The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-27

3h Great Discovery. 31l
Complete Revolution In Roofngt
+" THE PLASTIC SLATE"-For
% Roofing and other purposes. =.
Patented February 2lst, 1865. .f.-,
HyHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
i was made known to the world by the
Ing in the latter part of June. 1855 aad its
importance to our country and the world
William L. Potter, OF Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
materialsfor many years, and has demon
Afser suffering many partial failures In
compounds OF lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal, clay of yar1ous kinds, marble
dust, soap-stone, cement, coal-tar, vege-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
lgent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears. He tried the slate-stOne
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures Jaw OF reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the particles in connection
till time and the action of the elements
If ever a roof leaks, il will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through it, 1t is ssaaequ0leI as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
old tim ROOFS such as rust-holes, cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
than a tin-smith could afford to do it, even
In his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
0fe t6a ro1g ana v enea I wrta
-Coal-tar is found to be the viscious ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and it was
discoUered, not inrented, and scientific in
veStigation, as well as experience, fully es-
tablishing the fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
ditiOn-SoLID SLATE. sfS
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN.
heat. The rooms under it will be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
2. 1t will not rust.
+ g. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. Tyngs church,
one OF the finest in New York. was burned
900, from fire in its tin roof, from the bra
Tiers of some men who were repairing it.
5. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
amounts in a few years to the entire cost
of Plastic Slate Roof. .sfGFs1 1ssi t 80 20
6. Because IL costs half as much, and lasts
/. have. al considerable expense, obta ined
from i'sThe Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pauy, OF New York" an exclusive right
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc
and copper cutters. IS
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
eight dollars per square of ten feet; same
applied to new or old tin roof, four dollars
per square. Cutters repaired at reasonable
rates as to size; and at these prices all work
will be kept IN order accidents excepted)
J5ce years, at the expiration of which time
ii will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for W om we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofing: R. S.
Tenny, ESQ.,; John j. Deig. Esq; Messrs.
Messrs. Gilbert & Co.; Mark sherwood,
ESQ.,; Joseph r Elliott! Esq Messrs
Evansville National Bank 'UIC fdS : ;
b. Orders for roofing or repairing may be
lefpat my Lumber Yard Office. corner of
Main and Seventh Streets, or with my
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
q JOHN F. GLOV Err. Al
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, 1857, (ap1 d6m