The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-22
SNYIH'S PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES.

a u NAaASS w VS0AS SAASS A6SASJs
County or State Right as secured under
letters patent (recently issued), for
"Smyth's Self-Acting, Bent
Lever, platform Scales"
can now be secured
on application to
the subscribers.
THIS invention claims superiority over every 9TH
l er, in the following respects: In the Invaluable
scientific principle Involved, and upon which it acts
strength, in its wonderful capacity, convenience Of
form, and applicability to every purpose for whic h
Scales of any kind are required: in lis perfect sim
plicity, and the fact that any ordinary mechanic ear
manufacture them; in the absence of any eomplica
ton NOT liable 10 variation or TO get cut OF orders
and finally, in the important fact ihat this Scale can
be Afforded at about one third the cost of any other
Platform Scale of like 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 itdees, within the reach OF
in, il cannot but Ind an unprecedented sale and un-
divided market among farmers, housekeepers, me-
chalics, merchants, etc. ey ery where, to the exclusion
o. every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent we're
frat offered for sale on the 10th day of March Last, at
Albany, ", and, in the short space of20 days, all
the Faster Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by some Of the most influential business men In that
rity. and at prices that gave the Inventor i handsome
coinpetenee. SO great Is the demand for these
scales, that a factory fortheir manufacture is already
In slccesstul operation anu Will De rapidly eDllTSeu
to an extent equai 10 Inc mnehse demand aireauy
Rights will be placed within the reach of every en-
,arnTisipg salesman or business man, and upon such
terms rs W u insure success, and render their pos
session n valuable acquisition, and aconstant, sure
and increasing source of profit during The eontinu-
anee ofthe Patent.
al il believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting inducements offered than this lnyention
| ansrds, forthe small investment required, and to a
| man of liability, is presented an opportunity Tor the
| realization OF easy, rapid and honorable wealth sell
DUMONT d. GOODRICH,
at J. H. Dumont's, Perry st
Davenport, Iowa.
From the atlas aud .argas.
SNyru's PATENT Platform SoALE.-We have en-
nnin.d this new invention. Nothing can be simpler
q, more completely developed than the prineipl,
Unou which it acts. The platform which sustains ths
weight lifts a peEduium, suspended ana loaded a
noInts Out, upon the graduated circumference, Ih'
eyact weight. In other platform scales the measuf
oruvoirlnpois has to be ascertainea by moving
loose weight on . beam, as on u steelyard, till IL hit
Inc precise point. Smyth's inyentloni is a selt-work
ing one, and indicates ut once, and TO the minutes
fraction, the figure. By attaching the weigh, on u
end of the pendulum, the scale becomes multiple
by fyes or tens; by releasing the weight it give
| ouncesinstead of pounds. For household purposes
i is as cheap ana lar esiea snIa sifshsss her
the receipt book, with its prescriptions OF weighta an
f From the Chicago Democratic Press.
sMyrl's PArKsr PLATroRM ScALEs.-We have g,
amined This new and valuable invention, and full
concur 10 the favorable opinion which, II has elicte
from the united pressof Albany, as viii be seen B
rsferrnee 10 an advertisement In another column
I'VE believe ii is just what is wanted by the people
the West, to the agricultural community, in partie'
lr, il is invaluable. Weprsdictfor the luck inyel
fTD anuulimite sale, as the low price atwhich the
I'M ~ DO ded will place them within the reach Off
cry fsrmerin the State, Those of our citizens wi
are preIudieed against new Inventions, from the III
nv worthless patent that are hawked about the cou
try, by calling at the onice of Smyth's Patent Pls
form Scales, No. 80 South Clark Street, and exaI
inc these Scales, will be satisfied that the econom
utility and accura cy, combined in them, entities u
invention to the foremost ranks ofthe many wonds
full discoveries that have stamped this Eraa s the a
ofinvention. 1t will open u held Of enterprise
thousands ofour enterp rising men, as lucrative as
isbroad and unlimited. july7 dim wifi