The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-12
SNYlHS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES.

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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
the subscribers.
Invention claims superiority over every 9th
seisnttnc principle Involved, and upon which il acts,
Ia its undertaking accuracy, IN It's l~shtness and
strength, In its wonderful capacity, convenience OF
ss.Is. s II AM PsiHa are required. Ia liz perfect sim.
pl,city, and the fact that any ordinary mechanic can
manufacture them; In the absence OF any compiled
lion not liable to variation or 10 get cut OF order;
and finally, In the importa NJ fact that this Scale can
be AFFORDED u about ono third the coat of any other
Platform Scale Of like capacity and accuracy, in use,
And that possessing, Ia an eminent degree, all these
merritt, this invention Is conceded to be one OF the
most useful and valuable sv er brought before the
public. And coming, asitdoes, within the reach Of
sl, II cannot but find an unprecedented sale and un-
divided marke' among armers.h ouseksepers, me.
chanics, me rchants,e etc. every where, to the exclusion
OF every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent were
nrst offered for sale on the 10th day OF March last, at
Albany, n W. and, In the short spnee Of 90 days, all
the Eastern, Middle and Atlantic States were taken
BY come Of the most influential business men In that
city, and at pricos that gave the Inventors handsome
competence. So great Is the demand for these
Scales, that \ factory fortheir manufacture is already
In successful operation, and will be rapidly enlarged
to an extent equal to the immense demand already
crsatedinth West.
Rights viii be placed within the reach Of every on.
terpfisiug salesman or business man, and upon sueh
tcrms 40 VII ms ure success, and render their pos
session Q valuable acquisition, and constant, sure
and increasing source Of prom, during the ~continu-
II 10 believed that seldom or mover, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
ansrds, ioithe small investment required, and 10 a
man liability, 10 presented an opportunity for the
realization of easy, rapid and honorable wealth sell
dom Afforded. Fo, iarlher Information apply to
DuM0NT n GOODRICH,
att. H. Dumoni's, Perry ct
Davenport, Iowa,
FrsRtke .atias and .sr9ss.
SxyrH's PATENT PLArroRA ScALr.-we have ex.
nmined this new invention. Nothing can be simpler
upon which Il acts. The platform which sustains The
weight iissa pendulum, suspended and loaded a,
ts end, through an arc q q circle; and the indicator
exact weight. In other platform scales the measure
Of avoirdapois has TO be ascertainea BY moving
The precise point. smyth,s invention Is ! selI.work
ing one, and indicates 1t once, and to the minutes
fraction, the figure. By attaching the weight on III,
BY nyes OF tens; by releasing the weight il give
ouncesinstead of pounds. For household purposes
Il 10 an cheap and far better than sieeIyards; and 4
nndins the way 10 ali we'll regulated Kitchens wher,
The receipt book with its prescriptions OF weigh, AM
proportions, IL used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMyrHs PATEHr PLATToRM ScALrs.-We have ex
aminsd this new and valuable Invention, and full
concur in the favorable opinion which II has Gillette,
nom the united pressof Albany, as Will be seen b.
reference 10 an advertisement In anot er column
We believe II 10 just what 10 wanted by the people o
the West, to the agricultural community, In particu
lar, ii Is invaluable. We prsdictfor the luck inveu
tor III unlimited sale, a. the low price atwhieh the
are Afforded will place them within the reach Of ey
cry farmer In the State. Those Of our citizens VIII
are prejudiced against new inventions, from the ma
nv worthless paten tst that are hawked about the couu
Try, by calling atthe ONCE of Smyth's Patent Plat
form Scales, No. 30 South Clark Street, and exam
inc those Scales, viii be sstisaed that the economy
utility and accun cy, combined In them, entities thi
invention 70 the foremo oct ranks Of the many wonder
full discoveries that have stamped this Erass the az
of invention. II will open q field Of enterprise /
thousands OF our enterprising men, as lucrative as
isbroad and july dim wifi