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IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Thompson, of Newington Butts, in the County
of Surrey, Perambulator Manufacturer for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS
IN PERAMBULATORS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Thompson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd June 1883.
CHARLES THOMPSON, of Newington Butts, in the County of Surrey, Perambulator
Manufacturer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS,"
The improvements refer to perambulators bath chairs and invalid carriages and
relate to making such carriages to revolve and become reversed by means of
and in combination with certain appliances affixed to the body or underframe of
the carriage.
The improvements are performed by making the body separate from the
underframe and fixing on either the body or the frame a toothed wheel or similar
contrivance horizontally fixed and carrying the body of the carriage, in this
wheel is geared a shaft and pinion or similar mechanism the shaft projecting at
back and beyond the body of the carriage where it is supplied with a handle so
that the driver can casily turn the body of the carriage round.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Thompson in the Great Scal Patent Office on the
15th December 1883.
CHARLES THOMPSON, of Newington Butts, in the County of Surrey, Perambulator
Manufacturer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS,"
The improvements refer to perambulators bath chairs and invalid carriages and
relate to making such carriages to revolve and become reversed by means of and
in combination with certain appliances affixed to the body or underframe of the
carriage.
The improvements are performed by making the body separate from the
underframe and fixing on either the body or the frame a toothed wheel or similar
contrivance horizontally fixed and carrying the body of the carriage, in this wheel
is geared a shaft and pinion or similar mechanism the shaft projecting at back and
beyond the body of the carriage where it is supplied with a handle so that the
driver can easily turn the body of the carriage round.
The accompanying drawing will serve to illustrate a mode of performing the.
invention, like letters indicating like parts-Fig 1-is a plan view-Fig 2 a side
view and Fig 3-a side view on a small scale showing the mode of applying the
improvements to the body of the perambulator or vehicle-A is the toothed
wheel-actuated by the pinion B keyed on the shaft C which latter is operated
by the handle D-E is the lover of the locking device one end of which impinges
on the stud F as shown-The wheel A is fixed to the bottom of the body.or
underframe of the perambulator-the stud holes G into which the pin or stud F
enters are so arranged as to allow of the body of the perambulator being fixed
either to front or back at right angles to the axles. In witness whereof I the said
Charles Thompson have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of December.
A.D. 1883.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR WITHDRAWING BEER OR OTHER LIQUIDS OR FLUIDS FROM BARRELS OR RECEPTACLES THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE TO OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Clapp Trenery and John
Naylor at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th July 1883.
HENRY CLAPP TRENERY and JOHN NAYLOR both of Sheffield in the County
of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR WITHDRAWING BEER OR OTHER
LIQUIDS OR FLUIDS FROM BARRELS OR RECEPTACLES THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE
TO OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
"
This Invention relates to Improvements in appliances for withdrawing beer or
other liquids or fluids from barrels or receptacles the same being applicable to
other similar purposes
The object of this Invention is to construct a 'tap' which can be inserted
in and removed from a barrel or other similar vessels without wasting the
contents
The essential features of this Invention are a permanent valve and bush fitted
to the barrel and a removable tap which can be screwed into the said bush, a
projection on the tap fitting into the said valve and opening it as the said
tap is entered in the bush and closing the said valve as it is withdrawn from the
bush
According to one arrangement the permanent valve is secured to the inside of
the head or end of the barrel and consists of a cylinder having a large threaded
hole and beyond that a smaller threaded hole the tap being inserted in the larger
hole and a screwed valve in the smaller hole. The valve has a square recess into
which the square end of a spindle-projecting from the tap-enters. The holes for
the exit of the beer are towards the front end of the small threaded hole so that
as the tap is entered into the bush or cylinder (with the end of the spindle in the
valve) the valve is rotated and moved back past the exit holes and beer can flow
through into the tap
The tap (the front or removable tap) is mainly of ordinary construction but
instead of being made to drive into the barrel it is furnished with a male thread
to fit the female thread in the bush or cylinder and it is also furnished with the
projecting spindle above described

page_text: The bush or cylinder is fixed in the head of the barrel before the head is fixed'
in position, or it may be so made as that the cylinder can be passed through a
hole in the head of the barrel, a flange thereon being secured by screws or otherwise
to the outer side of the barrel head or end. The joint between the barrel and tap
may be made air tight and water tight by elastic washers or otherwise
As a modification the valve may be of the piston type-instead of being
threaded and work in a plain cylinder, a spring being used to close it and the
tap forcing it forwards as it is entered into the bush or cylinder. The front of
the valve may be coned and fit a correspondingly shaped seat in the cylinder or it
may be flat
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES AND PARCEL WRAPPERS OR BAGS AND IN THE MEANS OF FASTENING THE SAME
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis Temple-Allen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th September 1883.
FRANCIS TEMPLE-ALLEN of Sudbourne Road, Brixton in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES AND PARCEL WRAPPERS OR BAGS AND IN
THE MEANS OF FASTENING THE SAME
The chief object of this Invention is to provide a ready and convenient means for
the safe transmission of articles by Parcels post. With this view, as well as for
general purposes, I form Boxes of Metal, Wood, Cardboard or other suitable
substance, the lid or cover of which has a strip of Vulcanised india rubber or of a
flexible material firmly secured to its edges or sides so as to admit of being easily
turned back and the lid or cover reversed. The corners of the sides in rectangular
boxes held by a flexible material, may or may not according to requirement be
connected together by an elastic strip, and the sides may have eyelets fixed therein
so as to fit upon suitable studs on the box & thus hold them in place. I form a
simple fastening for parcel boxes by means of fixing thereto a strip or ribbon of an
elastic or flexible material the ends of the strip being provided with a suitable
clasp, so made that when closed it will form a seat upon which a post or other
adhesive stamp or seal may be placed, thereby fastening or securing the box.
I form a reversable wrapper or bag for parcels which will shew the dimensions
of the same by means of measured lines or squares being made in the material of
the wrapper or bag, either by the insertion of differently coloured threads therein
during the process of manufacture or by subsequent marking. In order to fasten
the wrapper or bag I insert eyelets along the sides or ends and by means of a lace
passing through them and terminating in a suitable clasp which when closed
I secure by an adhesive stamp or seal being placed on its seat.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL CANS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Webster at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th January 1883.
ISAAC WEBSTER of Kirkstall near Leeds in the County of York "IMPROVEMENTS
IN OIL CANS
"
My improvements have reference to oil cans used for lubricating and other
purposes. The body of the can or vessel may be of ordinary construction The lid
thereof is hinged so that it can be moved outwards when being opened, and when
closed forms a perfectly tight cover for the opening or mouth of the vessel
preventing the escape of oil. In order to retain the lid tightly closed I attach a
flat spring to the back thereof, the free end of the spring rests upon the surface of
a projecting piece on the top of the can and by such contact with the surface the
required pressure is applied to the lid to retain it closed. On the lid being opened
the free end of the spring passes on to another flat surface on the projecting piece
whereby the lid is retained open.
By the above arrangement not only is the lid automatically held firmly down
when closed, but also it can be readily thrown open and retained in that position
for filling purposes.
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF GAS DISTRIBUTOR IN PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR DOMESTIC AND LIKE *STOVES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Marlow of the firm Marlow Smith and Company
127 Regent Street in the County of Middlesex Lighting Heating Ventilating.
and Sanitary Engineers for an Invention of AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION
OF GAS DISTRIBUTOR IN PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR DOMESTIC AND LIKE
*STOVES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Marlow at the. Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st July 1883.
HENRY MARLOW of the firm Marlow Smith and Company 127 Regent Street in
the county of Middlesex Lighting, Heating Ventilating and Sanitary Engineers
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF GAS DISTRIBUTOR, IN PLASTIC MATERIAL, FOR
DOMESTIC AND LIKE STOVES
This invention relates to a certain new and useful distributor of gas in plastic
material to be fitted in an ordinary domestic or like stove for heating purposes.
It consists of a hollow body with the front or exposed portion perforated and
with projections to permit of the free exit of the flame to any substance that may
be placed upon it to give the appearance of an ordinary coke or like fire.
The bottom of the distributor is channelled and has a recess in which the pipe
connection can be made said pipe connection being arranged for the admission of
air to be consumed with the gas.
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The side walls of the distributor are also perforated to equalize the heat and to
prevent the distributor cracking

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Marlow in the Patent Office on the 21st January 1884.
HENRY MARLOW of 127 Regent Street in the county of Middlesex Lighting
Heating, Ventilating and Sanitary Engineer AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF GAS
DISTRIBUTOR IN PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR DOMESTIC AND LIKE STOVES
This invention relates to a certain new and useful distributor of gas in plastic
or other material to be fitted in domestic or other stoves for heating purposes.
It consists of a hollow body A such as I illustrate at Figure 1, a front elevation
Figure 2 a bottom view and Figure 3 in transverse section showing inner chamber
with the front or exposed portion B, perforated as at C, C, and with projections D, D,
to permit of the free exit of the flame, imitation fuel being placed upon it to give
the appearance of an ordinary fire.
The bottom E of the distributor is channelled at F F and, has a recess & into
which a gas pipe with atmospheric burner is fitted.
I am aware that distributors of gas in plastic material have been long in use
therefore I make no claim to such articles in general but I do claim the particular
appliance shown on the annexed drawings constructed and arranged for the purpose
set forth
1 藤
In witness whereof I the said Henry Marlow have hereunto set my hand and
seal this nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty four.
A NEW PLASTIC COMPOUND.
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT. to Oscar Schreiber, of Berlin, Germany, temporarily residing
at Finsbury Square, in the County of Middlesex for an Invention of
A NEW PLASTIC COMPOUND.
[row by reason of the Latentee having neglected to file a Specification
in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Oscar Schreiber at the
Office of the Cominissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1883.
OSCAR SCHREIBER, of Berlin, Germany, temporarily residing at Finsbury Square,
in the county of Middlesex, "A NEW PLASTIC COMPOUND,"
This invention relates to plastic compounds applicable for the reproduction of
works of art, and as artificial stones.
In carrying out my invention I mix 20 per cent of pulverized silicic acid, (Si O₂)
with 35 per cent of pulverized magnesia (Mg, O), 3 per cent of plaster of Paris
and 2 per cent of flour of wheat, rye or bran, and add to this mixture 40 per cent
of magnesic chloride, while continually stirring.
By this process I obtain a plastic emulsion, which hardens slowly at ordinary
temperatures, but can be made to harden much quicker by applying a higher
temperature, without affecting the qualities which render the product applicable to
industrial purposes.
The silicic acid may be employed in the form of sand, glass or aluminic silicate,
and the magnesia may be burnt magnesia, or that which is obtained, according
to Clossen's method, from dolomit by means of hydrochloric acid or magnesic
chloride.
I prefer to add to the magnesia the quantity of pulverized oxalic acid necessary
to neutralize the caustic lime generally contained in magnesia, and in order to
render innocuous the calcic chloride generally contained in magnesic chloride, we
add to the latter some ammonium oxalate, whereby insoluble calcic oxalate is
formed and ammonium chloride escapes as gas.

page_text: The principal constituents of the described compound are silicic acid, magnesia,
and magnesic chloride, but flour of wheat, rye or bran is added to prevent
contraction and improve the solidity of the stone.
The plaster of Paris (added in the shape of a powder) renders the product more
liquid and accelerates the drying.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR RAISING TROUSER-ENDS SO AS TO PREVENT THE SOILING THEREOF Communicated him
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Ferdinand Richardson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd October 1883. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by Reinhard Siecke of Berlin in the German
Empire
HENRY FERDINAND RICHARDSON of Oaklands, Teddington in the County of
Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR RAISING TROUSER-ENDS SO AS
TO PREVENT THE SOILING THEREOF Communicated to him from abroad by
Reinhard Siecke of Berlin in the German Empire
"
This invention relates to an improved construction of appliances for raising the
lower ends of trousers so as to prevent them from becoming soiled by mud or
water. Such appliances, as heretofore employed, consist of a metal hook secured
to the heel of a boot in a similar manner to a spur, in which hook the trouser end
is held in a raised position, so as to be kept clear of the mud, water or dust, when
walking.
The present invention has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction
of such appliances, and to render them more readily attachable to and detachable
from the boot. For this purpose the said metal hook for supporting the trouser
end is formed on the one end of a shank, the other end of which is formed with a
broad loop or eye having an opening by means of which it can be slipped into the
loop of the hind tag of the boot, so that the shank with its hook is suspended from
the said tag, which is thus made to support the trouser end when raised into the
hook. This hook is by preference made as a spring, so as to nip and hold the
trouser end securely when inserted. The said open loop or eye may be formed
with one part thereof acting as a spring, which, after being slipped into the loop of
the tag, is depressed into and held by a hook formed on the other part of the eye,
and such spring may have its end formed with a sharp point, so that, when used
with a boot having no hind tag, it may be passed through the material of which
the upper is formed. The said appliance may be formed either of a single or a
doubled piece of wire or strip of metal with its ends bent so as to constitute
respectively the said holding hook for the trouser end, and the loop or eye for
securing to the tag. This loop or eye is by preference so formed that the end of
the wire or metal strip lies against the shank, leaving a narrow opening through

page_text: which the tag is slipped. When the appliance is made of a doubled piece of wire,
it may be twisted together at the shank, and the part forming the hook for
the trouser end may be opened out so as to afford two points of support for the
trouser end.
When the trouser end does not require to be raised, the said appliance can be
readily detached from the boot, or it may be left suspended from the tag, as the
hook does not project sufficiently to interfere with the proper fit of the trousers.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS, AND OF PREVENTING VESSELS FROM SINKING
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th July 1883. Communicated to
him from abroad by Gustav Adolf Kessel, manufacturer, of Berlin, Germany.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS, AND OF PREVENTING VESSELS FROM SINKING, a
communication to me from abroad by Gustav Adolf Kessel, manufacturer, of Berlin,
Germany,
The usual method of raising sunken vessels consists in attaching to the outside
of the vessel elastic or inelastic receptacles for air or gases, and using the buoyancy
of such receptacles for raising the vessel.
According to the improved method the spaces or chambers necessary for the
reception of air or gases are applied to the interior of the vessel in a permanent
manner, either by placing and attaching in the hold and other convenient parts of
the vessel elastic air receptacles, for instance cylindrical india-rubber balloons, which
in case of danger are filled with atmospheric air, by connecting one affer the other
with air supply-pipes; or by placing and attaching in the hold and other
convenient parts of the vessel metallic receptacles which contain a store of air
at a pressure of several atmospheres, said receptacles being connected by elastic or
inelastic pipes and air valves with air bags attached in a permanent manner and
which are rapidly filled with compressed air after the main-valves are opened. Or
light gases, such as hydrogen or light hydrocarbons are developed in metallic
cylinders attached in a permanent manner and tested for a pressure of several
atmospheres, which gases may be generated by opening suitable main valves or
cocks for the admission of hydrochloric acid to granulated zinc rendered more
permeable by means of small pieces of coal or coke. The hydrogen thus obtained
and admitted to elastic bags, fills the latter and displaces the water which flows
into the ship, in proportion as the volume of the bags increases.
In this manner a leaking vessel may always be kept above water, even in rough
weather, and may be towed or propelled into the next harbour or dry dock.
A ship which is leaking on one side only, in consequence of a collision, may be
erected and kept above water by filling only the elastic bags situated on the
leaking side.
MENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF PARQUET FLOORS OR MATERIALS THERE FOR AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis Faulkner Brown at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th September 1883.
"
FRANCIS FAULKNER, BROWN of Chester in the County of Chester IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF PARQUET FLOORS OR MATERIALS
THERE FOR AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
"
In the manufacture of Parquet floors as ordinarily constructed the wood is placel
with the grain parallel to the surface of the floor. Now I have found that if it be
placed perpendicular to the floor it wears better and has a better effect generally.
The difficulty however in this plan is that the wood expands unequally and is
therefore apt to buckle and the wood sawn in this way causes a large amount of
loss in squaring. Now I get over this difficulty by forming the wood into tessera
and making these tessere into tiles as hereafter set forth. The tesseræ can be
made in either of two ways. The timber can be cut transversely into rounds or
steaks from a half to one and a half inches in thickness and split by hydraulic or
other pressure into sharp blades or preferably it can be cut into long angular bars
of required cross section, and these bars sawn transversely in lengths to form
tessere of the required height of square, or other suitable shape or shapes and
placing these tesseræ with their grain (as shown by the concentric rings in the
various tesseræ) pointing in different directions, so that they shall each have a
tendency to correct the other These tesseræ are formed into square or other
shaped tiles by being grouped into a pattern, well su:eared with glue or other suitable
cement and pressed together till the cement has hardened. The surface can then
be planed or dressed in a machine, if desired. If several kinds of wood be arranged,
in a pattern, the result is very handsome. These tiles are made all of one thickness
and glued in place.
The glue with which they are formed or laid can be made insoluble, if desired,
by chromates or bichromates.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PERCUSSION CAPS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thorsten Nordenfelt at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th February 1883.
THORSTEN NORDENFELT of 53, Parliament Street in the City of Westminster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PERCUSSION CAPS"
The object of this improvement is to render percussion caps more safe against
accidental explosion at the same time that they may become more easily fired and
thus if desirable allow of a weaker spring in the locks of guns and rifles and in the
mechanisms of Machine guns.
For this purpose I make a recess or reduce the thickness of the Cap metal in its
centre where the striker or firing pin has to strike the Cap, while I leave the
thicker metal all round, or increase the thickness all round this recess or thinner
part of the Cap.
The recess or thinner part of the cap is only just large enough for the point of
the striker or firing pin to be able to strike it freely even if slightly out of centre
so that the cap is practically safe against accidental explosion because no object
considerably larger than the point of the striker or firing pin could reach the
thinner part of the cap metal, and the thicker parts of the cap around the recess
would be strong enough to prevent the cap from being exploded by any accidental
hit to which it might be exposed from an extractor or the point of another bullet,
or from the end of the bolt or from any object with which the cap is likely to come
into contact other than the striker or firing pin which is meant to explode it.
As the part of the Cap which is meant to be struck is thus protected it can be
made much thinner than the metal which has hitherto been considered safe in caps,
and this improvement consequently allows the use of weaker firing springs with
correspondingly less breakage of springs and firing pins and less wear and tear of
the parts connected with them
Sometimes to avoid any risk of the thinner part of the Cap metal being
penetrated by the pressure of the powder gas I place within the Cap an auxiliary
thin cover serving also as anvil on which to fire the fulminate, when it is struck
against the bottom of the Cap Chamber of the Cartridge. On firing the powder
gas pushes back the cover against the thinner part of the Cap metal and protects it
against the pressure or by other means the thinner part of the Cap metal may be
protected when necessary against the perforation by the powder gas
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF APPLIANCES FOR HEAVING UP SLIPS Where
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Summers and Arthur James
Day at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th October 1883.
THOMAS SUMMERS and ARTHUR JAMES DAY both of the Firm of Day, Summers
and Company Engineers and Shipbuilders Northam Iron Works, Southampton in
the town and county of Southampton IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF APPLIANCES
FOR HEAVING UP SLIPS
Whereas in the ordinary method of constructing slipways the vessel to be hauled
up is carried by a cradle to which a number of wheels are bolted which run on
rails as in an ordinary railway or tramway: These wheels are fitted with axles
working in bearings so that the enormous weight of the vessel and cradle is really
carried by the said axles which rub against their bearings with great friction when
a vessel is being hauled up.
Now by our invention the cradle and vessel are supported by rollers which carry
their weight but to which they are not bolted as in the case of the wheels of the
ordinary slipways. These rollers are kept at suitable distances apart from each
other by side frames and so dispense with the wheels and axles which cause so
much friction
The cradlo has rails bolted to its under side, which rails rest on the top sides of
the rollers. The rollers themselves rest on rails similar to those ordinarily used
on Slipways and which are fastened to the Groundways and foundations.
The great advantage of our invention is thus obtained by substituting rolling
for rubbing surfaces and we find in practice that the friction is 70% less with
the rollers than with the wheels and axles.
IMPROVED GAME
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John James Ridge at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st March 1883.
JOHN JAMES RIDGE of Enfield in the County of Middlesex " IMPROVED
GAME
"
This Invention has for its object a contrivance or arrangement for furnishing
amusement or a game, and consists of upright posts some feet apart; on either side
of said posts is marked out a base line. To the uprights is fixed a net, stretched
in diamond form, said net having openings for purposes hereafter described, as also
spaces left between top and bottom of net and the cords stretching it between the
posts. A base line is marked out on the ground on each side parallel with
the net.
In making use of this Invention, the players are divided into two parties, who
take up a position on opposite sides of the net and succeed each other as soon as
a player is out-One of each side advances to the base line, and tossing up the
ball with the left hand, strikes it with a racquet held in the right band,
endeavouring to make the ball pass through one of the holes in the net.
(1.) If the ball strikes the posts or passes outside of them or above or below the
lines stretching the net, the player is out and one point is scored to the opposite
side.
(2) If the ball passes through one of the triangular spaces between the net,
cord, and post, the player is simply out
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(3) If the ball strikes the net and falls on the same side as the player, it may
be struck over again; after three such strokes without making any score the
player is out
(4.) If the ball passes through a hole, a certain number of points is scored,
according to the hole passed through, and the player has another innings of three
strokes, unless he gets out as above
(5) When the ball passes over or by the side of the net, the player on the
opposite side may either strike it back before it touches the ground or may pick
it up and strike it as at first.-If the ball is struck back before touching the
ground, then
(6.) If it hits the posts or passes over or under as in (1) the player is out without
scoring a point to the opposite side

page_text: (7.) If under the same circumstances, it passes through a triangular space, the
player is not out, and takes another innings after his opponent.
(8.) If again the ball strikes the net and falls on the same side, one point is
scored, and another turn taken up to three unless out, if it should fall on the other
side, the player scores one and goes again after his opponents' innings.
(9.) If the ball thus struck back passes through a hole, it scores double its value,
and the player has another innings as before.
Failures to strike the ball or to strike it properly are not noticed so long as the
ball does not roll beyond the line of the posts to the opposite side or is stopped
before this happens-If it passes the line, the player is out, and one point is scored
to the opponents-The game may be fixed at any number of points.
A NEW OR IMPROVED CASE OR BOX FOR HOLDING POSTAGE AND RECEIPT STAMPS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Robert Edwards of Northampton Square in the
County of Middlesex for an Invention of A NEW OR IMPROVED CASE OR
BOX FOR HOLDING POSTAGE AND RECEIPT STAMPS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Robert Edwards at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th August 1883:
SAMUEL ROBERT EDWARDS of Northampton Square in the County of Middlesex
"A NEW OR IMPROVED CASE OR BOX FOR HOLDING POSTAGE AND RECEIPT
STAMPS
23
.
This Invention consists of an improved case or box for holding postage and
receipt stamps and may be used as a charm or otherwise
According to this Invention I form a rectangular box the bottom of which is
roughened inside and across same I form one or more projections or bars for the
purpose hereafter described. To the back of the said box I fix a spring clip
capable of being raised or drawn back preferably from the exterior of the said box.
The cover may close with a suitable spring or otherwise.
In order to insert stamps in a box constructed as above it is simply necessary
to separate them and after placing them one over the other to raise or draw back
the aforesaid spring clip and push the stamps under same and then release the
clip when it will be found that the stamps will be held upon the bottom
roughened surface of the box at the back but will be raised up at the front on
account of the aforesaid transverse bar or projections thus enabling one stamp to
be withdrawn at a time with great facility.
It is obvious that a number of these stamp holders may be fitted together in a
desk or otherwise to hold stamps of different values or it may be in the form of a
charm to attach to a chain or for the pocket

page_text: The combination of the spring clip roughened surface and transverse bar or
projection in boxes or cases to hold postage and receipt stamps so that one stamp
may easily be withdrawn without disturbing the rest substantially as set forth.
In Witness whereof. I the said Samuel Robert Edwards have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty four.
SAMUEL ROBERT EDWARDS (LS.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC LAMPS AND APPLIANCES CONNECTED THEREWITH "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Henry Varley. of Mildmay Park Works in
the County of Middlesex for an Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC
LAMPS AND APPLIANCES CONNECTED THEREWITH
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Henry Varley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th April 1883.
FREDERICK HENRY VARLEY of Mildmay Park Works in the County of
Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC LAMPS AND APPLIANCES CONNECTED
THEREWITH
"
This Invention relates to improvements in electric lamps, in which carbon
candles made according to my patent No. 2776 A.D. 1882, are preferably
employed.
According to this Invention, the lamp consists mainly
(1st) Of a spool or coil frame or holder upon or into which the carbon candle
may be coiled or otherwise folded.
(2) Of conducting guides, through or by means of which the poles or burning
ends of the carbon candles are brought together for establishing the circuit to
.produce light.
(3rd) Of conducting rollers or propellers for feeding the carbon forward at the
rate requisite for its consumption.
(4) A magnetic regulator for determining the length of the arc.
(5th) An arrangement for centralizing the arc by means of a thermostat or
variable resistance,
(6th) A driving train of clockwork controlled by an electric current to regulato
the feed.
(7th) An automatic propeller in which the current passing through the lamp
determines the rate of the feed.
(8th) The combination of these various devices for regulating the rate of feed,
and likewise the potential, a quantity of the current passing across the carbon
poles.
(9th) The provision of a casing for extinguishing the combustion of carbon when
current is not passing.

page_text: Fig. 1, 2 and 3 represent various forms to carry out my Invention.
Fig. 1. shewing a method of feeding the flexible carbons said Carbon A. passing
over rollers or guides B same being controlled by the worm and pinions C. said 3
worm and pinions being actuated by suitable mechanical contrivances the upper
worm being operated by metre wheels as shewn
'
Fig. 2 is an arrangement somewhat on the principles of the Jablakoff System
the flexible Carbons passing through tubes-the flexible carbons being conducted
over the Rollers E. and guided by small rollers F. controlled by a spring G.
In Fig. 3 the flexible Carbons are conducted in channels or grooves being fed by
the automatic propeller which determines the rate of feed and likewise the potential
a quantity of the current passing across the Carbon poles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention

page_text: I hereby declare that I claim the said Invention of Improvements in Electric
Lamps and appliances connected therewith substantially as herein before set forth
and described.
In witness whereof I the said Frederick Henry Parley [sic] have hereunto
set my hand and seal this Fifth day of October in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty three
FRED H VARLEY (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN PURIFYING WATER AND SEWAGE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Goldthorpe at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th August 1883.
ARTHUR GOLDTHORPE of the firm of "James Goldthorpe and Company" of
Wakefield in the County of York. Worsted Spinners. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PURIFYING WATER AND SEWAGE
This invention relates to the purification of water and sewage by precipitating
and extracting the lime iron and solids therefrom.
According to this invention. To say one thousand gallons of water, or sewage.
I add about two pounds of phosphate of soda-but the quantity of the latter will
of course be varied according to the nature of the water and strength of the
phosphate of soda used-the latter is to be crushed or powdered or it may be
dissolved in water and mixed with the water or sewage to be purified.
A NEW OR IMPROVED HOLDER OR SUSPENDER ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR SUSPENDING LAWN TENNIS BATS FROM THE WAIST
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Gregory Attree at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th May 1883.
WILLIAM GREGORY ATTREE of Wood Street in the City of London "A NEW
OR IMPROVED HOLDER OR SUSPENDER ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR SUSPENDING
LAWN TENNIS BATS FROM THE WAIST."
According to my Invention I provide metal clips preferably pliable so as to
adjust themselves with facility to the varying sizes of the handles of lawn tennis
bats These clips are swivelled or jointed to arms or claws extending back and
bent into V shaped or other convenient form so as to form springs.
The arms are held together by a slide piece which is slipped over the end of
the arms so as to adjust its position and to hold the clips firmly to the handle
The handle of the bat being placed between the clips and the slide piece slipped
up the handle is securely held and the swivel allows the bat to adjust itself to the
required position. A cord or girdle is attached to the holder for going round the
waist of the wearer. When not used for suspending the law tennis bat it may be
used for suspending the dress.
THEMODE OF] ISSUING [OF] TICKETS IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND PREVENTING FRAUDS ON THE PART OF THOSE EMPLOYED FOR BUCH PURPOSE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Bernard Joseph Maloney at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th April 1883.
BERNARD JOSEPH MALONEY, Goldsmith of Number thirty three Frederick Street
in the City of Edinburgh and County of Midlothian Scotland THE [MODE OF] ISSUING
[OF] TICKETS IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND
PREVENTING FRAUDS ON THE PART OF THOSE EMPLOYED FOR BUCH PURPOSE
By issuing tickets printed in the forms of calenders for each month of the year,
with counterfoil attached, I also print on the ticket & counterfoil, a number, a
letter of the Alphabet & the name of the place of amusement &c The ticket is
perforated so that it may be easily detached from the counterfoil each ticket when
issued for places of amusement has also printed on it the particular part of the
house for which it is available. I will now assume that a certain Theatre which I
shall call A has an average monthly sale of 10000 admissions, to the pit alone. I
print 10,000 tickets such as described, say for the month of January 1883, before
leaving the printers hands, they may be fastened together, with eyelets at the
counterfoil, in bundles of 25 or 50, as may be found convenient, presuming that
the manager of Theatre A may require on a certain night in said month 500 tickets
for the Pit, he takes that number & with a punch which I will supply cuts out of
each bundle the date on the ticket which may be required. They are then taken
to the money takers office. The tickets are placed on a rod or wire, one end of
which is fastened to the counter, the other end passing through a slot or cut in
said counter to a locked drawer underneath. The slot or cut is large enough to
allow the counterfoil to pass into the drawer after the tickets have been issued to
the public. It will now be readily seen that for every ticket issued the counterfoil
acts as a check against the money taker and also that when a parcel of 25 or 50
tickets are sold the Counterfoils pass into the lock drawer and remain there until
such time as the money taker is relieved of his cash & tickets having sold one of
the above tickets. I allow the purchaser to retain the said ticket throughout the
performance it therefore with safety acts as a pass out check, and saves the
manager all the worry which the necessary changing of the present system of the
pass out check requires It will now be seen that where the system will be used

page_text: no understanding to loss of the Manager can possibly take place between the
money takers & checkers nor can any person who has purchased a ticket for any
particular performance make said ticket available for any other date than that
specified on the ticket I may also state in conclusion that all expenses regarding
printing & issuing said tickets will be more than covered by allowing the backs of 5
them to be used for advertisement purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING LENGTHS, CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO TEXTILE FABRICS BUT APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER GOODS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Carl Albert Weckbecker and
.
Laurence Schwabe at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
16th March 1883.
CARL ALBERT WECKBECKER and LAURENCE SCHWABE both of Manchester in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND
MARKING LENGTHS, CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO TEXTILE FABRICS BUT APPLICABLE
ALSO TO OTHER GOODS
,,
The object of our Invention is to impress a mark or sign at any required point
upon a length of cloth or other goods in order to indicate the exact length of such
piece of cloth or goods.
In performing our Invention we employ a disc on the periphery of which are
stamps or marks which may be formed in one piece with the disc or may be made
separate and movable These stamps or marks may be placed at regular intervals
upon the periphery of the disc and may be formed of figures, letters or other marks
and give the required impression to the cloth. The disc is actuated by a cam,
crank, rack and pinion or other suitable gearing which imparts to it a reciprocating
motion and the stud upon which the disc is mounted slides in a slot formed in the
frame: a spring or weights may be employed to quicken the downward motion of
the disc. A stud may be fixed to or between each mark, near the edge of the disc
and catches are fixed on the frame against which the studs strike.
The head of the stud which carries the disc may form a ratchet wheel and a
spring pawl is fixed on the disc which catches into this wheel and holds the disc.
The cloth or other goods to be marked may be passed over a roller or guide forming
a striking surface for the stamps upon the disc. When the downward motion is
given to the disc by the cam or other gearing, the stamps or marks strike upon
the moving fabric and are carried round by it until one of the studs upon the rim
of the disc strikes against the lower catch which moves the pawl into the next
tooth on the ratchet wheel and causes the disc to turn half the distance (or more or
less) between two of the stamps. When the disc travels upward another of the
studs upon the rim strikes against the upper catch and moves the spring pawl into
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page_text: the next tooth on the ratchet wheel and thus causes the disc to turn the remaining
distance and the next stamp is in a position for striking upon the material to be
marked.
The stamps upon the disc may be inked by a roller or rollers covered with any
suitable material and passing through a vessel containing the necessary liquid or
in any other convenient manner. The disc may be mounted so that it may be
moved laterally in order to mark the cloth or other goods near the selvage or
wherever desired.
This apparatus may be used for all kinds of textile fabrics and other goods such
as oil-cloth, india-rubber, paper and the like either manufactured or during the
process of manufacture.
AN IMPROVED INDELIBLE INK
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hector Auguste Dufrené of N° 10 rue de la fidélité, Paris
"
in the Republic of France Civil Engineer and Patent Agent for an Invention
of "AN IMPROVED INDELIBLE INK a communication from Messieurs Fonseca
et Compagnie of N° 9 rue Condorcet, Paris in the Republic of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hector Auguste Dufrené
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th February 1883.
HECTOR AUGUSTE DUFRENÉ of N° 10 rue de la fidélité, Paris, in the Republic
of France Civil Engineer and Patent Agent "AN IMPROVED INDELIBLE INK
[a communication from Messieurs Fonseca et Compagnie of No 9 rue Condorcet,
Paris in the Republic of France.]
"
The invention communicated to me relates to the manufacture of an improved
indelible ink.
In manufacturing the ink according to this invention I put into an iron boiler
about one hundred and forty litres of drinkable water, two kilogramines, two
hundred and fifty grammes of carbonate of soda and twelve kilogrammes of divided
log wood, and boil the whole until the liquid marks three degrees on the acid
gauge.
I then pass the mixture into a strainer and add thereto about seven kilogrammes
of refined white fine sugar, two kilogrammes of black aniline and one kilogramine
nine hundred grammes of soot.
The whole is then boiled until the liquid, when cool, shall weigh thirteen
degrees, and about one hundred and twenty six litres of indelible ink is thus
obtained.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Hector Auguste Dufrené in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th August 1883.
33
HECTOR AUGUSTE DUFRENÉ of N° 10 Rue de la Fidélité, Paris in the Republic
of France, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent "AN IMPROVED INDELIBLE INK
(A communication from Messieurs Fonseca et Compagnie of 9-Rue Condorcet,
Paris in the Republic of France)
The invention communicated to me relates to the manufacture of an improved
indelible ink.
In manufacturing the ink according to this invention I put into an iron boiler
about one hundred and forty litres of drinkable water, two kilogrammes two
hundred and fifty grammes of carbonate of soda and twelve kilogrammes of divided
logwood, and boil the whole until the liquid marks three degrees on the acid
gauge
I then pass the mixture into a strainer and add thereto about seven kilogrammės
of refined white fine sugar, two kilogrammes of black aniline and one kilogramme
nine hundred grammes of soot.
The whole is then boiled until the liquid, when cool, shall weigh thirteen degrees
and about one hundred and twenty six litres of indelible ink is thus obtained.
Having thus described the invention communicated to me and the manner of
performing the same what is claimed and intended to be protected by the herein
in part recited Letters Patent is :-
The manufacture and use of the herein described improved indelible ink.
In Witness whereof I the said Hector Auguste Dufrené have hereto set my
hand and seal this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three
.
IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR RELIEVING FALLEN HORSES OF THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND TO ASSIST THEM TO RISE, APPLICABLE ALSO AS A CHECK TO FALLING AND AS A BREAK
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Michael John Rowley and William
Goodman Hobill at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
22nd September 1883.
MICHAEL JOHN ROWLEY of 14 Blandford Street Portman Square, and WILLIAM
GOODMAN HOBILL of 49 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square in the County of
Middlesex Engineers IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR RELIEVING FALLEN
HORSES OF THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND TO ASSIST THEM TO RISE, APPLICABLE
ALSO AS A CHECK TO FALLING AND AS A BREAK
The object of this invention is certain improved means and apparatus for
relieving fallen horses of the weight of the vehicles and to assist them to rise part
of said apparatus serving as a break if desired.
The invention is intended more particularly for Hansom cabs Carts (light and
heavy) Gigs and other two wheeled vehicles but by certain modifications it can be
made available to carriages
The invention consists of levers, rods, and foot plates or handles so arranged that
the axle or wheel can be used as a fulcrum when the weight of the driver or a pull
of a hand lever is exerted to lift the front of the vehicle from the rear part or from
the side of said rear part.
The apparatus will be arranged to suit the shape of the vehicle
ANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Warner at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th May 1883.
JOHN WARNER of Whitechapel in the County of Middlesex
IN INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS "
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to a new and more efficient means of closing the part of
Incandescent Electric Lamps through which the conducting wires pass whereby
the necessity of using platinum wire is obviated the said platinum wire having
hitherto made incandescent Electric Lamps both expensive and imperfect through
its liability to breaking the Lamp whilst the Electric Current is passing through it.
According to my Invention I form the bulb. or tubular part of the Lamp in such
a manner that it can be filled or closed by a plug of vulcanite or other suitable
material, there being a groove or recess formed in the tubular part of the Lamp or
in the plug as may be most convenient into which groove or recess I fit an India
rubber ring which when compressed into the tubular part of the Lamp renders
that part of the Lamp impervious to air the wires for conducting the Electric
current passing through the plug thereby preventing the heat caused by the
Electric Current from breaking the glass by sudden expansion or otherwise and
rendering platinum wires unnecessary.
The plug may be replaced by a cup or cap applied to the outside of the tubular
part of the Lamp in like manner to the hereinbefore described plug the India
rubber ring being between the inside of the cup and the outside of the lamp.
If the tubular part of the Lamp be of a shape suited for retaining the plug or
cup or cap in position without the necessity for the groove the groove may be
dispensed with or if found desirable there may be more than one groove and
the groove or grooves may be as before stated in either the plug cap or tubular
part or in both