The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-18
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES.
A Rare Chance to secure a Valuable Agency
County or State Right as secured under
letters patent (recently issued, for
aSmyth's Self-Acting, Bent
Lever, platform Scales"
can now be secured
on application to

SHHylu DtI-hCuHR, DENT
Lever, platform Scales"
can now be secured
on application to
the subscribers.
THIS invocation claims superiority over every 9th.
L er. in the following respects: In the Invaluable
scientific principle involved, and upon which IL acts
in its underwriting accuracy, In its lishtness and
strength, In its wonderful capacity, convenience OF
form, and applicability to every purpose for whic b
Scales Of any kind are required; In ils perfect sim
plicity, and The fact that any ordinary mechanic eau
manufactu re them; In the absence of any compiled
ton not liable to variation or to get cut OF order;
and finally, in the impofta ut fact that this Scale can
oe afforded nj 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 10 be one OF tho
most useful and valuable ever brought before the
public. And coming, as IL does, within the reach OF
all, 10 cannot but ind an unprecedented saie and I'M
divided market among farmers, housek eepers, me.
chanics, merchants etc. every where, to the exclusion
Of every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
first off cred for sale on the 10th day OF March last, at
Albany, N ", and, In the short space ofeo days. ali
the Eastern Middle and Atlantic States were taken
by some of the most inf ucntiai business men In that
city, and at prices that gave the Inventor u handsome
competence. So great Is the demand for these
Scales, that a factory fortheir manufacture Is already
In successful operation, and will be rapidly enlarged
TO an extent equal to the immense demand already
created in the Wast.
Rights will be placed within the reach of every en-
tsrprising salesman or business man, and upon such
lerIns as VII ms Ire success, and render their pos.
session a valuable acquisition, and a constant, sure
and increasing source OF profit during the eontinu-
| anee ofthe Patent.
IL ia believed that seldom or never. were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
ansrds, forihe email investment required, and 10 a
man of ability, is presented ar opportunity for the
| realization OF easy, rapid aud honorable wealth sell
dom afforded. For further Information apply to
DUMONT q GOODRICH,
at J.. II Dumont's, Perry st,
Davenport, Iowa.
From the atlas and -7rgus.
SaYTH's PATENT PLATFORM ScALE.-Wc have ex-
nmined this new invention. Nothing can be simpler
OF more completely developed than the principle
| upon which IL acts. The platform which sustain as Inc
weight liftsa pcEduium, suspended and loaded at
the end, through an are ofa circle; ani the indicator
| points out, upon the graduated circumference, the
exact weight. In other platform scales The measure
Z ofavoirdupois has 10 be ascertained BY moving Ii
loose weight on a beam, son n steelyard, till II hits
the precise point. Smyth's invention IL a self-work-
ing one, and indicates At once, and to the minutest
| fraction the figure. BY attaching the weight on the
end of the pendulum, the scale become s IN multiplied
by fves OF tens; by releasing the weight 1t gives
ouncesinstead OF pounds. For household purposes,
Il lie az cheap and far better than sieeiyaIasi ana IS
the receipt book with Its prescriptions OF weight and
p From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SayTH,s PATENT PLATFORM ScALEs,-We have OK
| ahmed this new and valuable invention, and fully
| concur in the favorable opinion which II has ELECTED
re- erence TO an advertisement In another column
We believe il is just what Is wanted by the people of
the West, to the agricultural community, in particu-
lar, il is inv valuable. We prediction the lucky insen.
Tor an unlimited sale, asthe 10 " price atwhieh they
are afforded will place them within the reach OF ey-
cry farmer in the State. Those Of our citizens who
are prejudiced against new inventions, from the ma
ny worthless patentsthst are hnwked about the coun-
try, by calling 1.-THE ONCE of sinyth's Patent Plat
form Scales, No. 50 South Clark Street, and exam
inc these Scales, will be satisfied that the economy,
utiii ty and accura cy, combined in them, entities this
Invention 10 the foremos! ranks ofthe many wonder
full discoveries that have stamped lhis Eraas the age
DtInV6ntiDu. Ii Will omen a Held OF euterpFlHB to
thousands OF our enterprising men, aslacrauye as il
isbroad and unlimited. july dim wifi