The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-23
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES.
, Rare Chance to secure a Valuable Agency
County or State Right as secured under
letters patent (recently issued), for
"Smyth's SelfActing, Bent
Lever, platform Scales"
can now be secured |
on application to
the subscribers.

..F ..e.@EL.. llG SuUsCTIDtTS. -H..
THIS invention claims superiority over every 9th.
L err. in the following respects: In the invaluable
scientific principle involved, and upon which IL acts
in its undertaking accuracy, in It's lightness and
strength, in its wonderful capacity, convenience oil
form, aud applicability to every purpose for whie h
Scales of any kind are required: in lis perfect sim
plicity, and the fact that any ordinary mechanic can
manufacture them; in the absence of any compiled
ton not liable 10 variation or 10 get cut OF order;
and Gnally, in the importantfact that this Scale can
be afforded ut about one third the cost Of any other
Platform Scale oflike capacity and accuracy in use,
And that possessing, in an eminent degree, all these
merits, this invention is conceded TO be one OF the
most useful and valuable ever brought before the
public. And coming, as itdses, within the reach OF
all. il cannot but hnd an unprecedented sale and I'M
divided market among farmers, housekeepers, me.
chaqics, merchants, etc. every where, to the exclusion
of every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
first offered for sale on The 10th day of March last, at
ALBANY Y, and, in the short space O. aO DAYS, all
the Eastern Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by some OF the most influential business men in that
city, and at prices that gave the Inventor q handsome
competence. SO great is the demand for these
Scales, mat 4 factory fortheir manufacture is already
in successfu l operation, and viii be rapidly enls rged
to an extent equal 10 the immense demand already
created IN the West.
Rights Will be placed within the reach Of every en-
t~erprising salesman or business man, and upon such
terms as VIII insure success, and render their pos
session Il valuable acquisition. and u constant, sure
andincreaslng source OF proht during the continu-
anec oithe Patent.
II is believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
afferds, iorthe small investment required, and to a
man OF liability, is presented an opportunity for the
realization OF easy, rapid and Honorable wealth sci.
dom afforded. For turher Information apply 70
DuMOST 81 GOODRICH,
att H Dumont's, Perry st
a Davenport, Iowa.
From the atlas and .irgus.
sMyrH's PATENT PLATFORM ScALE.-We have ex-
nmined tails ne " invention. Nothing can be simpler
OF more completely developed than the pIinciple
upou which it acts. The platform which sustains the
weight tftsa peEdulum, suspended and loaded at
the end, through an arc ola circle; anI the Indicator
| points out, upon the graduated circumference, the
exact weight. In other platform scales the measure
ofayoirdIpois has to BIO ascer tanned by moving q
loose weight on u beam, as ON u steelyard, till 1t hits
The precise point. Smyth's invention is a self-work
ing one, and indicates at once, and to the minutesi
~fractiop D, the figure. By attaching the weight on ths
end of The pendulum, the scale beeomesm ultipliet
by fyes or tens; by releasing the weight it giyel
ouncesinstead Of pounds. For household purposes
IL ia as cheap and far better than steelyards, and 4
Hndins the way 10 ali well.regalated kitchens wher
The receipt book ,wihits prescriptions OF weight an,
proportions,is used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM ScALEs-We have ex
anined this new and valuable invention, and full,
concur 10 the favorable opinion which 1t has Gillette,
from the united pressof Albany, as will be seen B.
We belieye it is just what is wanted by the people o
the West, to the agricultural community, in particu
Akr, it is Invaluable. We prediction the luck inyeu
(le an unlimited sale, asthe low price atwhich the
nfe afforded will place them within the reach OF sv
cry farmer in the State. Those of our eitirens VIII
are pIejudieed against new inventions, from The una
ny worthless patents that are hawkei about the coul
try, by calling atthe office OF Smyth's Patent Piai
form Scales, No. 80 South Clark Street, and exam
inc these Scales, will be satisfied that the econom,
utility and acourae y, combined In them, entities tn
invention to the foremostr ranks ofthe many wonde
ful discoy cries that have stamped this Eraas the az
ofinye niIon. 1t Will open a Held of enterprise
thousands ofour enterprlslng men, as lucrative as
isbroad and unlimited. july7 din wifi