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A TINCTURE FOR CLEANSING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH AND CURING THE TOOTH ACH
Year: 1744

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
GREENOUGH, of the Parish of Saint Sepulchre, in the City of London,
Apothecary, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Ninth
day of February, in the seventeenth year of His reign, did give and grant
unto me, the said Thomas Greenough, His especial licence that I, the said
Thomas Greenough, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my new Invention of "A TINCTURE FOR CLEANSING
AND PRESERVING THE TEETH AND CURING THE TOOTH ACH;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Thomas Greenough,
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of
the said Invention to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within three kalendar months after the date of the said recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Greenough, do hereby declare that the said new invented tincture is
prepared of the several materials and in the same proportions thereof as is
contained in the receipt hereafter mentioned, viz': -
Take salt of tartar five pounds and an half; spirit of laurel, twelve gallons;
bastard orrice root, twenty pounds; mint, twenty-four handfulls; roch allom,
five pounds; thebaic extract, two pounds; cochineal, two pounds; oil of
A SELF-REGULATING WIND MACHINE
Year: 1745

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
LEB, of Brock Mill, near Wigan, in the County Palatine of Lancaster,
Smith, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Ninth day of December, in the nineteenth year of His reign,
did give and grant unto me, the said Edmund Lee, His especial licence
that I, the said Edmund Lee, during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and His Plantations in America, my new
Invention of a machine, which I call "A SELF-REGULATING WIND MACHINE;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the
said Edmund Lee, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description
of the nature of the said Invention to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery, within four kalendar months after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had,
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Edmund Lee, do hereby declare that my said new-invented wind machine is
described in the Plan thereof, hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof I, the said Edmund Lee, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of March, One thousand seven hundred
and footy-five

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the Eighteenth day of March,
above written, the before-named Edmund Leo came before our Lord the
King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the above Writing, and all and
every thing therein contained and specified, in form above said. And also the
same was duly stamped according to the Statute in that case made and
provided.
A CERTAIN MEDICINAL BELT CHIMICALLY PREPARED
Year: 1746

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
NEELER, of the Parish of Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Brittain, bearing date at West-
minster the First day of April, in the nineteenth year of His reign, did
give and grant unto me, the said Edmund Neeler, His especial licence that I,
the said Edmund Neeler, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and His Colonies and Plantations in America, by
new Invention of "A CERTAIN MEDICINAL BELT CHIMICALLY PREPARED;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a provisoe, obliging me, the said
Edmund Neeler, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, & in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
three kalendar months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Edmund Neeler, do hereby declare that my said new Invention is to be per-
formed in the manner herein-after mentioned (that is to say):-
Take of the best white wine, three quarts; olive oyl, three pounds; carduus
benedictus, valerian, and the lesser sage, of each, a quarter of a pound; the
leaves of Saint John's wort, half a pound. The herbs must be steeped in the

page_text: said oyl and wine six or eight days, then put on an easy fire, and keep stirring
two hours, take it off, strain it well, after which put to the above materials two
pounds of white soap, finely scraped; one pound of white frankincence; one
pound of Venice turpentine. Put all into a large resort, lute a receiver to the
resort; distil it in sand with a gentle fire, encrease the fire by degrees, from
which will come out an oyl, with which mix about twenty pounds of quick-
silver, and lett it lye so mixed four or five days, then put to it the white of
eggs; beat it all together till it comes to an ointment; spread an ounce of
this ointment on list; cover the list with a linnen cloth, put it about the
body; wear it two or three months. In so doing these belts cure most dis-
tempers incident to mankind.
In witness whereof I the said Edmund Nealer have hereunto sett me
NEW METHOD OF EXTRACTING A SPIRIT OR OYL OUT OF TAR, AND BY THE SAHE PROCESS PRODUCE THE FINEST OF PITCH
Year: 1746

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
HASKINS, of Northfleet, in the County of Kent, Chymist, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Seventh day of August, in the twentieth year of His reign, did give and grant
unto me, the said Henry Haskins, His especial licence that I, the said Henry
Haskins, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, my "NEW METHOD OF EXTRACTING A SPIRIT OR
OYL OUT OF TAR, AND BY THE SAHE PROCESS PRODUCE THE FINEST OF PITCH," within
England, Wales, the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and His Majesty's Colo-
nies and Plantations in America; in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a provisoe obliging me, the said Henry Haskins, by a writing under
my hand & seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four kalendar months after
the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as by the same (relation being
thereunto had, may more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry Haskins, do hereby declare that the said Invention is to be per-
formed in the manner following (that is to say) :-
First, take any quantity of tar you please (so as not to more than half fill
your still, which must be thoroughly cleaned from all manner of impurities,
& more particularly from water, for if any quantity of that should be left in

page_text: it, it will be found to be exceeding troublesom, and considerably hinder the
operation. The tar may be cleansed either by boyling and straining, or by
settling in tubbs or any other convenient vessel; then commit it to a double-
neck pelican-headed still, made either of glass, iron, or copper, with capacious
receivers, and well luted, under which raise a fire of the first degree for six
hours, by which time the particles will be thoroughly comminated, then raise
your fire to the second degree for as many hours more, and then to the third
degree for three hours more; in which time you will find first a pale acid
phlegm to come off into the receiver, which must be changed, when a fetid
volatile spirit or oyle rises; lastly will come over a black glutinous oyle, which
keep for use.
If you would have a more volatile or light oyle, which may be more proper
for many uses in physick, it may be done by repeated rectifications to what
degree you choose.
Lastly, the caput mortuum, which is what remains in the still after the
distillation is finished, will be found to be the finest and best of pitch, which I
am well assured of, not only from my own judgment, but by the experience
and testimony of many who have used it.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Haskins, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Second day of December, One thousand seven
hundred and forty-six.
A CERTAIN ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR RAISING WATER, EXTENSIVELY BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLICK, WHICH, BY ITS WONDERFUL OPERATION DEMONSTRATES A MUCH SUPERIOR FORCE THAN ANY EVER YET MADE USE OF FOR DRAINING LOW & MARSHY LANDS, EMPTYING MINES, SUPPLYING CITIES, TOWNS, & GENTLEMENS SEATS WITH WATER, EXTINGUISHING FIRE, PRESERVING SHIPS FROM PERISHING BY SEA BY SPRINGING LEAKS, & CARRYING ON ALL SORTS OF GRINDING, WHICH MACHINE OR ENGINE ACTS FROM A STILL BODY OF WATER CONTINUALLY FROM AN ARTFUL POWER WITHOUT LOSS OF TIME & ALSO WITHOUT FIRE, WIND ORHORSES
Year: 1747

page_text: TO ALL TO-WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
HARRIS, of Fleet Street, London, Watchmaker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Third day of November, in the Twenty-first year of His reign, did give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Harris, His especial licence that I, the said
Thomas Harris, during the term of years therein expressed, might make, use,
exercise, and vend my new Invention of "A CERTAIN ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR
RAISING WATER, EXTENSIVELY BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLICK, WHICH, BY ITS WONDERFUL
OPERATION DEMONSTRATES A MUCH SUPERIOR FORCE THAN ANY EVER YET MADE USE OF
FOR DRAINING LOW & MARSHY LANDS, EMPTYING MINES, SUPPLYING CITIES, TOWNS,
& GENTLEMENS SEATS WITH WATER, EXTINGUISHING FIRE, PRESERVING SHIPS FROM
PERISHING BY SEA BY SPRINGING LEAKS, & CARRYING ON ALL SORTS OF GRINDING,
WHICH MACHINE OR ENGINE ACTS FROM A STILL BODY OF WATER CONTINUALLY FROM
AN ARTFUL POWER WITHOUT LOSS OF TIME, & ALSO WITHOUT FIRE, WIND, OR HORSES;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe, obliging me, the
said Thomas Harris, by a writing under my hand & seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of the said Invention, & in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four kalendar months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Thomas Harris, do hereby declare that the said engine or machine does consist

page_text: and is to be performed as is described in the moddell or plan thereor nereunto
annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Harris, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of January, One thousand seven
hundred and forty-eight.
THO (L.B.) HARRIS.
AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the same Twenty-ninth day of
January, the aforesaid Thomas Harris came before our Lord the King in His
Chancery, and acknowledged the aforesaid Writing, and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above said. And the said Writing was
stamped according to the form of the Statute made & provided in the sixth
year of the reign of the late King William and Queen Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the First day of February, in the twenty-first year of the reign
of His Majesty King George the Second.
A TINCTURE OR MEDICINE
Year: 1747

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, THOMAS
JACKSON, of Wellington, in the County of Salop, Yeoman, sends greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty, by His Letters Patent under the Great
Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Ninth day of
December, in the twenty-first year of His reign, hath given and granted unto
the said Thomas Jackson, his executors, administrators, & assignes, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term of fourteene years, to make, use, exercise, and vend his
Invention of "A TINCTURE OR MEDICINE," in the said Letters Patent particu-
larly sett forth, within the Kingdom of Great Britain, Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed; and in and by the said Letters Patent is
contained a provisoe in the words following (that is to say):--That if the said
Thomas Jackson shall not perticularly describe and asceertaine the nature of
his said Invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, by an
instrument in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to be
inrolled in the High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next &
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said
Letters Patent, & all liberties and advantages thereby granted, should utterly
cease, determine, & become void, as in and by the said Letters Patent,
relation being thereunto had (amongst other things), will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YEE, that the said Thomas Jackson, in pursuance of the
provisoe in the said Letters Patent contained, doth hereby describe & ascer-
tain the nature of his said Invention, & that the same is prepared and
performed by him as followeth (that is to say) :-

page_text: Take an equal quantity of the oyl of bayes, oyl of palm, turpentine, tar, oil
of Peter, and oyl of olives, mix them well together in an earthen jarr; then
lett them stand for eight days, stirring them well together for three or four
times every day; then take the whole quantity, thus well mixed, & put it
into a copper over a fire & gently boil it for three or four hours; then draw
it off and filter it, and, when cold, it will be fit to be used as a remedy in all
the cases menconed in the said Letters Patent.
In witness whereof, the said Thomas Jackson hath hereunto sett his
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred & forty-seven.
WINDSOR, Extř.
Sealed & delivered (being first stamped
with a five shillings stamp, in the pre-
sence of us,
JOHN WINDSOR.
THO JACKSON.
ABRAM JONES.
AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the same Twenty-third day of
January, the aforesaid Thomas Jackson came before our Lord the King in
His Chancery, & acknowledged the aforesaid Writing, & every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above said. & the said Writing was stamped!
according to the form of the Statute made and provided in the sixth year of
the reign of the late King William & Queen Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the Twenty-seventh day of January, in the twenty-first year of
the reign of His Majesty King George the Second.
MAKING CARTRIDGE OR ANY OTHER SORTS OF PAPER THAT WILL NOT HOLD ANY FIRE
Year: 1747

page_text: JOHANNOTS SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSIAS
JOHANNOT, late of London, Stationer, but now of Paul's Cray, in the County
of Kent, Paper Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Third day of November, in the twenty-first year of His reign, did give &
grant unto me, the said Josias Johannot, His especial licence, that I, the
said Josias Johannot, during the term of years therein expressed, might make,
use, exercise, & vend, my new Invention for "MAKING CARTRIDGE OR ANY OTHER
SORTS OF PAPER THAT WILL NOT HOLD ANY FIRE;" in which said Letters Patent
there is contained a provisoe, obliging me, the said Josias Johannot, by a writing
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four kalendar months after
the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in & by the same, relation
being thereunto had, may more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YEE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Josias Johannott, do hereby declare that my said Invention is to be made,
and consists of the following particulars (viz'):-
To an engine of stuff that holds about one hundredweight of raggs, put
twenty-eight pounds of calcined salt, & fourteen pounds of salt armoniack,
seven pounds of copperas, and seven pounds of allom, and size it three times.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josias Johannot, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of February, One thousand seven
hundred and forty-seven.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the said Tenth day of February,
the aforesaid Josias Johannot came before our said Lord the King in His
Chancery, and acknowledged the aforesaid Writing and every thing therein
contained in form abovesaid. And the said Writing was stamped according to
the Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King
William & Queen Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the Tenth day of February, in the twenty-first year of the reign.
of His Majesty King George the Second.
A POWDER AND PILL, WHICH IN A FEW HOURS, AND WITH A VERY FEW DOSES, MOST EFFECTUALLY CURE ACUTE FEVERS OF ALL KIDS
Year: 1747

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
JAMES, of the Parish of Saint James, Westminster, Doctor in Physick, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Thirteenth day of November, in the twenty-first year of His reign, did give
and grant unto me, the said Robert James, His especial licence, that I, the
said Robert James, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and His Majestie's Colonies and Plantations
in America, my Invention of "A POWDER AND PILL, WHICH IN A FEW HOURS,
AND WITH A VERY FEW DOSES, MOST EFFECTUALLY CURE ACUTE FEVERS OF ALL
KIDS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging me, the
said Robert James, by a writing under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within three kalendar months after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may
inore at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Robert James, do hereby declare that the said Invention is to be performed
in the manner following (that is to say) :—

page_text: Salt we
repmegmated; then Don it in melted nitre for
a considerable time and seperate the powder from the nitre by dissolving it in
water.
THE PILL.
Take quicksilver, make an amalgama with equal parts of the marcial
regulus of antimony and pure silver, adding a proportionable quantity of sal
ammoniac; distill off the mercury by a retort into a glass receiver; then,
with this quicksilver, make a fresh amalgama with the same ingredients;
distill again, and repeat this operation nine or ten times; then dissolve this
mercury in spirit of nitre, put it into a glass retort, and distill to dryness;
calcine the caput mortuum till it becomes of a gold colour, burn spirit of wine
upon it, and keep it for use. It is impossible for any one that does not see or
attend to the process to specify the precise dose, because the medicines will be
stronger or weaker, according as the process is conducted. In general thirty
grains of the antimonial powder and one grain of the mercurial powder is a
moderate dose, though sometimes more, sometimes less, is required.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert James, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of February, One thousand seven
hundred and forty-seven.
A METHOD OP PRODUCING A BRITISH SPIRIT, BY COURCE OF HIS OWN INVENTION, FROM METERIALS OF BRITISH PRODUCTION
Year: 1748

page_text: PICKERING'S SPECIFICATION.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Second has been
graciously pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England,
bearing date the Sixteenth day of March last, to grant unto ROGER PICKERING,
of Muswell otherwise Mousewell Hill, in the Parish of St. James, Clerken-
well, in the County of Middlesex, Minister of the Word of God, and one of
the Fellows of the Royal Society, the sole use and benefit of "A METHOD
OP PRODUCING A BRITISH SPIRIT, BY COURCE OF HIS OWN INVENTION, FROM
METERIALS OF BRITISH PRODUCTION;" in which said Patent there is contained
a proviso or clause that if the said Roger Pickering shall not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by and instrument in writing under his hand and
seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within four calender months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent, then the said Letters Patent, and all libertys and
advantages thereby granted, shall ceace, determine, and become void.
NOW I, the said Roger Pickering, in pursuance of and obedience to the
said clause or proviso in the said Letters Patent, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and the manner of performing the same, to be
as follows, that is to say :-
The wash is made from beans, pease, and oats, malted, brewed into beer,
and fermented with honey. This is drawn into low wine and proof by the
usual methods. The proof spirit is drawn over again with sal polychreston,
made with something more than the usual quantity of sulpher and cream of
Rhenish tartar. Make a wine from damascenes and cherrys, fermented with

page_text: honey, to which during the fermentation add flowers of the sclarea hortensis
and bitter almonds. Draw this into a low wine and proof, and mix the above
spirit and this discretionally together.
In witness whereof, I, the said Roger Pickering, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of July, One thousand seven hundred
and forty-eight.
LOUIS RUSSELL.
AYLIFFE WHITE.
AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that the Fifteenth day of July, in the year
above written, the aforesaid Roger Pickering came before our said Lord the
King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Indre aforesaid, and all and
every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written. And also
the Indre aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the Statute
made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen William
Mary of England, and so forth.
NEW METHOD TO REFINE, PURIFY, & MELIORATE AN OYL EXTRACTED FROM RAPE SEED, COMONLY CALLED RAPE OYL, TO A PAR GREATER PERFECTION THAN EVER KNOWN BEFORE, WHEREBY THE SAME MAY BE RENDRED OF GREAT USE TO HIS MAJESTIE'S SUBJECTS IN SEVERAL BRANCHES OF BUSINESS WHERE IT NEVER COULD BEFORE BE USED
Year: 1748

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COMÉ, I DANIEL
BRIDGES, of the Town & County of. Kingston-upon-Hull, Apothecary, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Second,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Sixteenth day of April, in the 'twenty-first year of His reign, did give & graunt
unto me, the said Daniel Bridges, His especial licence that I, the said Daniel
Bridges, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed,
my "NEW METHOD TO REFINE, PURIFY, & MELIORATE AN OYL EXTRACTED FROM
RAPE SEED, COMONLY CALLED RAPE OYL, TO A PAR GREATER PERFECTION THAN EVER
KNOWN BEFORE, WHEREBY THE SAME MAY BE RENDRED OF GREAT USE TO HIS MAJESTIE'S
SUBJECTS IN SEVERAL BRANCHES OF BUSINESS WHERE IT NEVER COULD BEFORE BE
USED;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me,
the said Daniel Bridges, under my hand and seal, to, cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within four calendar months after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may
more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YEE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Daniel Bridges, do hereby declare that the said new method to refine, purify,
and meliorate rape oyl, as aforesaid, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, is described as follows, to wit:-

page_text: To one gallon of rape oyl add four ounces of the strong spirit of vitriol, or
any other strong acid spirit, stir them together untill well incorporated, which
will be compleated in the space of ten minutes. Let the mixture stand
without molestation after the incorparacon for fourteen or twenty days; any
vessel may do for this operation. After the expiration of fourteen or twenty
days, to the whole quantity of the mixture add the same quantity of water,
and boil them for the space of one hour; when cold skim the oyl from the
water, and reserve in a coñion leaden cestern for use.
In witness whereof, I, the said Daniel Bridges, have hereunto sett my
hand & seal, this Ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred & forty-eight.
Inrolled the Thirteenth day of August, in the twenty-second year of the
reign of His said Majesty King George the Second.
AN ENGINE OR MACHINE FOR THE LAYING OR INTERMIXING OF THREADS, CORDS, OR THONGS OF DIFFERENT KINDS, COMONLY CALLED PLATTING
Year: 1748

page_text: WALFORD'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WALFORD, of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, Chapman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Eighteenth day of November, in the twenty-second year of His
reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Walford, His especial
licence that I, the said Thomas Walford, during the term of years therein ex-
pressed, might make, use, exercise, and vend my new Invention of "AN ENGINE
OR MACHINE FOR THE LAYING OR INTERMIXING OF THREADS, CORDS, OR THONGS
OF DIFFERENT KINDS, COMONLY CALLED PLATTING;" in which said Letters Patent
there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said Thomas Walford, by a
writing under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four calendar months
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same
(relation being thereunto had, may more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Thomas Walford, do hereby declare that the said engine or machine does
consist and is to be performed in the manner described in the Plan and
explanation thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Walford, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, One thousand seven
THOMAS WALFORD. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the same Fifteenth day of March,
the aforesaid Thomas Walford came beforo our Lord the King in His
Chancery, and acknowledged the Writing aforesaid, and all and every thing
therein contained and specified, in form above said. And the said Writing
was stamped according to the form of the Statute made in the sixth year
of the reign of the late King and Queen William and Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the Sixteenth day of March, in tho twenty-second year of the
reign of His Majesty King George the Second.

page_text: The Form & Proportion of
A MACHINE FOR CARDING OF WOOL AND COTTON, EITHER BY HAND OR WATER
Year: 1748

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DANIEL
BOURN, of the Borough of Leominster, in the County of Hereford, Dealer
in Wool & Cotton, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twentieth day of January, in the one & twentyeth year of His reign, did
give & grant unto me, the said Daniel Bourn, His especial licence, that I,
the said Daniel Bourn, during the term of years therein expressed, might
make, use, exercise, & vend, my new Invention of "A MACHINE FOR CARDING
OF WOOL AND COTTON, EITHER BY HAND OR WATER;" in which said Letters Patent
there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said Daniel Bourn, by a writing
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four kalender
months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same (relation being thereunto had) may more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Daniel Bourn, do hereby declare that the said Machine for Carding of Wool
& Cotton does consist and is to be performed in the manner described in the
Plan and Explanation thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
day of May. One thousand seven hundred and forty-eight.
DANIEL BOURN. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the said Fourteenth day of May,
the aforesaid Daniel Bourn came before our Lord the King in His Chancery,
and acknowledged the aforesaid Writing, and every thing therein contained
and specified, in form abovesaid. And the said Writing was stamped according
to the Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King
William & Queen Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the Fourteenth day of May, in the said twenty-first year of the
reign of His Majesty King George the Second.
To PREPARE WOOLEN CLOATH AND HATTS SO AS TO RENDER THEM CAPABLE OF KEEPING OUT MUCH MORE THAN A DAY'S OR WEEK'S RAIN, WITH- OUT IMPAIRING EITHER THE BEAUTY OR STRENGTH OF THE CLOATH OR HATTS
Year: 1748

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSHUA
WHEELER, Mercer, of the City of Worcester, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Second,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
the Twenty-seventh day of June last past, did give and grant unto me, the
said Joshua Wheeler, His especial licence that I, the said Joshua Wheeler,
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
my new Invention, "To PREPARE WOOLEN CLOATH AND HATTS SO AS TO RENDER
THEM CAPABLE OF KEEPING OUT MUCH MORE THAN A DAY'S OR WEEK'S RAIN, WITH-
OUT IMPAIRING EITHER THE BEAUTY OR STRENGTH OF THE CLOATH OR HATTS;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said
Joshua Wheeler, under my hand. and seal, to cause a perticuler description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four kalendar months after the date of the said Letters Patent, as in
and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more at large appear.
NOW KNOW YEE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Joshua Wheeler, do hereby declare that the said Invention is described as
followeth (that is to say):-
Stretch the cloth in a frame, and spread on the wrong side of it as much
bees'-wax as, when forced in by heat, will penetrate half through the cloth's
thickness. Then take one pound of bees-wax, half a pound of yellow rosin,

page_text: two ounces of Strasburgh turpentine, and melt them together, to which add as
much oyl of rosemary as will overcome the smell of the above ingredients, of
which spread, as before, such a quantity as will, by heat, force through three
fourths of the cloath's thickness. The same preparation, with as much ivory
black as is sufficient to colour it, to be in like manner forc'd by heat, will
prepare batts for the purpose aforesaid.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joshua Wheeler, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, the Twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of our
Lord 1748
New CHIMICAL PREPARATION AND MEDICINE WHICH HE HATH STILED SCHWANBERG'S LIQUID SHELL
Year: 1748

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WALTER
BAKER, of Helmet Court, in the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Chymist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Royall Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twelfth day of July, in the twenty-second year of His reign, did give and
grant unto the said Walter Baker, His special licence that he, the said Walter
Baker, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, his "New CHIMICAL PREPARATION AND MEDICINE WHICH HE HATH STILED
SCHWANBERG'S LIQUID SHELL;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained
a proviso obliging the said Walter Baker, under his hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within four calender months after the date of the said recited-Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Walter Baker, do hereby declare that the said medicine is compounded and
performed as followeth (that is to say):-
Native marine shells, prepared and properly cleansed from their filth and
external coats, and only the pearly and transparent parts, to be calcined in
such a heat as to become nearly an alkali; seirce through a fine sieve, then
with a sufficient quantity of factitious salt, prepared according to art, calcine by

page_text: cementation; after which in a clean place dissolve it per deliquium, and then,
by filtration proper, the liquid shell is produced; of which liquid shell a child
in the month may take from twelve drops to twenty; and persons from seven
to fifteen, from thirty to fifty; from fifteen and upwards, from fifty to one
hundred drops, in fine common soft river water, white wine, green tea, or
parsley water, three, four, five, or six times a day.
In witness whereof, I, the said Walter Baker, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of October, in the twenty-second year
of the reign of King George the Second, and in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and forty-eight.
NEW-INVENTED MEDICINE, PREPARED IN PART CHYMICALLY, AND COMPOUNDED OF SEVERAL INGREDIENTS, CALLED BY THE NAME OF THE CHILD-BED CORDIAL AND POWDERS, AND ALSO MY STRENGTHENING BALSON AND STRENGTHENING POWDERS
Year: 1752

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HOOPER, of Reading, in the County of Berks, Apothecary and Man Midwife,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Matie King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seale of Great Brittain, bearing date the
First day of July, in the twenty-sixth year of His reign, did give and grant
unto me, the said John Hooper, His special lycence that I, the said John
Hooper, during the term of years therein expressly expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my "NEW-INVENTED MEDICINE, PREPARED IN PART
CHYMICALLY, AND COMPOUNDED OF SEVERAL INGREDIENTS, CALLED BY THE NAME
OF THE CHILD-BED CORDIAL AND POWDERS, AND ALSO MY STRENGTHENING BALSON
AND STRENGTHENING POWDERS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained
a provisoe obliging me, the said John Hooper, under my hand and seal, to
cause a particular descripcon of the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Mätie's High
Court of Chancery within three calendar months after the date of the said
Letters Patent (as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may
more at large appear).
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
John Hooper, do hereby declare that the said medicine, called the Child-.
bed Cordial and Powder, is compounded as followeth (that is to say):--

page_text: Of cordial and antispasmodic ingredients, prepared by distillation and
infusion. The powder to promote pains is prepared of warm, stimulateing
ingredients, and given about a scruple for a dose. The other powder to
ease the after pains is prepared of uterine and antidolorific ingredients, and
given in the same dose as the former.
And the other new-invented medicines, called by the name of the
Strengthening Balsom and Powder, are prepared as followeth (that is to
say) :-
The balsam is compounded of dissolving and discusing ingredients, infused
in a proper menstruum, and to be used full and change of the moon. The
power is compounded of attinuating and antifebril strengthening ingredients,
and given about a scruple in a dose when the balsam is used.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hooper, have hereunto set my
hand and seale, the Fifth day of October, One thousand seven hundred
A PAIR OF PUMPS, THE BARRELS WHEREOF ARE MADE OF LEAD OR BRASS, FOR THE USE OF MERCHANTS' SHIPS OR COLLIERS
Year: 1753

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
CRAVEN, of Starborough, in the County of York, Plumber, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-ninth day of March, in the twenty-sixth year of His
reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Craven, His especial
licence that I, the said Thomas Craven, during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my new new
Invention of "A PAIR OF PUMPS, THE BARRELS WHEREOF ARE MADE OF LEAD OR
BRASS, FOR THE USE OF MERCHANTS' SHIPS OR COLLIERS;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Thomas
Craven, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of the said Invention, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court
of Chancery within four kalendar months after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the sail
Thomas Craven, do hereby declare that my said new-invented pumps are
described in the Plan thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Craven, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of July, One thousand seven
hundred and fifty-three.
ТПО.
(L.S.) CRAVEN,

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the said Second day of July, the
aforesaid Thomas Craven came before our said Lord the King in His
Chancery, and acknowledged the Writing aforesaid, and all and every matter
and thing therein specified and contained, in form above said. And the said
Writing was stamped according to the Statute made in the sixth year of
the reign of the late King William and Queen Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the Seventh day of July, in the twenty-seventh year of the
reign of King George the Second.

page_text: weight of y? Pipes . E . E . that part of y? Post that goes below the low Deck with
holes to raise the pumps to any height and to stop them there that they may keep
them clear of any Ballast that may happen to get into the Sheats.
F. F. the holes where the water comes out. G.G. covers for the Cisterns with holes
for the Spears I the Break. J. the Spear K the two Boxes for each Pump.
A NEW METHOD OF MAKING GUN CARRIAGES OF CAST IRON
Year: 1753

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1,
LOUIS FLORENT DELANNOLI DE VILLERS, of Cushion Court, in the Parish
of Saint Peter Poor, in the City of London, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Thirtieth day of May, in the Twenty-sixth year
of His reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Louis Florent de
Lannoij de Villers. His especial licence. that I, the said Louis Florent
Delannoij de Villers, during the terin of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW METHOD OF
MAKING GUN CARRIAGES OF CAST IRON." in which said Letters Patent there
is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Louis Florent Delamoij de
Villers, under my hand and seal to cause a particular description of the
nature of the said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to
be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four
kalendar months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at
large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoc, I, the
said Louis Florent Delannoij de Villers, do hereby declare that. my said
new method of making gun carriages of cast iron is described in the
plan thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Florent Delannoij de Villers, 5
have hereunto sett my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of
August, One thousand seven hundred and fifty-three.
CAST METTALLICK ROLLS FOR THE CRUSHING, FLATTENING, BRUISING, OR GRINDING OF MALT. OATS, BEANS, OR ANY KIND OF GRAIN
Year: 1753

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ISAAC
WILKINSON, of Wilson House, in the Parish of Cartmell, in the County
Palatine of Lancaster, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the grace of God of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth,
by His Letters Patent under His Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westm', the Twenty-fourth day of January, in the Twenty-sixth year of His
reign, hath given and granted unto me, the said Isaac Wilkinson, His especial
liceuce, full power, sole priviledge and authority, to make, use, exercise, & vend
my new Invention of "CAST METTALLICK ROLLS FOR THE CRUSHING, FLATTENING,
BRUISING, OR GRINDING OF MALT. OATS, BEANS, OR ANY KIND OF GRAIN;" to have
and to hold, exercise, and enjoy the said lycence, powers, priviledges and
authoritys, unto me, the said Isaac Wilkinson, my executors, admiors, and
assigns, for and during the term of fourteen years from the date thereof,
according to the Statute in that case made and provided, in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, that if I, the said Isanc
Wilkinson, should not particularly describe the form of my said Invention,
by an instrument in writing under my band and seal, and cause the same
to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery, within three calender
uiouths next & iñiediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that
then the said Letters Patent and all liberties and advantages thereby
granted, relating to my said Invenĉon of a New Sort of Cast Metallic
Rolls for the Crushing, Flattening, Bruising, or Grinding of Malt, Oates,
Beans, or any Kind of Grain, and also for Crushing, Bruising, or Grinding of
1

page_text: Sugar Canes, should utterly cease, determine, and become void, as in and by
the said recited Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had, may more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Isaac Wilkinson, pursuant to the said
proviso, have described & ascertained, and by these Presents do particularly
describe and ascertain, the nature and form of my said Invention to consist,
and that the same is performed in manner following (that is to say):-
The invention says: "My said metallick rolls are made either with or
without teeth, that serves the office of a wheel; that is, the rolls, spokes,
axes, & teeth, are of one entire peice of cast iron, or the rolls, spokes, and
axes without the teeth, of one entire piece of cast iron, and are made and
performed or cast from a melted fluid of iron poured into a mould
invented & prepared for that purpose, made either of sand, loam, or any
other composition, and then finished or fitted up as any other rolls now in
use."
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Twentieth
day of March, in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of His Majesty
King George the Second, and in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and fifty-three.
Sigued, sealed, and delivered (the
parchment being first duly stampt)
ISAAC (...) WILKINSON.
A LIQUID BLEW, WHICH BY EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE GREATLY PREFERABLE TO OTHER BLEWS IN BLEWING OF LINNENS, COTTONS &c.
Year: 1754

page_text: MAW & BISHOP'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
BISHOP, of the Town and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, Indigo Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Second, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-sixth day of November, in the twenty-eighth year of His
reign, did give and grant unto Robert Maw, of Owston, in the County of
Lincoln, Oil Maker, and me, the said Thomas Bishop. His especial lycence
that he, the said Robert Maw, and I, the said Thomas Bishop, during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our new
Invention of "A LIQUID BLEW, WHICH BY EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE
GREATLY PREFERABLE TO OTHER BLEWS IN BLEWING OF LINNENS, COTTONS, &c.;" in
which said recited Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe, obliging him, the
said Robert Maw, and me, the said Thomas Bishop, or one of us, within four
kalendar months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, to cause a
particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under our hands and
seals, or the hand and seal of one of us, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may
more at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Thomas Bishop, do hereby declare that the said Invention is to be performed
in the manner following (that is to say):
To twenty gallons of water (in which four ounces of potash has been dis-
solved) put ten pounds of bay loggwood; boil them one hour. Then add five
pounds of glue, which keep stirring till all is dissolved. Then add of pounded
allom two ounces. When cold, put it in bottles for use.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Bishop, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Eighth day of March, One thousand seven hundred
and fifty-five.