Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-15
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

THs IlrsntorG Claims Acknowledged ard proeetad
by NE CS.rErRmsnts IF CslaadJ, ne EPitsd !sat4s,
and Gr>Ht Britain; 70 al 'eTcN It a0y coHesra,.
VVTlIAT CLAIM AS SIY INVENTION Is, THE
w c0ntriTance Of keeping accounts current. OF
whatever kind, description or variety, IN printed
UrIn by keeping IL" statements VI the several
EiAndiBGiu printer type. their equivalents
the type being - arranged in form as to admit
being readily and quickly TrAllusted in any particu-
lar part, where an account may have undergone n
change, by the lapse of time the Of l,usi
ness transactions; that, When REQUESTED in ali
-ueli parts IN to any given date, impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit, ia printed form,
the state Of all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the balances conclusions. in
CoTdRnce with the end ends contemplated ia keep
ing tn" Trcr. rendering II, in commercial business,
y balance sheet ~ the most compact aud perfect
character. the hetnilsnF management leinE SusthI-
italy s nttel IN HpccihcAton wherein It u shown
that tic tn or Ittp to be recorded may ne repre-
scDtel ny figures. symbols, dates or numbers, used
either separately in combination, by whatever
else will indicate rho fact or facts desired: anil
Furthermore. based on this primary invention, alSO
I claim the device continuance Of rendering or
transmitting in partial or full statements
when the statement statements eslIt are thus
substantially thus, kept in type, by the cOntr-
yAnces Of my invention. he the medium Of transmits
sion what IL may; but the particular mode Of rem
deung accounts by the use Of the DtApatch Machine
constituted Of Apron Movement. Keel, and Cutter
81" anu AHtbesh stu SeS ana
also the machine iisC embracing all its forms aud
modes, Of operating, indicated In describing it.
either as a simple hand instrument. propelled
by machinery. And in connection with these specI-
fe claims, and based upon them. also claim all
other means and appliances substantially the same
thOas hereIu claimed or intended to be claimed
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
a. above thts invention has already spread itself
"vnr Canada eighteen States Of the American Union,
and into Great Britain, and is used In than
three hundred Newspaper Offices. ItEimfnense vnlus
to banking and similar institutions will be shown in
a circular Which will mike its appearance soon.
Meanwhile applications for Information. Deeds Of
Right" OF "DHp Itch Machines" will receive due at
tcnttau, when addressed either to
Rev. Robert. Dick, F fyy Re. 4; II II OF OF
to Ills Agent and Attorney.
John j. IIaInes, LOt1on, ENGLAND.
H- To LEX" who in the Montreal Gazette nf LIST
February, 1890 pronounceS the idea Of keeping
accounts current sin type "Gross Nbsurdity,"
thanks are hereby rendered, and the given,
that this gross &Gsurity Is NIL that Sir. Dick has
patented in the domain Of keeping accounts. Ills
claims hinder operation therein into which this
gross absurdity Is not practically smugGlei In any
manner: neither bodily nor partially; neither d.
recty or indirectly; neither explicitly symbol.
cally; this ground his claims cover, aud nothing
more; the absolute monopoly Of this absurdity and
nothing else Is all lie asks his claims. nationally
read, attest.@GA scpt7