The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-07-19
SMITHS PATENT PLATFORM
SCALES.
A Rare Chance to secure a Valuable ACNE
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
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nsH invention claims suneriority over every 9TH
1 er, in the following respects: In the invaiuabl,
scientific principle Involved, and upon which il aeis
in its undertaking accuracy, in its Iightuess an
strength, in its wonderful capacity, eonvenieseso
form, ana aPP INA aIs famed 20 asesS patposs Tor whie
plicily, and the fact that any ordinary mechanic Gu
manufaetur re them; in the absence of any oompiiea
ton not liable to variation or 10 get cut OF order;
and finally, In the Important fact that this Scale car
be Afforded at about one third the cost of any othel
Platform Scale Of like capacity and accuracy. in use
/ And that possessing, in an eminent degree, all these
| merits, this invention is conceded to be one of thf
most useful and valuable ever Drought before the
| public. And coming, asst does, within the reach 81
all, IL cannot but md an unprecedented sale and un.
divided market among farmers, housekeepers, me.
chanics, merchants. etc. everywhere, TO the exclusion
OF every other weighing apparatus.
State and County Rights, under this Patent warc
| first offered for sale on the 10th day OF March last, at
| Albany, N, Y, and, in the short space of 30 DAYS ali
the Eastern, Middle and Atlantic States were taken
BY some of the most inf ucntiai business men In TIM
| city. and at prices that gave the Inven tor a handsome
| competence. 10 great 10 the demand 10 these
scales that Q factory for their ma nufa eture is aIready
in successul operation. and will be rapidly onle rgad
TO AZ extent equal TO the immense demand already
oreatedi In the West.
Rights will be placed within the reach 0 feyery en-
terprising salesman or business man, aud upon such
terms Us viii insure success, and render tngtr pos
session a valuable acquisition, and q constant. sure
and increasing source OF profit during the ~continu-
anee ofthe Patent. .A
1t is believed that seldom or neyer, were more
tempting Inducements offered than this Invention
EU6TQk, iOItHc SHALL iuNtbiIlElL required. LDH To a
man OF ability, is presented an opportunity for the
realization OF easy, rapid and honorable wealth sci.
dom Afforded For anlier information apply 10
DUMOST u GOODRICH,
att. II. Dum0nt's, Perry st, .
Davenport, Iowa.
Fromt the atlas and Argus.
saYTH's PATENT PLATFORM scALE.-We have ex-
nmined this new inyentisn. Nothing eau be sim pier
OF more completely developed than the principle
upon which il acts. The platform which s~uslains Inc
weight lifts a pendulum, suspended and loaded at
the end, through an arc ola circle; ani III indicator
points out. upon the graduated circumference, the
exact weight. In other platform scales .thc measure
ofavoirdupois has 70 De aseertaihea by moving Il
loose weight on a beam, as on q steelyard, ill 1t hit.
the precise point. Smyth's invention is q self-work.
ing one, and indicates at once, and to the minulest
fraction, the figure. BY attaching the weight on the
end OF the pendulum, the scale becomes multiplied
by dves or tens; by releasing the weight il gives
ouncesinstead of pounds. For household purposes,
it is as cheap and far better than steelyards; and Is
hndins the way TO ali well-reguiated kitchens where
the receipt book with its prescriptions of weight and
proportions, is used.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.
SMYrn's PATENT PLATFORM soALEs-We have cx-
amined this new and valuable invention, and fully
concur in the favorable vPinion which it has elictod
from the united Pressof Albany, as Will be seen by
reference to an advertisements another column
We believe ii is just what Is wanted by the DeopIe Of
the West, to the agricultural community, in particu.
lar, 1t is invaluable. We prediction the luck inVen.
tor an unlimited sale, as the low price atwhiCb they
are afforded will place them within the reach Of sy.
cry armeri In the State. Those Of our citizens who
are prejudiced against new inventions, from the ma
ny worthless patents that are hawkes. about the coun-
try, BY calling al the Office OF smyth's Patent Plat
form Scales, No. 80 South Clark Street, and exam. |
lpe taese Scales, Will be satisfied that the ECONOMY.
utility and accura cy. combined In them, entities This
TO the foremost ranks of the many wonder.
discoveries that have stamped this Eraas the sge |
invention. II will open a field OF enterprise to
thousands Of oar eHterprising men, az lucrative as !
sbroad and unlimited. tluly1 dim wifi \