The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-21
SATTRS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES
A Rare Chance to secure a Valuable kgeney
A Hare finance 70 secure a Variable Eseney
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

on application to
the subscribers.
rpHI Invention claims superiority over every 9th,
1 err, in the following respects: In the nyainabla
scientific principle involved, and upon which IA aels
in its underwriting accuracy, In lis lightness and
strength, in It's wonderful capacity, conyenieBeeo
form, and apPli isa LIZ to every purpose for which
piicity, and the fact that any ordinary mechanic can
panufactur re them; in the absence OF any eonplica
ton not liable to variation or 10 get cut OF order:
and finally, in the important fact that this Scale can
be Afforded at about one third the cost of any other
Platform Scale OF like capacity and accuracy. in use
And that possessing, In an eminent degree, al these
merits, this invention Is conceded to be one OF the
most useful and valuable syer brought before the
public. And coming, as itdees, within the reach of
all. ii cannot but ind an I'm unprecedented sale and un-
divided market among farmers, housekeepers, me.
chanics, merchants, etc. ever here, to the exclusion
of every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
first offered for sale on the ieth day OF March last, at
Albany, N ", and, in the short space OF 20 DAYS All
the Taste m Middle and Atlantic States were fak zen
by some Of the most Influential business men In that
city, and at prices that gave the Inventors handsome
competence. So great is the demand for these
Scales, that a factory fortheir manufacture / saIready
in successful operation, and will be rapidly enlarged
TO an extent equal to the immense demand ALREADY
createdint the Nest.
Rights will be placed within the reach ofcvery en-
terprising sales man or business man, and upon such
terms as v IL insure saecess, and render their pos
session a valuable acquisition, and a constant. sure
and increasing source of profit during the e~ontinu-
ance ofthe Patent.
IL is believed that seldom or never, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
affords, forthe small investment required, and To a
man OF ability, is presented an opportunity for The
realization of easy, rapid and honorable wealth sef--
dom afforded. For further information apply To
DUMONT IL GOODRICH,
att II. Dumont's, Perry st,
Davenport, Iowa.
From the Atlas and Argus.
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM ScALE-We have ex-
nmined tlis new invention. Nothing eau be SIMMER
m mira caInglHlaiy ueyelDDal Than the IriD,iFl,
upon which it acts. The platform which sustains Inc
weight lifts a pendulum, suspended and loaded at
the end, through an are Of a circle; and the Indicator
points out, upon the graduated circumference, The
exact weight. In other platform scales the measure
ofayoirdupois has to be ascerlaiEed by moving q
loose weight on Il beam, as on 4 steeiyard, TIL it hits
the precise point. smyth's invention il a seif-woTk.
ing one, and indicates Ut once, and to the minutest
fraction, the figure. BY attaching the weight on the
Of the pendulum, the scale becomes multiplied
by dyes or tens; by releasing the weight it gives
ouncesinstead Of pounds. For household purposes,
1t is as cheap and far better than steelyards; and is
finding the way To ali well-regulated kitchens where
the receipt book, with its prescriptions Of weight and
proportions, is used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMYTH's PATENT PLATFORM SCALEs,-He have cx.
amined this new and valuable invention, and iully
concur in the favorable opinion which it has ELECTED
from the united pressof Albany, as will be seen b.
TO an advertisement in another column.-
We believe il is just what 10 wanted by the people OF
he West, TO the agricultural community, Ia parEcu-
1t is invaluable. We prediction the luck iaysu
Or an unlimited sale, as the low price atwhich they
are afio rded will place them within the reach Of ey-
cry farmerin the State. Those of our citizens who |
ire prejudiced against new inventions, from the ma
ny worthless patsntsthat are hawked abOut the coun- |
ny, by calling atthe Office Of Smyth's Patent Plat |
Scales, No. 50 South Clark Street, and exam
ne these Scales, will be satisfied that the economy,
Utility and aeeura cy, combined in them, entities this |
10 tho foremost ranks oftbe many wonder
al discoveries that have stamped this Era as the age
I invention. 1t will open q field OF enterprise TO
Ofour eBterprisingm men, as lucrative US il |
.DroGd and unlimited. july dim VIII