The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-15

County or State Right as secured under
letters patent (recently issued), for ~
"Smyth's Self-Actng, Bent
Lever, platform Scales"
can now be secured
on application to
the subscribers.
THIS invention claims superiority over eyeyv 9th.
= or, in the following respects: In the invaluable
scientific principle Involved, and upon which n aets
In is underwriting accuracy, In it, lishtness and
strength, In its wonderful capacity, o5venisscan !,
form, and sPR aioa nis 70 every purpose for whie b
plicky, and the fact that any ordinary mscbanic can
manu- fsctur re them; in the absence Of any complica
zion net liable 70 sariailon or TO get cut OF order;
bs Afforded At about one third the cost OF any other
Platform Scale ofiike capacity and accuracy, in use.
merits, this invention is conceded 70 Be one of the
most useful and valuable ever brought before the
public. And coming, rs itdses, within the reach of
all, II cannot but nnd an unprecedented saie and un-
divided market among farmers, housekeepsrs, me-
chaRics, merchants, etc. every where, to the exclusion
Of every other wsighlnsa apparatus
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
srst offered for sale on the 10th day Of March last. at
Albany, n. Y. and, In the short space of20 days, ali
the Eastern, Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by come Of the most influential business men in that
city, and At prices that gave the Inventor a handsome
competence. So great 10 the demand for these
Scales, that a factory fortheir manufacture ia ahead v
Ia successful operation, and viii be rsnidIv sais,os5
TO an extent equal 70 the immense demand already
created in the West. ~
Rights WIN % placed within the reach ofsvery en-
terprisfng salesman or business man, and upon such
terms az VII ms ure success, and render their nos
session a valuable acquisition, and 4 constant. snre
andincreaslng source Of profit during the ~continu-
1t is believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting inducements offered than this Invention
affords, forthe small Investment required, and 10 a
man ofability, is presented an opportunity for the
realization OF easy, rapid and honorable wealth sell
dom Afforded. For further information apply TO
DUMOkT Il GOODRICH,
att. H. Dumont's, Perry ST.,
Davenport, Iowa.
From tie .atIss and Argss.
SHYTH's PATENT fLATvoKM ScALE.-We have ex.
nmined this new invention. Nothing can DO simpler
o. more completely developed than the principle
upoD which II acts. The platform which ~sustains the
ssight Iifsss psndqiam, Suspended ,ad loaded At
points out, upon the graduated circumference, the
exact weight. In other platform scales the measure
ofayoirdupois has 70 be ascertsinea by moving a
loose weight on q beam, as on a steeIyard, uil ii hits
the precise point. smyth's invention 10 a self.work
ing one, and Indicates st once, and to ths minutest
end OF the pendulum, the scale becomes multiplied
by nves or tens; by releasing the weight 1t gives
olneesinstssd Of pounds. For household purposes,
u 10 ~ cheap and far better than steelyards; and ia
nndins the way 10 all well-rsgulated kitchens whore
The receipt book with Its prescriptions Of weight and
proportions, 10 used.
ShYTH's PAINT PLATFORM ScALEs.-We have en-
aminsd this new and valuable invention, and fully
concur In the favorable opinion which i has elicted
reference 10 an advertisement In another column
We believe IL 10 just what 10 wanted by the people of
i ns II ~" si.i,. 70 Inc We nrsd aeT la % aha'g ~. ~ Psr!ieu-
tor an unlimited sale, a. the low price stwbich they
are Afforded will place them within the reach Of sy,
cry isrmerln ihs state. NOSE OF our citizens who
ny worthless patents that are hawked about the conn.
Try, by calling atthe office Of smyth's Patent Plat.