The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-08
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORN
SCALES.
A Rare Chance to secure q Valuable Agency
County or State Right as secured under
letters patent (recentiy issued, for
"Smyth's Selt-Acung, Bent
Lever, platform Scales
can now be secured
on application 10
the subscribers.

the subscribers.
THi Invention claims superiority over every OH
4 er, in the following respects: In the invaluable
scieutlne principle INV Owed, and upon which il acts,
In lie undertaking accuracy, In its ishtness and
strength, in It's wonderful capacity, eony enicnce oil
form, and appi,caenly 70 every parposs for which
plictty, and the fact that any oraiuary mechanic can
manufacture re shemi In the absence OF any complies
tion not liable 10 variation or 10 get cut of order;
and hually, IN The importan ut fact that this Scale can
DC afforded at about one Ikird the cost Of any other
Platform Scale Of like capacity and accuracy, IN use.
And that possessing, in ali emlnent degree, all thes-
merits, this invention is conceded 10 De one OF The
most useful and valuable w or brought before the
p-bhe. And coming, as II does wiihin the reach Of
ali, il cannes bat nna an unprecedented sals aud uu-
divided marEet among farmers, hsusekeepers, me.
oaaElcs, merchants, eIe. ever, " mere, TO the exclusion
o. ever. osner weighing aPparstus.
SKATE and County h1ghis, under this Patent were
lrst orered Ior sAio On the 18th day OF March last, Al
Aipsny, y L., and, In me snort space OF god ays,a
ne Eastern, Middle and Ausnuc stases were tasep
oy sope OF ths most Influential Business men In THAI
cry, aud al prices that gave the Inventors handsome
competence. 50 great Is the demand ir these
Scales, tnat = factory fortaeir manufacture IL ALREADY
In successful operation, and vail be rapidly enlarged
TO sn extent equal 10 the in mense demand already
created IN the cssl.
rights will be placed within the reach oE.ysry en-
t~erprsinE salesman or business man, and upon su,h
terms as VII insure success, ana render their pos.
session = valuable acquisition, and constant, snre
and Increasing soGyes OF proLt during the contiau.
anse oitne Patent.
1t is believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
affords, forthe small Investment REQUIRED and 10 a
mAn OF ability, 10 presented aA opportunity for Inc
rsaliza non Of easy, rapid and honorable wealth sol.
dom Afforded. For iuftaer Information apply 10
DuhoNT q GOODRICH,
all. ii. Damont's, Perry St,
Davenport Iowa.
Prem the 4tlas and .4rgGs.
SMITHS PATENT FLArsoEa ScALE.-We have ex.
nmined tais new iuyentisn. Nothing can be sim pier
OF more completely developed than the pfipcipte
upon which il acts. The Platform which ~sustails Inc
weight lifIsa pendulum, suspended and loaded at
the end, through an arc of circle; aai til indicator
points out, upon the graduated circumference, he
exact weight. In other platform seales the measure
ofavOirdupois has 10 be aseeftaiEea BY moving a
loose weight On u beam, as on q sie-lyard, MI IL hits
the precise point. Smythfs Invention Is a seiY.wnrk.
ing one, ami indicates At once, and TO The mlauls,l
fraction, the figure. BY attaching the weight on ths
end Of the pendulum, the scale onesmuitipl
BY ives or tens; by releasing the weight il i've.
ounces instead OF pounds. For household puf poses,
II is as cheap and far better than sgeeiyara. ana n
fndins the way 10 sl well-regaiated kitchel ) where
The receipt book with It's prescriptions Of y eight and
proportions, Is used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SAYrH's PATENT PLATfoRa ScALks.-We have ex.
amiIed this new and valuable invention, and fully
concur IN the favorable opinion which IL has elieted
from the united pressof Albany, IS will be seen IN
reference TO an advertisement IN another e~olamu.-
We believe II is just whaI is wanted by the people OF
the West, 10 The agricultural community, in particu.
lar, IL 10 inv aiuabls. We prediction tb e luck inyeu.
tor an unlimited sAle, as Ihe low price atwhieh they
are Afforded will place them within The reach OF sy.
cry farmer in The State. Those Of our citizen. who
are pretudieed against new inv entions, from the ma
ny worthless patentsghat are hawked about he couu.
Try, BY calling al the office OF smyth's Patent Pial
form scales, NO. 80 south Clark street, and sxgm.
Inc these Scales, will be satisfied that the ecoDom,
utility and aecuIa cy, combined in them, entities mi.
invention TO the foremost ranks of the many wonder.
full disco veries that have stamped this Era 40 the asa
ofinvsnlion. 1t will open o held Of enterprise IL
thousands of our enserp rsiag men, as iacranye as il
isbrosd and unlimited july dim VII