Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-01
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

Tie LaretOrS CRai1ls detHossleytd aRi prOseets
by ths GoveTRHeHtS Of CIRqda, tde URited States,
and Great Britain: to all leIaz Il may eoneyTn.
WHAT CLAIM AS Ny INVENTION Is, THE
w couthvance Of keeping accounts current, OF
whatever kind, description variety, in printed
OTR, by keeping the atatenents Of the several &C
PrinterS type or their equivalents
the typo eiHg 80 arranged Ia iOFIs rs TO admit u
icing readily and quickly readjuSted in any partlcu-
lar part, where an account may have undergone
change by the lapse Of 1ime or the current Of busi.
mes transactions; 20 that when readiusted in all
such parts up to any given date, Impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit, 10 printed f0r
the state Of all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the balances conclusions, IN
cOrdance With tile end ends routeinpa late, in keep
ing the record, rendetlng 1t, IN commercial business
= balance sheet Of the mot compact aud perfect
character. tiit details Of management bel a Sstan-
tally Teeiisd in specification, whereiE IS shown,
that the fSt or faEts ~ be recorded, nh be repre-
sented by figures. symbols, dates, numbers, used
either separately in combination by whatever
else will indicate the fact facts desired: and
Furthermore, basel this primary invention. also
claim tho device contTiTancs Of rendering
Transmitting accounts in partial or full statements
when the statement OF statements 50 seat thus,
or substantially thus kept In tyre by the contTi
vaneos Of inrenton. DO tbs medium Of transmits
sion what it mayi IuF the particular mode VI rem
deTinS accounts by the of tho Dispatch Machine
constituted Of AprJn Movement, Reel, and Cutter
stamp, claim in the brSdes1 and fullest sense; and
RsO the machine ITSELF embracing all ils forms aud
NODES Of operating, ~ indiChtel In describing Il,
either As simple hand instrument, propelled
by machinery. Aud In connection with thee speci-
&c claims, and based upon them, also claim all
other means and appliances substantially the same
those herein claimed Intended to be claimed.
with these claims fully acknowledged and protected
above. this invention has already spread itself
uYer Clnada eighteen States Of the American UnIou
aud into Great Britain, and 10 used in than
three huudrei Newspaper ufces. lie immense value
10 banking aud similar institutions will be shown
circular which utll make its appearance sOou.
Meanwhile applications taF information. --Dee.ls of
Right "DSp steh Maehines will receive due at
tsRtion, Vhen a'LiFvsss<i either to
Rev. Robert, Dick, f Fsy4 Ks.. e Z f. Il or or
10 his Agent and Attorney,
John il HRInes, LaHdFoH, ENGLAND.
~ To eLEN,r who in the Montreal Sarstte Of LIST
February, 1850 prOnOuncea the -idea- Of keeping
accounts current ~iH type" "SrOSs AbsuUlity,"
thanks are hsrsby trneFed and the assurance gwen
that this ETOs absuniity Is all thAt Mr. Dick has
patented in the domain OF keeping Hecounts His
claims hinder operation therein into which this
grOss absurlity is not practically struggled in any
mannor= neither bodily partially; neither d.
reety Indirectly neither explicitly symbols
eally; this ground his claims cover, and nothing
more; the absolute monopoly Of this Rbsurdity and
nothing else 10 all he asks his claims, nationally
read, attest.-Ep sept7