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

tlc SUBSTITUTES. -H
Vii invention claims superiority over every 9th,
l er, In The following respects: In the invaluable
scleutihe principle involved, and upon which il acts,
in its undertaking accuracy, in It's lightness and
strength, in its wonderful capacity, convenience OF
form, and applicability 10 every purpose for whie b
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
,ion mol liable to variation or 10 get cut of order;
and finally, in the i'm portantfact that this Scale can
he afforded ut about one third the cost of aly other
platform Scale of like capacity and accuracy, in use.
And thai 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 find an unprecedented sale and UNI
divided market among farmers, housekeepers, me.
chaaics, merchants, etc. eyerywhere,t to the exclusion
of every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent we're
first offered for sale on The 10th day of March last, at
Albany,N ", and, in the short space of 30 DAYS, all
the Eastern Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by some Of the most influential business men in that
city, and at prices thatgaye the Inventor a handsome
com peleEce. SO great is the demand for these
Scales, that q factory fortheir manufacture is already
in successful OPP Grafton, and will be rapidly enlarged
TO an extent equal TO the demand already
created Ia the West.
Rights vii, be placed within the reach of eyery en-
t~srprisiug salesman or business man, and upon such
terms us VII insure success, and render their pos.
session a valuable acquisition, and u constant, sure
and increasing source OF profit during the eoniinu-
anre oithe Patent.
II is believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
afe rds, fnrthe small Investment required, and to a
man of ability, Is presented an opportunity for the
realization of easy, rapid and honorable wealth sell
dom afforded. For turlher Information apply to
DUMoST IL GUOURiCH,
att. II. Dumont's, Perry st
Davenport, Iowa.
From the atlas and .4rgss.
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM scALk.-We have ex-
nmined tuis new invention. Nothing can be simpler
Of more completely developed than the ptinciple
usou which it acts. The platform which sustains the
weight hits u peEdulum, suspended and loaded al
Tho end, through an arc ofa circle; AMI the indicator
points out, upon the graduated circumference, the
exact eight. In other platform scales the measure
ofayoirdupois has 10 De aseertalhed by moving a
loose weight on u beam, us on u steelyard, till it hits
mo precise point. Smyth's invention is u seif-work
ing one, and indicates at once, and to the minutes
fraction, the figure. BY attaching the weight on the
end OF lhs pendulum, the scale bec~omesmuliiplied
by fyes OF tens; by releasing the weight 1t give.
ouncesinstead of pounds. For household purposes
1t is as cheap and lar better than steelyards; and il
nndine the way TO ali well'regulated kitchens wher
The receipt book with its prescriptions OF weight AN,
proporuons,i Is used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMITHS PATENT PLArFoRA ScALEs.-We have ex
amined this new and valuable Invention, and full,
concur In the favorable opinion which il has elicte.
from the united pressof Albany, as Will be seen b.
reference to an advertisement IN another eoluInn.-
We belle We II is just what is wanted by the people o
the West, To the agricultural community, in particu
Er. it is invaluable. We prediction the luck inven
NV AN unlimited sale, asthe low price atwhich the,
I I'VE afforded will place tnem within The reach OF sv
cry farmer Ia the State. Those Of our citizens VIII,
are prejudiced against new inventions, rom the ms
nv worthless patents that are hawk led about the coup
Try, by calling atthe office of SmythNs Patent Plal
inc these Scales, will be satisfied that the econom,
utility and aecura cy, combined In them, enutiesth
invention To the foremost ranks ofthe many wonde
full discoveries that nave stamped this Era rs the as
ofinvention. Ii will open u field OF enterprise
thousands OF four enterprising men,, as lucrative as
isbroad and unlimited. lulyI dim vii