The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-10
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES.
! Rare CAaaes to sssurs ! yaluabls Ageusy.
County or State Right a. secured under
letters patent (recently issued), for
"Smyth's 6el-Acing, Bent
Lever, platform Scales"
can now be secured
on application to
the subscribers.

on application to
the subscribers.
THIS invention elaine superiority over every 9th.
= er,ip the following respects: In the invaluable
scisnt6c principle Involved, and upon which Il acts,
In is undertaking accuracy, In he ~iishtness and
s ;sr%. and ~ sp NJ sS1ns' 70 ss ssPss, pslp sssl for ~Sis Z,
Scales u any kind are required; In its perfect sim
plieity, aud The fact that any ordinary meehanic can
manufacture them; In the absence Of any compiled
lion net liable 10 variation or to get cut OF order;
and 1nAlly, In the importsn u fact that this Scale can
be Afforded :, about one bird the eost Of any other
Platform Scale Of like capacity and accuracy, in use.
And that possessing, In an eminent degree, oil these
marits, this invention 10 conceded 70 b ONE OF the
public. Aud coming, Is IL does. within the reach oil
all, Il cannot but nnd m unprecedented sale and I'M
divided marks, ameng farmers, hoassksepsr., me.
chAsies, merchant, etc. every here, 10 the exclusion
" every other weighinxa apparatus.
STATE aud County Rights, under this Patent were
nrst offered isf .sle On NE ION DAY 81 March lass,s,
the Taste rn Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by come fths most influential business mon in that
city, aud At prices that gave the Inventor handsome
competence. So great il the demand fof these
Scales, that y factory ortheir manufacture Is already
In successful operation aud will be rapidly enlarged
10 an extent equal 10 the immense demand already
created In the West.
Rights will bs placed within The reach OF every en-
serpffsing salesman or business man, and upon such
terms - WI insure suecess, and render their pos.
ssssiop . valuable acquisition, and constant, sure
and incrsasang source Of pront during The contina.
lis believed that seldom or never, were more
tsmpung Inducements offered than this Invention
Aasrds, ioIths small Investment required, and to a
man OF liability, 10 presented an opportunity for the
rsaliEatisn Of easy, rapid aud honorable wealth sell
dom anordsd. For further information apply 10
DUPONT s. GOODRICH,
All. II. Dnnloni's, Perry st.,
Davenport Iowa.
psmt As atlas and Argrs.
snyrR's PATENT Platform scALH-We have ex-
nminsd this new inveniisn. Nothing CAN se sim pier
., more completely developed than the ~principls
upon which IL acts. The platform which ~sustsins The
weight liNsa pendulum, suspended and loaded st
the end, through an arc off circle; aud the indicator
exact weight. In other platform scaics the measure
ofavoirdupcis has 10 be ascertsined by moving y
iooss weight on q beam, as on = steelyard, ill Il hits
M M one. and Indicates Il once, and 70 .hs minutes,
fraction, the ngure. BY attaching The weight on The
end OF the pendulum, the scale 6ecom o. multiplied
osnessinsssad Of pounds. Fos hoasshoId purposes,
Il 10 a. cheap and far better than sieslyarls; and 10
nndins the way V all weii-rsgulatsd Kitchens where
he receipt book With It's prescriptions Of wsight and
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
Sxyrn's PATsHr PLATyoRM ScALEs.-ws have ex.
aninsd this new and valuable invention, and fully
concur In the favorable opinion which II has elicssd
nom the united pressof Albany, ~ viii 10 seen BY
reference 70 an advertisement In another column
We believe IL 10 just what 10 wanted BY the people Of
The West, TO The agricultural community, 10 parlieu-
lar, II 10 invaluable. We prediction tbs lucky inven .
tor an Unlimited sale, ~ the low price atwbich they
are Afforded will plsss thsm within the reach Of ev-
cry farmer In the State. Those Of our citissns who
Are prejudiced against new inventions, from the ma.
ny worthless pAtsnts that are hawksd about Nh coun-
Try, BY calling atths once Of Smyth's Paten, Plat
form Scalss, No. 80 South Clark Street, and exam
ins thsss scalss, viii be satisned NAT the economy,
utility and aceun ey, combined In them, entities thiS
Invention 10 the foremost ranks Of the many wonder
fal discoveries that AVE stamped mis- Er.a the ags
thousands Of our enterprising mcn, ~ lacraNvs ~ IL
isbrosd and JULY dim vii