entire new inventions for the purpose of raising tin, copper, and other heavy bodies from mines or pitts, and also of raising or weighing anchors and other heavy bodies with more safety and with less expence than by the common method now in use." Lond., 1776, fol.-Reprinted. Lond., Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1856, fol., pp. 2, 4d.

NOTE. The cover reads "Capstan, windlass, and machinery, for raising heavy bodies."

HOLMAN, JOHN. b. Crowan, 24 May, 1793.

A method of patching boilers without letting out the water. Rep. R.C.P.Soc., 1840, p. 58.

HOLMAN, STEPHEN (son of preceding). b. Gwennap, 16 Sept., 1827.

A.D. 1854, Mar. 23. No. 689. Letters Patent to Stephen Holman, of Colney Hatch, in the county of Middlesex, Engineer, for the invention of "Improvements in machinery for raising and forcing fluids, part of which improvements is also applicable to the guiding of piston rods generally and other rods." Drawing annexed. Lond., G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1854, fol., pp. 5, 10d.

A.D. 1862, June 21. No. 1,834. Letters Patent to S. Holman, of 18, Cannon St., London ...for the invention of "Improvements in Pumps and Valves." Drawing annexed. Lond., G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1862, fol., pp. 9, 10d.

A.D. 1863, Oct. 31. No. 2,707. Letters Patent to S. Holman...for the invention of "Improvements in machinery for raising and forcing fluids, parts of which improvements are also applicable to steam engines, blast engines, exhausters, and other machines." Drawing annexed. Lond., G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1864, fol., pp. 15, 1/-.

A.D. 1867, June 22. No. 1,827. Letters Patent to S. Holman, of 10, Laurence Pountney Lane, London...for the invention of "Improvements in double-action pumps, and in the methods of operative pumps, part of which improvements are applicable to other reciprocating machines." Drawing annexed. Lond., G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867, fol., pp. 8, 8d.

Patent to S. Holman... for the invention of "ImA.D. 1868, Mch. 27. No. 1,046. Letters provements in the construction and application of steam pumps, parts of which improvements are also applicable to other pumps, blast engines, exhausters, and other machines; also improvements in hydraulic lifts and the mode of working the same." Drawing annexed. Lond., G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1868, fol., pp. 12,

10d.

A.D. 1870, Jan. 1. No. 3. Letters Patent to S. Holman...for the invention of "Improvements in apparatus for hinging, adjusting, and fastening gas retort lids, covers, or doors, and other lids, covers, and doors." Drawing annexed. Lond., G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1870, fol., pp. 8, 10d.

HOLMAN, THOMAS.

Authentic narrative of the extraordinary fortitude and remarkable preservation of T. Holman, who fell into a 40 fathom shaft at Perranzabuloe. 1816, 12o.