The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-03 00:00:00

By His late Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.

WELLS & M'NEILL,

MANUFACTURERS OF
IMPROVED PATENT FELT, FOR SHEATHING

SHIPS' BOTTOMS, &c.
FACTORY AT LAMB'S-BUILDINGS, BUNHII,I,-ROVV.
Office at No, 31, Clement's-lane, Lombard-sheet, Loudon.

,„;
riltHE present Manufacturers, (whpcatiave recently pur-
chased the Patent of this valuable concern,) in re-
offering the IMPROVED PATENT SHEA CHING
FELT to the notice of Ship Owners, Ship Builders, Railroad
Companies, Builders, and othersi deem it unnecessary to say
anything with regard to the importance of such a material,
asits character and uses are now so well appreciated, parti-
cularly by Ship Builders, that scarcely any, ship proceeds to
sea without it; and when it is stated, that the Improved Pa-
tent Felt now offered does not greatly exceed the expence of
tarred brown paper, it may confidently be 'expected that it
will supersede the use of every material for a like purpose
now employed for Sheathing Ships' Bottoms.
The Patent Sheathing Felt now submitted is made of a
much stronger and more fibrous texture, than the Felt hitherto
in use, and will bear much greater extension under water in
the working and straining of a ship ; and, added to his valua-
ble propertiek.for resisting the worm, its compressed close-
ness and toughness of fabric, combined with its evenness and
uniformity of surface, entirely remove the objections inse-
parable from the Felts hitherto in use, owing to the thickness,
inequality, and sponginess of their material, by which a quilt-
ing or puckering is produced, very detrimental to the nailing
and even-wearing of the copper, to say nothing of the risk of
the nails drawing, from the expansion of the old Felts when
saturated with water. The Felt now offered being entirely
free from these serious objections, and the copper dressing on
it so much better than any other, a greater degree of dura-
bility and safety to the copper sheathing itself, may, by its
use, be reasonably inferred. It likewise possesses the advan-
tage of being easily separated after being packed or laid to-
gether for any length of time, which is an important consider-
ation in shipping it to hot climates.
The price is now reduced it about one-fourth of the cost of
the old hand-made Felt, and to less than half the price of the
Felts now in use. It is manufactured in similar sized sheets
to those 32 inches wide by 20 inches long, and sold at FOU R-
PENCE PER SHEET. It is also cut into sheets of double
and treble the above length, but it can likewise he delivered
in a continuous roll of any extent, at the above proportionate
cost, and afterwards cut into any lengths required, by which
means the number of joints in laying it on, can he diminished
at discretion, offering an immense increase of security
wherever the copper may be rubbed off.
A second description of a much thicker quality, adapted for
use under Wood Sheathing, is also manufactured in any
lengths required.
For Baling and Wrapping, the present is impervious to wet,
and much cireaper than Tarpaulin. For Roofing, Outbuild-
ings, &c., it excels either Sheathing or Roofing Paper, being
far more durable, and not liable to crack with the changes of
temperature.

AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL:
CHAPMAN, CORNFORTH & CO., 24, JAMES'-ST.