The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-04
Great Discovery.

lhE 1LhOl1O OLA II e VI
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1885.
TvHIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
Farmers Club of New York, at their meet
ing in the latter part of June, 1855, and its
was earnestly discussed; but the inventor,
William l.. Potter, of Clifton Park, N. Y,
has been carefully experimenting with the
strated its utility and practicability.
/ After suffering many partial failures In
compounds of lime In all Its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite, plaster, min
eral coal, clay of various Kinds, marble
dust, soap-stone, cement, .coal-tar, veee-
table tar, asphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
| 1igent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears. He tried the slate-stone
also in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures law of reconstruction
was exceedingly simple, requiring only
gluten to hold the pa, ticles in connection
till time and the action OF the elements
firmly unite them. 1s4Hta isi -, e.
If ever roof leaks, it will be owing to
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round not through it. 1t is uneQudled as a
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
old tin roofs, such as rust holes, cracks, and
proof ia and more durable, at much less cost
than tin-snith could afford 10 do IT even
nls be much
more duyubty and acheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any other material extant.I
ens alike f1 coal and State and Il was ~
disc0gered, not iage'1ted, and scientific in
vestfgation, as well as experience, fully es-s
tabiishing tine fact that its exposure to
heat and cold, wet and dry, serves only to
reconstruct the two elements in their con-
dition-SOLID SLATE. .1r .t-f sa.5ff
PLASTIC SLA TIE IS SUPERIOR TO TIN.
t~o< r
heat. The rooms under it Will be cooler in
summer and warmer in winter. 9
Il 2. 1t viii not rust.
8. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does where jointed.
4. 1t is less dangerous. DIR. Tyng's church,
one of the finest in New York, was burned
in November. 1865 causing loss of $250, 900,
from a fire in its tin root, from the braziers
of some men who were repairing it
8 1t needs no painting, which on tin
of a Plastic Slate Roof.
6. Because it costs haJ as much, and lasts
ttOice as long. asrf5
MANNER OF MAKING n NEW PLAS.
TIC SLATE ROOF.
It is not necessary to match, or tongue
and groove the Observation-Disclosures; but the
laid, the better and more durable the roof
will be. They should by all means be sea-
soned.
laid in shingle form, each edge cling fast
ened down with cleats. This lining Is de-
signed to insutate the roofing from the
boards, lest their shrinking and swelling
should injure the covering After the pro-
cess of felting or lining the roof is COM
pfeted. the mastic, mixed.to the consist
ency of thick mortar being more than three
Jourths sldte), is then spread upon the felt,
about one-eighth OF an inch thick, with a
trowel or brush, and furnishes complete
Flexible Slate Roof a egy
have atconsiderable expense obtained
from The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com.
FOR Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc,
and cop er CUTTERS
Present price for new Plastic Slate Roofs
is eight dollars per square OF ten feet; same
applied to new or old tin roofs, 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)
ttUe yeoys, at the expiration of which time
it will be better than when new.
= We have the privilege of referring to the
following parties for whom we have APP
piled tie Plastic Slate Roofing: r. S. Ten
NY, Esq; John J. Deig Esq; Messrs Reitz !
g. Haney VIM. Hef1man, ESQ.,; MeSsrs. |
Gilbert & TO-; Mark Sherwood, ESQ.,; Jo- |
seph p. Elliott, Esq. Messrs. Forth, Bowles |
q CO.; anthony Refs, Esq; Evansville rJa- |
Orders tor roofing or repairing may be |
left at my Lumber Yard Office, corner of |
Nam and Seventh Streets or with my /
Agent, Charles NJ. Tileston, Esq.
Evansville, Ind, April LIST, 1867. Ia I'll d6m |