Marginal Index for Bibles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1890-Accepted, 7th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Marginal Index for Bibles.
BYRON LAING of the Village of Acton, in the County of Halton, in the Province
of Ontario, Canada Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows
My invention relates to marginal indexes for Bibles in which the edges of the
leaves are scalloped or indented so as to require only half the number of scallops as
there are books in the Bible; a transparent facing for the strengthening of the leaf
where the stamp of index is attached ; and the parallel reading of the index with
the text of the Bible. In each scallop two books are indexed, the preceding and the
following.
The indexes are stamped either upon the leaf, facing or leather affixed to the facing,
and when stamped on the leaf, to prevent any possible defacement, an impervious
transparent facing covers the same; also by the applied facings, the possibility of the
leaves being torn is overcome.
The object of my invention is to facilitate reference by bringing the index of the
whole Bible parallel with the reading of the text, and upon half the number of index
leaves as there are books in the Bible.
Reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a closed Bible showing its defined number of
scallops or indentations.
Figure is an elevation of the Bible opened at the close of Deuteronomy and the.
beginning of Joshua, showing upon the left two scallops with index and an indexed
facing below, and on the right a part of a scallop and a whole scallop below (as herein
after described), and so on to the end of the book as shown in figure 1 of the
drawing.
In the drawing, A represents the leaves of the Bible and B the covers of the same.
C represents the scallops or indentations, thirty-three in number, each scallop being
placed at the ending of one book and the beginning of the following. The scallop C
is an undivided scallop not being broken by the turning of the leaves. The scallop C²,
in figure 2, is parted by the leaves being turned. Cs is a full scallop as the leaves
are turned over, falling, when closed, upon the facing D. The indexes, E, throughout'
read parallel with the text of the Bible, as shown.
Dated this 8th day of October 1889.
JOHN HENDRY,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Marginal Index for Bibles.
I, BYRON LAING, of the Village of Acton, in the County of Halton, in the Province
of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention relates to marginal indexes for Bibles, in which the edges of the
leaves are scalloped, or indented, so as to require only half the number of scallops as
there are books in the Bible; a transparent facing for the strengthening of the leaf
where the stamp of index is attached; and the parallel reading of the index with
the text of the Bible. In each scallop two books are indexed, the preceding and the
following.
The indexes are stamped either upon the leaf, facing, or leather affixed to the facing,

page_text: and when stamped on the leaf, to prevent any possible prefacement, an impervious
transparent facing covers the same; also by the applied facings, the possibility of the
leaves being torn, is overcome.
The object of my invention is to facilitate reference by bringing the index of the
whole Bible into the smallest possible compass, so arranged as to read parallel with
the text of the book.
I attain this object by the device illustrated in the drawings left with the provisional
specification, in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation showing its defined number of scallops or indentations.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the Bible opened at the close of Deuteronomy and the
beginning of Joshua, showing upon the left, two scallops with index, and an index
with facing below; and on the right, a part of a scallop and a whole scallop below.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In the drawing, A represents the leaves of a Bible, and B the covers of the same.
Crepresents the scallops or indentations, thirty-three in number, each scallop being
placed at the ending of one book and the beginning of the following. The scallop, C
is an undivided scallop, not being broken by the turning of the leaves. The scallop, C2,
in fig. 2, is parted by the leaves being turned. (3 is a full scallop, as the leaves are
turned over, falling, when closed, upon the facing, D. The index, E, throughout
reads parallel with the text of the Bible as shown.
To further aid the eye and facilitate reference, colored index pieces are introduced
at the Psalms, the beginning of the minor prophesies, the beginning of the New
Testament, and the beginning of the shorter Epistles, dividing the index into four
parts, so that when a certain book of the Bible is desired, one has only to think of it
as belonging to the minor prophesies, the shorter Epistles or whatever part of the
Bible, and at once place the finger on the colored index of that section, and from it
the book desired is found in a moment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. In a marginal index for Bibles, the scallops, C, having double parallel index, E,
stamped thereon, condensed to one half substantially as set forth and described.
2nd. In a marginal index for Bibles, the scallops, C, having double parallel index, E,
stamped thereon, condensed to one half, in combination with a transparent facing, D,
placed in position substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this Twenty-second day of April 1890.
JOHN HENDRY;
Agent.