Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-07
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT

The ITrstaTs Ct1ims Acknowledged and proeetsd
By ne GopeTARentE Of CIRada, Lte Uaitsd Slater
and Grrlt Britain; to all 'VRon IT ray concern.
WHAT CLAIM AS ny INVENTION Is, THE
" eontriTNuce Of keeping accounts current OF
whatever kind, description or variety, 10 printed
ornl, by keeping the statements Of the several ac-
standing printers type. 0T their equivalents
tue type being 80 arranged In form as to admit OF
being readily snd quickly REQUESTED IN any partfcu-
lar part where an account may have undergone a
change, by the lapse of time or the current or bu,i-
ness transactions; that, when ruldlusted IN m
such parts up to any given date, an Impression then
taken from the type shRl exhibit, in printed form
the trnS state OF all the accounts kept accurately
representing all tho balances or conclusions In a-
eOr1nee with the cad ends contemplated In keep.
in tic recur; rendering IL, in commercial business
= hAIanee sheet OF the most compact and perfect
character, the "details of mana cement beh ffaT
tally ~ reeited IN spechetiOn wherein q l. shown
thAt the TACT or tActs to be recorded, be renre
sentei by figures, symbols, dates, or uuubera used
either seaFateiy or In eombiDatiOn or by whatever
else Will Indicate the HNct facts desired: and
lurthermore based on this primary invention aiso
claim the device cOntriVnnes Of rendrrInv nr
transmitting accounts in partial or fnlI statsT,et
When the statement OF statements so sent are thns
or substantially thus, kept In tyne by the contTi.
Vanees OF my invention. be tile medium Of transmits
son what u mays but the particular mode Of rem
dertuE accounts by the u4e Of the DsnateI NTrbins
eonstttuted Of Apron Movement Reel AMI Crttc-
si eiaim To the brolliest ani fullest Bense; aud
1ls 1he machine Itself embracing all Its forms and
miSes OF operating, as indicated In ie-rribins n
either as simple hand instrument or a. prUUeIled
oy machinery. And In connection with tlese sI,fri
DC claims, Rnl based uI.on chem SI spec 81
other means and appliances snIstnntSlly tie an ny,
=. ih0-o herein claimed Intended to be clainr,I
WIN, These claims fully acknowledged aud protscts
~ ABOVE this invocation has already spread itseli
over iuadA eighteen States OF the American Union
ana into Great britain and Is now used In moro than
to banking and similar institutions viii H., SI ~
eiTenl9F which will make Its appearance coon.
Meanwhile applications for Information ..Deel, a
Right or DisP itch Machines" will receive due nj
tention, when addressed either to
Rev. Robert, Dick, s st To-; N 7, e OF
to his Agent aud Attorney,
John j. IIalnes, london, ENGLAND.
~ To LEN who In the Nonfrsal Ga.stts Of lat
February, 1850, prOnOunees tho s.ideaH Of kesninS
accounts current "ln type" egross abSurditV8
thanks arc hereby rendered, and the assurance given
that this gruss Rbsuriity Is all that Mr. Dick IN
patented In the domain OF keeping accountE ITis
claims hinder no operation therein into which ms
Erl's absurlityia not piratIcaIly smugEled In any
manner: neither bodily nor partially; neither III.
rety OF Indirectly; neither explicitly nor symboli-
eAsly; THIS ground his claIms cover, and nothing
more; the absolute monopoly OF this aJsurdity and
nothing else u all he asks his claims rationaljy
lell, a''est' ~ septT