Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-30
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND.
DISPATCH PATENT.

The EarentOrs CVaiRs al acknowledged and prOt,csl
by Ae GorerRmeatt Of CuMa0ld, Me United !Y,tteS,
and Great Britaia; to all Igh0n, Il may concern,
WTIIAT CLAIM ,ASMY INVENTION rs, THE
w cOntrivanee OF keeping accounts current, OF
whatsoever kind, description or variety, in printed
Orn by keepiuB tho statements of the several nc-
the type being so arranged In form 10 admit OF
being readily and quickly Teajustsd in any partiGu-
lar part, where an account may have undergone q
clange, by the lapse Of time or tho cnrfcnt or bu-
mess tTRnsactiOnsi that, whau Teailjustcd in all
such parts up to any given date an impression then
the rus state OF iii tho accounts 60 kept accnrateiy
representing all the balances CONCLUSIONS In ac-
cOr'lanee With the end or ends contemplated I keep
Ing tho record; rendering It, In commercial buRncss,
balance sheet Of the most compact and perfect
character, the details Of management being s1bSta-
TALLY Tccite in specification, wherein it Is shown,
that the fact or facts to bs recorded may be repre-
Scntel by hEurrH, symbols dates, or numbers used
either separately "r In combination, or by whatever
else VIII lINicatC th0 TACT or facts rs desired: and
Furthermore, based this primary invention, also
claim the device or Continuance Of rendering or
transmitting accounts in partial or full EtatOueuts
when the statement nr statements so sent are thus
substantially thus kept in type, by tho cOntrI-
Nnnccs OF MY invention be the medium Of trNnsms-
sion what 1t may; but the particular nole Uf rem
dcrtng accounts by thbuSs Of the Dispatch Machine
constituted Of Apron Movement, Reel, and Cutter
stamp, claim in tile broadcast RIal fullest senses and
also the nRcne ITSELF embracing all its forms and
mOles, OF operating, indicated in describing It.
either as simple hand instrument, propelled
by machinery And In connection with these speci-
nc claims, and based upon them, also claim all
other means and appliances substantially tho same
ns those herein cNlulcd intended to be claimed.
With these claims fully acknowledged and projected
as above, this invention has already spread itself
over Canada eighteen States Of the American Union,
and into Great britain, and Is used In than
three hnndre'l Newspaper Offices. ltslmmense value
to banking md similar Institutions will be shown in
q circular which will make its appearance soon.
Meanwhile applications for Information, .Dec,is OF
Right" or "DSp itch MAehine will receive due at
tsntion, when addressed either to "a
Rev. Roberts Dick, Ps4t EStl e ~ OF
to his Agent aud Attorney,
John johannes, London, ENGLAND.
ErTo LEM who In the Montreal CFarstts Of lat
February, 1860, prOnOuDcVs the eilea7 Of keeping
aeeo1nts current ''in type" sEross absnrdty,h
thanks arc hereby rendered and the assurance given
that this gross a6surdity is all that yr.DIck has
patented In tho domain Of keeping accounts. His
elAns hinder no operation therein into which this
grOSs ahsurdIty Is not pirateally smuggctl IN any
manners: neither bodily nor Tdrtlally; neither al
rectly OF indirectly; neither explicitly symbol
caly; this ground his claims cover, aud nothinE
more; ths Sbsolnte monopoly of this Nbsnrlity aud
nothing else, g all he asks As his Chains, nationally
read a'test'-6A SePtT