The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-05
Great. Discovery.


Con,plete Reyolution. an Roofngi
THE PLASTIC SLATEn-For
Roofing and other purposes.
Patented February 2lst, 1865. fgq8nH III
rTv1IIS INTERESTING DISCOVERY
- was made known to the world by the
ing in the latter part of June, 1865, and its
Importance to our country and the world
was earnestly discussed but the inventor,
William l.. Potter, of Clifton Park, N. ",
has been carefully experimenting with the
material for many years, and has demon
strated its utility and praetlcability.
compounds of lime in all its various forms
and phases-in sand, granite. plaster, min
erai coal, clay OF various kinds, marble
table tar, aSphaltum, etc.-in all the pro-
portions and combinations that an intel
ligent and inventive mind could suggest,
for fourteen gears. He tried the slate-stone
also, in many combinations, before he dis
covered that natures aw ofreconstructiOn
gluten to hold the particles in connection
till time and the action of the elements
firmly unite them.
If ever a roof leaks, it will be owing to
other causes than the decay of the cover
ing. 1t will be because the water goes
round, not through 1t. It is unequated as
paint over new tin, and would preserve it
many years without further attention,
and should be used for that purpose in
stead of paint. 1t will repair all defects in
old tan roofs, such as rust holes cracks, and
breaks, making them permanently water
proof, and more durable, at much less cost
In his imperfect manner. Old roofs of
every description can be repaired much
more durobly and cheaply with Plastic
Slate than with any OF her material extant.
COal-tar is found to be the viSciOuS ele-
ment alike of coal and slate; and it was
discovered, 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.
PLASTIC SLATE Is SUPERIOR TO TIN
/. B. cause it is a better non conductor of
heat. The rooms under it win be cooler
in summer and warmer in winter.
2. 1t will not rust.
3. 1t will not break or crack open like tin
does Where jOinted.
4. 1t is less dangerous. T,r. Tyng's church,
one OF the finest in New York. was burned
in November, 1866. causing loss of $780,
coo, from fire in its tin roof, from the bra
ZierS of some men who were repairing it.
5. 1t needs no painting, which on tin
of Plastic Slate Roof.
s. Because IL costs hoy as much, and lasts
tlOice as Tong.
have at considerable expense, obtained
from 1.-The Plastic Slate Joint Stock Com
pauy, of New York. an exclusive right
for Evansville and Vanderburgh County,
Ind, and am prepared to put on new roofs
and repair old tin roofs, repair tin, zinc
and copper cutters.
ITeSent price TOT new 1ltSUlC STATE fSOOIS
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)
fiUe years, at the expiration OF which time
1t will be better than when new.
We have the privilege of referring to
the following parties for whom we have
applied the Plastic Slate Roofing: r. 5.
Tenny, ESQ.,; John J. Deig. ESQ; MessrS.
Reitz and Haney; VIM. Holman, Esq;
Messrs. Gilbert Co.; Mark > norwood,
ESQ; Joseph p. Elliott, Esq; Messrs.
Forth, Bowles & Co.; Anthony Refs, ESQ.,;
Evansville National Bank.
Orders for 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.
JOHN f. GLOVER.
Evansville. Ind, April LIST, 1877, (ap1 dem