An Improved Composition for Preventing Incrustation in Steam Boilers.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1886
Complete Left, 29th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th July, 1887,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Composition for Preventing Incrustation in Steam
Boilers.
I, JAMES LUVIAN WADE, of the firm of J. L. Wade and Company, 26 Avenue
Street Bridgeton, Glasgow in the County of Lanark Manufacturing Chemist, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to prevent incrustation or deposit in steam boilers
and it consists in an improved composition for that purpose the ingredients of the said
composition being Catechu, Creosote Oil, Chloride of Lead, Caustic Potash, and Irish
Moss.
In preparing the composition I take these ingredients in or about the following
proportion by weight, viz
Of Catechu
Of Creosote Oil
Of Chloride of Lead
Of Caustic Potash
Of Irish Moss
and boil them together in any suitable vessel with water.
Fifty pounds
Ten pounds
Twenty pounds
Ten pounds
Ten pounds
The compound so obtained is of such a nature as to prevent any corrosive matter
introduced with the water from attacking the plates of the boiler or making them
rough or porous and by keeping the surface of the plates smooth the said composition
prevents sediment or incrustation from depositing on or adhering to them.
Dated this Twenty eighth day of September 1886.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Composition for Preventing Incrustation in Steam
Boilers.
I, JAMES LUVIAN WADE of the firm of J. L. Wade and Company, 26 Avenue
Street Bridgeton Glasgow in the County of Lanark Manufacturing Chemist, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object to prevent incrustation or deposit in steam boilers
and it consists in an improved composition for that purpose the ingredients of the said
composition being Catechu, Creosote Oil, Chloride of Lead, Caustic Potash, and Irish
Moss.
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In preparing the composition I take these ingredients in or about the following 1
proportion by weight, viz* :-
Of Catechu
-
Of Creosote Oil
Of Chloride of Lead
Of Caustic Potash
Of Irish Moss
Fifty pounds
Ten pounds
Twenty pounds
Ten pounds
Ten pounds
and boil them together in any suitable vessel with water.
The compound so obtained is of such a nature as to prevent any corrosive matter
introduced with the water from attacking the plates of the boiler or making them
rough or porous, and by keeping the surface of the plates smooth the said composition
prevents sediment or incrustation from depositing on or adhering to them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :----
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2
For preventing incrustation in steam boilers the herein described composition
consisting of Catechu, Creosote Oil, Chloride of Lead, Caustic Potash and Irish Moss 2
prepared as set forth in or about the proportions named.
Dated this Twenty eighth day of June 1887.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents.