The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-01
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES. !
A Rare Chance to secure Valuable Agency
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
observation-disclosures

on application to
L.. the subscribers.
THIS invention claims superiority over every 9TH
err, in the following respects; In the invaluable
scientific principle involved, and upon which it acts
in its undertaking accuracy, in its lightness and
strength in its wonderful capacity, convenience OF
ana IN is sm
piicy aud the fact that any ordinary mechanic can
manufacture them; in the absence Of any complicz.
ton not liable to variation to get sut OF order
and dnaly in the that this Scale can
be afforded at about third the cost of any other
Platform Scale of like capacity and accuracy, use
merits this invention Is conceded 10 be one of the
most useful and valuable ever brought before the
public And coming, as II does, within the reach of
ali il cannot but find unprecedented sale and I'M
divided market among farmer, housekeepers, me.
ehanics merchants etc everywhere, to the EXCLUSION
OF every other weighing apparatus
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
first offered fer sale on the 10th day March last at
Albany,N Y, and, in the short space of20 days, all
the Taste IN Middle and Atlantic States were tax
by some of the most influential business men in that
city and at prices that gave the Inventor handsome
ins asand iO these
in successful operation, and will be rapidly enlarged
to an extent equal to the immense demand already
created in the West.
Rights will be placed within the reach of every en-
terprising salesman oil business mar, and upon such
terms as VIII insure success and render their pos
session valuable acquisition, and constant, sure
and increasing source of profit during the eontinu-
ance oithe Patent. LIS
1t is believed mai seldom or never, were more
tempt ng Inducements offered than this Invention
atfsrds, for the small investment required and to
man OF ability, presented an opportunity for the
realization Of easy, rapid and honorable wealth sell
dom afor ded. For further information apply to
DUMONT d GoODRICH,
att H. Dumonts, Perry st,
Davenport, Iowa.
Front -atlas and .argus.
SMITHS PATENT PLATyoRa ScALE.-We have ex-
nmined this new invention. Nothing can be pier
OF more completely developed than the principle
upon which il acts. The platform which sustains the
weight lifts peRdulum, suspended and loaded at
the end, through of circle; AMI the indicator
points out upon the graduated circumference, the
exact ght. In other paiorm scales the measure
ofavordupois has TO be ascertained by moving
loose weight beam, as on steelyard, till hits
Inc precise point. Smyth's invention is a self.work
ing one and indicates at once, and 10 the minules
fraction, the figure. By attaching the weight the
end of the pendulum, the scale becomes ultiplied
ounces instead of pounds. For hous ehoid PURPOSES
il is as cheap and far better than steelyaras; and is
Hndins the way to all welregulated kitchens where
the receipt book with its prescriptions of eight and
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMITHS PATENT PLATroRM ScALEs.-We have ex-
amined this new and valuable invention, and lily
Ia the favorable opinion which it has elicted
from the united pressof Albany, will be seen by
reference to an advertisement In another column
We believe IL is just what Is wanted by the people OF
the West, 10 the agricultural community in parcu-
lar il is invaluable. We prsdictf for the lucky nven
tor anuniimited sale, asthe low price atwhich they
cry farmer in the State Those of our citizens who
are prejudeed against new inventions, from the ma
ny worthless patents that are about the
Try, by calling the office of Smyth's Patent Plat
form Scales, No. 50 South Clark Street, and exam
Inc these Scales, will be satisfied that the economy
utility and accura cy, combined In them, enttles THU
invention 10 the foremost ranks fthe many wonder
full diseoy that have stamped this Eraas the
of invention. 1t will open Held of enterprise I,
thousands of enterprising men, lucrative as
isbroad and unlimited. july dim wifi
NOTICE.
A LII persons moving themselves indebted to tn
"A subscriber are very politely but earnestly re