A NEW UNFERMENTED BEVERAGE
Year: 1866

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Joseph Berry King
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th April 1866.
I, CHARLES JOSEPH BERRY KING, of Bellmont House, Stome, in the County
of Stafford, M.D., do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW UNFERMENTED BEVERAGE," to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to a new unfermented beverage, to be taken
medicinally or otherwise, which possesses all the qualities of wine without
having any alcoholic or intoxicating influences, and consists in the union of
glycerine with phosphoric acid, and permanganate of potash in about the
following proportions, viz., one to two drams of glycerine, one and a half to
two drams of phosphoric acid, two drams of permanganate of potash, and one
pint of water, to which may be added essence of lemon, tincture of capsicum,
extract of tea, or any other flavoring matter.

page_text: by the said Charles Joseph Berry King in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
JOSEPH BERRY KING, of Bellmont House, Stome, in the County of Stafford,
M.D., send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of April, in the year of our. Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant. unto me.
the said Charles Joseph Berry King, Her special licence that I, the said
Charles Joseph Berry King, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as 1. the said Charles Joseph Berry King, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A NEW UNFERMENTED BEVERAGE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that 1. the said Charles Joseph Berry King, my executors or admini-
strators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I. the said Charles Joseph Berry King, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to a new unfermented beverage possessing the
invigorating and refreshing qualities. of wine without containing any alcoholic
or intoxicating influences, and consists in the union of glycerine with phos-
phoric and citric acids, and an inspissated extract of capsicum, flavored with
fruit essences, such as lemon, or a cold extract of tea prepared in vacuo; but
in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I now proceed to describe in detail the mode of performing
the same (that is to say):

page_text: In order to obtain my unfermented beverage and render it both refreshing,
invigorating, and suitable to the palate, employ for the above purpose
glycerine in combination with phosphoric and citric acids, first mixing
the acids together, and then adding the flavoring matter to the sugar
previously made into a syrup; the said combinations are then diluted or
mixed with water charged with the glycerine aforesaid in the proportion of
about one to two drachms of glycerine, and one and a half to two drachms of
phosphoric acid to one pint of water. In forming, however, a still vinous
beverage by an unfermented combination of the above ingredients, which I
term "nepholine." I purpose employing about two ounces of the aforesaid
acids in the proportion of twenty per cent. at the highest of phosphoric acid
to one gallon of water containing two ounces of glycerine, and subsequently
flavoring the same by the extract of capsicum (purposely prepared in Jamaica
by pressing the juice from the ripe fruit, and inspissating the same in the heat.
of the sun), adding thereto half a drachm of essence of lemon or other essential
flavoring matters which may be preferred or found agreeable, and five pounds
of syrup. To render the above suitable to other tastes and requirements and
enable a champagne or sparkling vinous beverage to be obtained of an invigo-
rating character embodying the same physiological effects and principles, I
unite the said ingredients in modified proportions with carbonic acid or fixed
air, and also specially prepare the same in a similar manner to the numerous
effervescent mineral waters sold in bottles, or the same may be manufactured
and sold in a concentrated liquid form without sugar (for convenience and
portability) and a teaspoonful taken when desired in a tumbler full of water.
In conclusion to the foregoing description I would here note that the said
ingredients may be varied according to the strength and quality required, and
flavoured to the taste as may be found desirable. And I would again further
note that the above admixtures will be found an admirable expedient in the
convalescent stages of fevers and other debilitating complaints by stimulating,
supporting, and reviving the relaxed powers.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried
into effect, I would have it clearly understood that I do not intend to confine
myself to the precise details herein-before described, as the same inay be
otherwise varied without departing from the general principle of this my said
Invention, nor do I claim as new and of my said Invention the exclusive use
of the several substances, combinations, and processes herein-before described,
except when the same are employed in and for the purposes of my said

page_text: Invention, which I hereby declare to consist; in the combined preparations
and employment of the said ingredients in conjunction with the mode of
obtaining an unfermented beverage in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Charles Joseph Berry King, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
CHAS. JOSH. BERRY KING, M.D. (L.S.)
Witness,
R. H. P. COOKE,
Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co.,
77, Chancery Lane.