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
thu sthSnriharc
the subscribers.

llC 6uDGIilbCIb.
THIS invention claims superiority over every 9th.
L er,in the following respects: In the invaluable
scientific principle involved, and upon which IL acts,
in IT'S undertaking accuracy, in It's l~ightness and
strength, in its wonderful capacity, convenience oil
form, and applicability to every purpose for whic h
Scales of any Kind are required: in its perfect sim
pIicity, and the fact that any ordinary mechanic can
manufacture them; in the absence of any eomplica
ton not liable to variation or 10 get cut of order;
and Gnally, in the important fact that this Scale can
lie afforded at about one third the cost of any other
Platform Scale of like capacity and accuracy, in use.
Aud that possessing, in an eminent degree, all these
merits, this invention is conceded TO be one of the
mo,t useful and valuable ever brought before the
public. And coming, AS Ill dees, within the reach OF
all. il cannot but hnd an unprecedented sale and UNI
divided market among farmers, housekeepers, me.
ehanics, merchants, etc. every where, to the exclusion
OF every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
first offered for sale on The 10Th day ofMarch last, at
Albany,N w. and, in the short space of2O days, all
lie Eastern Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by some OF the most influential business men In that
city, and at prlees thatgaye the inventor q handsome
competence. SO great is the demand for these
Scales, that a =. factory fortheir manufacture is alresdy
in successful operation, and will be rapidly enlarged
to an extent equal 10 the immense demand already
createdin the West.
Rights wns be placed within the reach of every en-
he rprisiug salesman or business man, and upon such
terms as " II ms ure success, and render their pos
session a valuable acquisition, and a constant, sure
and increasing source OF profit during the eontinu-
anse ofthe Patent.
II ia believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this lnyehtion
aasr ds, forthe small investment required, and to O
man oi ability, is presented an opportunity for the
realization of easy, rapid and honorable wealth sci.
dom afforded, For lurlher Information apply TO
DuMOST IL GOODRICH,
ATT. H Damont's, Perry st
davenport, Iowa.
From the atlas and .1rgEs.
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM ScALE.-We have ex-
nmined tais new inventisn. Nothing can be sim pier
3, more completely developed than Inc principle
urou which it acts. The platform which sustains the
weight liftsa peEdulum, suspended and loaded al
The END, through an arc ola circle; AMI the indicator
poInts out, upon the graduated cirt umference, me
exact weight. In other platform scales .the measure
ofayoiIdupois has 10 be ascertaiEea by moving .
,nosa w,itht on a beam, as on u steelyard, till il hit.
tha precise point. Smyth's invention is q self-work
INC one, and Indicates at once, and TO the minutes
fraction, Inc figaro. ny ataehiig me weight on ih'
end OF ans pendulum, The scale becomes multiplied
| by ayes or tens; by releasing the weight it give
ouncesinsIead OF pounds. For household purposes
il is rs cheap and far better than steelyards; and i
iudins the way TO all well-regulated kitchens wher
The receipt book with ills prescriptions of weight an'
proportions,i is used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMITHS PATksr PLATFORM ScALEs.-We have OK
amined this new and valuable Invention, and full
| concur ia the favorable opinion which IL has eliete'
from the united pressof Albany, as will be seen b
reference 10 an adv eriisement in another column.-
We belle We il Is Just what Is wanted by the people Q
the West, TO the agricultural community, In particu
". it Is invaluable. We prediction the lucky inven
NV an unlimited sale. asthe low price atwhich the
m afforded will place them within the reach Of ss
cry larmorin the State, Those of our citizens VIII
are preiuiieed against new inventions, from The int
ny worthless patents that are hawk about The coui
try, by calling atthe Office OF smyth's Patent fla
form Scales, No. 80 South Clark Street, aud exan
inc these Scales, will be satisfied that tho econom,
utility and aeeura cy, combined In them, eputlest In
invention To the oreInos ranks oil the many wonde
full discoveries that nave stamped this Era ~ the VI
of invenllon. IL will open a field OF enterprise
thousands ofour enterprising men, as lucrative as
is6road and unlimited. July1 dim VII