IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING GLASS, SLATES, TILES, STONE, METAL, WOOD, AND THE LIKE TO WINDOWS, ROOFS. FLOORS, AND OTHER PARTS OF STRUCTURES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Henry Price, late Principal Civil Officer of H.M.
Naval Establishments at Hong Kong, China, now of St. John's, South Norwood,
in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING
GLASS, SLATES, TILES, STONE, METAL, WOOD, AND THE LIKE TO WINDOWS,
ROOFS. FLOORS, AND OTHER PARTS OF STRUCTURES."
Sealed the 20th September 1878, and dated the 8th April 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Henry Price at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th April 1878.
1. ALFRED HENRY PRICE, late Principal Civil Officer of H.M. Naval Establish-
ments at Hong Kong, China, now of St. John's, South Norwood, in the County of
Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING GLASS, SLATES, TILES, STONE, METAL, WOOD,
AND THE LIKE TO WINDOWS, ROOFS, FLOORS, AND OTHER PARTS OF STRUCTURES.”
2. This Invention has for its object the glazing of horticultural houses of all
kinds, pits, protectors, fraines, hand lights, etc., without putty, and by which means
any piece or sheet of glass may be removed or broken panes replaced from the
inside of the structure by means of screws or other fastenings, to be herein-after
described.
3. The glazing of all structures where glass is used or can be used for the purpose
of admitting light and keeping out wet at a less cost than under the present mode
of glazing, whether with or without putty.
4. The saving of slates, etc., and labour, and the increased facility of covering
roofs and other places from the inside of the work, and for the repair of the same
from the inside, without any necessity for the use of ladders or other appliances on
the outside.
5. The flush bars, stiles, and rafters under this Invention have two grooves, one
on each side of the space, where the panes of glass may be put side to side (flush)
or lapped, in which grooves the rain, which may find its way in to a very slight
extent, as well as the internal evaporation, finds its way and runs outside through
the grooves (or slots) on the upper side of the lower rail or plate (as the case may
bc), which are cut at a bevel, as shown in the Drawing 1, Figures 14 & 16, to
enable the water to drop in the gutter, should the latter be used.

page_text: 6. Ridges and principals may either be grooved or have stiles fixed to them.
7. The arrangements for slates or other materials on roofs under this Invention
are similar to those for glass.
8. The arrangements for slates, thin tiles, metal, or wood (shingles) are similar to
those for glass under this Invention.
9. The arrangements for thick tiles, slates, stone, etc., for the upright or other
work, other than roofs, for temporary churches and chapels, dwelling houses, billiard
rooms, greenhouses, stables, workshops, factories, or other structures under this
Invention is to secure them to the scantling or other wood in wooden structures, or
to ironwork in iron structures, by means of screws or other fastenings, herein-after
described or to be described, either by passing the fittings alluded to at the corners
or between the sides of the tiles, etc., which after being fixed can readily be pointed
with black, white, or or any other coloured pointing desired.
10. Fancy and decorative tiles, or any article or composition used or which may
be used in lieu of tiles, will be secured to the ceilings, walls, floors, or other parts of
churches, chapels, dwelling houses, billiard rooms, stables, or any other structure by
fastenings, herein described or to be described, after their corners or other parts
have been prepared for the reception of such fastenings.
11. The glass, slates, tiles, stono, metal, wood (shingles), herein-after alluded to,
may have parts taken off in order that the fittings, herein-after mentioned (which
are my own Inventions) may be fixed to my flush sash and roof bars, stiles, and
rafters, as well as rafters, etc., which aro not grooved, for the purpose of this
Invention.
12. In Febry, last I had completed my Invention so far as now submitted, and I
became aware by reference (in the following month) to Specifications in the library
of the Patent Office that for the purpose of carrying out certain Inventions it has
been found necessary to cut or remove portions off glass, slate, stone, and metal,
vide Specifications of the following dates, namely:-1877, 1st Augst, No. 2951,
two corners cut off glass, slate, stone, and metal to fix to battens; 1877, 18th May,
No. 1943, corners or picces" off glass (only), afterwards explained " without
corners," and further, on "one or more notches in contradistinction to corners last
referred to" 1876, 21st Septber, No. 3695, two corners off glass; 1864, 7th April,
No. 875, four corners off glass.
13. The glass under my Invention will be secured to iny flush sash and roof bars,
stiles, rafters, or other parts of the various structures herein referred to, by means
of a metal or iron pin or screw fitted in a metal or iron pipe or collar, which passes
through the woodwork in wooden structures, or through iron in iron structures,
Figures 7, 3, 6, 12, & 13.
14. The thread of the said pin or screw terminates at about the middle of its
length, and is combined by a square length, as shewn in Fig. 7; it is shown
ready, with a metal washer, Fig. 8, and an elastic washer, Fig. 9, to be inserted
through the collar or pipe, Fig. 6. The upper portion of the pipe is plugged with
wood, metal, or other plugging to take the thread of the screw, the square passing
into the hollow part of the pipe, to which may be applied a key or spanner (made
so as not to allow all the thread of the screw being turned out of the plugging)
when it is necessary to remove glass, slates, or other materials for the purpose of
repair or otherwise, which operation can be performed (inside the structure) in a few
minutes, vide Figure 11.
15. When the work is only required to be repaired from the outside a short pipe
or collar and screw, pin, or nail, with washers may be used, as shown in Figure 1.
16. Having thus far explained my Invention I may be permitted to explain
the parts.
17. Flush Wooden Bars, etc., with Two Grooves.-Figures 1 & 6 show_sections
with collars or pipes fixed ready for screw, pin, nail, or other fastenings; Figure 1,
for unfastening glass, etc., on the outside; Figure 6, when to be unfastened from
the inside.
18. Flush Iron Bars, etc., with Two Grooves or Gutters-Figure Twelve shows

page_text: section of bar with a groove or gutter on each side of the space where the sides of
the glass rest, and through which the pipe or collar is screwed in contradistinction
to fixing the pipe with paint, etc., through wooden bars, etc.; Figure 13 shows
section of bar with one gutter. Thin strips of wood may be placed on the centre of
the iron bar, etc., after having been saturated in a solution to prevent decay; or
strips or pieces of vulcanized indian-rubber may so be used, allowing the hoad of
the collar or pipe to come up level with the top lap of glass for regulating the screw
pressure with reference to the expansion of glass.
19. Flush bars, etc, may have one or more grooves, or in some cases without
grooves; in such case the fittings would be the same as shown in above explanation,
Figures 1, 6, & 15, except when it is desired to put the fittings in some cases to the
sides of bars, rafters, etc., when a hooked nail, Fig. 10, may be used, or other
fittings for my Invention.
20. Pipe or Collar.-Fig. 6 shows the section of a flush bar with two grooves
with a pipe half way down, which is plugged with wood or other plugging to receive
the thread of the screw. The pipe is put into the hole made in the bar, etc.
(Fig. 6), wet with paint; the plug after being dipped in paint is then driven
with a tool (from the under side of the bar, etc., preferred) into the pipe, and
becomes firmly fixed, and being in size full for the work, and after the structure has
been painted, ready for glazing, is quite "water-tight." Pipes or collars may be
square or of other forms if desired, and cast, or wrought, or drawn, for the purpose
of my Invention.
21. Screw or Pin.-Figure 7, shown ready to be screwed down, the pipe in
Figure 6 under the screw's head is a metal washer with lugs (Fig. 8), under
which is placed an elastic washer (Fig. 9), by which, combined, and the collar
before mentioned (in Fig. 6) the pressure on the glass is reduced and equalized so
as to allow for expansion and contraction.
22. The square termination of the screw enables any man with the aid of the
key or spanner, Fig. 5, to lift the screws from the inside of the structure for the
purpose of repair, etc., without his going on the outside, Fig. 11.
23. Flush bars, stiles, and rafters (and battens and purlins, which I do not prefer)
may be used for the purpose of my Invention for glass, slate, tiles, stone, metal,
wood, etc., and fastenings, Figures 7 & 10, may be used, Fig. 7 being screwed
through without pipe, leaving the square end exposed on the inside of the structure
in order that glass, slate, etc., may be repaired from the inside, or the nail or headed
hook (Fig. 10) used and fixed to the side of the work with the like object of
repairing from the inside; or a nail or other fastening may be used with a tenter or
dog hook point, or otherwise.
24. Fillets of wood or metal may be placed over the space left between the sides
of the glass when not cut at any corner or side, and when the glass is not lapped at
the sides, in which case the fittings would be passed through such fillets and between
the sides of the glass; but I prefer to lap the sides occasionally in long longitudinal
glazing to allow for expansion.
25. Glass may be used in any fashion desired for the purpose of my Inventions.
26. Slates, tiles, stone, metal, wood, etc., may be used in any fashion for the
purpose of my Inventions.
27. Figure 15 shows a section of the flush bar, rafter, etc. (batten or purlin), with
collar and screw for work not required to be unfastened from the inside; or nails,
etc., may be used when preferred.
28. Drawing 1.-Figure 10 shows a fastening that may be used on the sides of the
Alush bars, stiles, and rafters (or on battens, purlins, etc.), whether the work is grooved
or otherwise, and whether the slates, glass, etc., have parts taken off or not.
29. Washers of various descriptions may be used (of metal, iron, etc.,) for the pur-
pose of my Inventiou, notably mine, Fig. 8, where lugs are left on to be turned
down at the laps (in roofing, etc.) to obtain (in addition to the collar as in Figure 6)
a more equal pressure on the several panes of glass, slates, etc.
30. Washers of vulcanized india-rubber, felt, or other soft material may be used

page_text: with the fittings herein specified as well as other fittings for the purpose of my
Invention.
31. Tiles, stone, and other materials may be used for the use of my flush bars,
stiles, rafters, and fittings of my Invention for the purposes herein set forth, whether
made for the purpose or otherwise, and which fittings may be made of any size or
strength.
32. Feather or other boards may under my Inventions be fixed to roofs and other
portions of structures either longitudinally, vertically, or at any angle, by which
means the work may be repaired in a very short time by a farm labourer or any
unskilled workman.
33. Fittings may be made as herein described, Figures 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, & 13,
for the purpose of my Invention of any kind of metal, cast or otherwise, including
wrought and cast iron, which latter may be tinned or "galvanized."
34. Having explained my Inventions with reference to flush, frame, and roof bars,
stiles and rafters (Figures Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, & 13),—
35. Beveled rails and plates (Figures 14 & 16), and fittings, Figures 2, 4, 6, 7, 8,
10, 12, & 13 in the Drawing No, 1, herewith I submit that I am introducing to
the public the most simple, inexpensive, and at the same time most durable style of
glazing yet adopted.
36. The construction of temporary churches and chapels, dwelling houses, factories,
stables, or any other structure under this Invention may be carried out with far less
materials in weight and value, and with at least a saving of 50 per cent. in "skilled
labour."
37. Having explained the object of my Inventions and the several parts and
fittings connected with the same, and in what inanner they may be used in the con-
struction or reconstruction of the various structures herein referred to, I claim for
this Invention and parts of same,―
1. The exclusive use of flush grooved bars, etc., and the beveled rails and plates, as
herein described, for the purpose of glazing without putty with the fittings I have
invented and in the manner herein set forth
2. The right of fixing tiles, slates, stone, glass, or other materials on the wood or
iron framework of temporary churches and chapels, houses, stables, greenhouses, or
other structures with the fittings herein described, whether the said materials are
made for the purpose, or are chipped, filed, cut, or broken for the purpose of my
Invention.
3. The exclusive right of fixing fancy or decorative tiles, or any article or com-
position used, or which may be used, in lieu of tiles to the ceilings, walls, floors, or
other parts of (temporary churches and chapels) houses, or other structures by
fittings of metal or iron, whether by removing parts of such tiles etc., or by having
them manufactured for the reception of my fittings, as shown in Figures 4, 6, 7,
& 10, or other screws, nails, etc.
4. The exclusive right to use the fittings herein named as of my Invention on all
framework of structures, including sash and roof bars, stiles, rafters, battens,
purlins, etc., whether the materials for covering such parts are slate, stone, glass,
tiles, metal, wood, or any other material, and whether such materials are constructed
to receive such fittings, or have parts taken off for the purpose of using my said
fittings.
5. The exclusive right of putting "through fastenings" directly into the frame-
work, bars, stiles, rafters, batten, purlins, and other portions of structures for the
purpose
of securing the coverings of roofs and other parts of structures with slate,
stone, tiles, glass, metal, wood, etc., for the purpose of my Invention, the same not
being similar to any of the present modes of fixing slate, tiles, glass, stone, metal,
wood, etc., on such parts of structures.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Alfred Henry Price in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd
October 1878.
1. ALFRED HENRY PRICE, late Principal Civil Officer of Her Majesty's Naval
Establishmonts at Hong Kong, China, now of St. John's, South Norwood, in the
County of Surrey. " IMPROVEMENTS IN FIXING GLASS, SLATES, STONE, METAL,
WOOD, AND THE LIKE TO WINDOWS, ROOFS, FLOORS, AND OTHER PARTS OF
STRUCTURES."
2. This Invention has for its objects the glazing of horticultural houses of all
kinds, pits, protectors, frames, hand lights, &c., without putty, and by which means
any piece or sheet of glass may be removed, or broken panes replaced from the
inside of the structure by means of screws or other fastenings to be herein-after
described.
3. The glazing of all structures where glass is used or can be used for the purpose
of admitting light and keeping out wet at a less cost than under the present modes
of glazing, whether with or without putty.
4. The saving of slates and other materials as well as labour, and the increased
facility of covering roofs and other places from the inside of the work, and for the
repair of the same from the inside without any necessity for the use of ladders or
other appliances on the outside.
5. The flush bars and rafters under this Invention have two grooves, one on each
side of the space, where the panes of glass may be put side to side flush or lapped,
in which grooves the rain water which may find its way into a very slight extent,
as well as the internal evaporation, finds its way and runs outside through the
grooves (or slots) on the lower rail or plate (as the case may be) which are cut at a
bevel, as shewn in the Drawing 1, Figures 14 and 16, to enable the water to drop in
the gutter, should the latter be used.
6. Principals and styles under my Invention are, when desired, grooved on the
face and edge, as shewn in the Drawing, Figures 19 and 20, and metal, wire, or
pins are put into the wood at the middle edge of 7, the lap of glass, slate, or
other roofing materials, by which means, after slackening the fastening on the
bar or rafter on the other edge of the glass or slate, the work may be repaired from
the inside of the structure.
8. The arrangements for slates, tiles, or other materials under this Invention are
similar to those for glass.
9. The arrangements for thick tiles, slates, stone, or other materials for the
upright or other work, other than roofs for temporary churches and chapels, dwelling
houses, billiard rooms, greenhouses, stables, workshops, factories, or other structures
under this Invention is to secure them to the scantling or other woodwork in
wooden structures, or to ironwork in iron structures, by means of screws or other
fastenings, herein-after described, either by passing the fittings alluded to at the
corners or between the sides of the tiles or thick glass or other materials, and which,
when desired, may be pointed.
10. Fancy or decorative tiles, or any article or composition used, or which may
be used in lieu of tiles, will be secured to the ceilings, walls, floors, or other parts
of churches, chapels, dwelling houses, or other structures by fastenings herein
described, after their corners or other parts have been prepared for the reception of
such fastenings.
11. The glass, slates, tiles, stone, metal, wood (shingles) may have parts taken off
to prepare the same for the reception of the fittings, herein-after mentioned, in order
to secure them to my flush sash 12, and roof, bars, principals, rafters, and styles,
as well as rafters, bars, and the like that are not grooved for the purpose of this
Invention.
13. The glass, slate, or other materials under this Invention will be secured to my
flush sash and roof bars and other parts of the various structures herein referred to,

page_text: by means of metal or iron screws, pins, or snap fastenings, Figure 17, or, in some
cases, thick copper wire, Figure 18, passed down a metal or iron pipe or collar,
which is fixed through the woodwork in wooden structures, or through iron in iron
structures, Figures 7, 3, 6, 12, 13, 17, 18.
14. The thread of the pin or screw is sufficiently low down to prevent its being
turned out of the plugging in the pipe when unfastened with a key from the inside
of the structure, and the pin terminates with a square point to take the key, as
shown in Figure 7, ready with a metal washer, Figure 8, and an elastic washer,
Figure 9, to be inserted through the collur or pipe in Figure 6. The upper portion of
the pipe is plugged with metal or other plugging to take the thread of the screw or pin.
The snap fastening, Figure 17, is fitted with the same kind of washers and is passed
through a similar pipe; as the screw fastening the pipe is not plugged in this case
but has a slot at the bottom for the small lug to spring out of, and when fixed with
a half turn of the hand, draws the elastic washer over the glass and closes the top of
the pipo; there is a projecture of the spring at the bottom of the pipe, by which
means (as well as in the use of the scrow fastening) when it is necessary to remove
glass, slate, or other materials for the purpose of repair, the operation can be per-
formed inside the structure in a few minutes, vide Figure 11.
15. When the work is only required to be repaired from the outside of the
structure, a short pipe or collar and screw pin or nail with washers may be used,
as shown in Figure 1, or screws or nails used without the collar.
16. Having thus far explained my Invention, I may be permitted to explain the
parts.
17. Flush Wooden Bars, Rafters, and the like with Two Grooves.-Figures 1 and
O show sections with collars or pipes fixed ready for screw, pin, nail, or other
fastenings; Figure 1 for unfastening glass, slates, and the like on the outside;
Figure 6, when to be unfastened from the inside.
18. Flush Iron Bars and the like with Two Grooves or Gutters.--Figure 12
shows section of bars with a groove or gutter on each side of the space where the
sides of the glass, slate, or the like rests, and through which the pipe or collar is
screwed in contradistinction to fixing the pipe with paint through wooden bars;
Figure 13 shows section of bars with one gutter. Thin strips of wood may be
placed on the centre of the iron bar after having been saturated in a solution to
prevent decay, or strips or pieces of vulcanized india-rubber may so be used,
allowing the head of the collar or pipe to come up level with the top lap of glass,
slate, and the like, for regulating the screw pressure with reference to expansion.
19. Flush bars, rafters, and the like, may have one or more grooves, or in some
cases without grooves; in such cases the fittings would be the same as in the above
explanations, Figures 1, 6, 15, except when it is desired to put the fittings to the
sides of the bars, rafters, and the like, when a hooked nail, Figure 10, may be used,
or other fittings for my Invention.
20. Pipe or Collar Figure 6 shows the section of a flush bar with two grooves
with a pipe half way down, which is plugged with wood or other plugging to receive
the thread of the screw. The pipe is put into the hole made in the bar, Figure 6,
wet with paint; the plug after being dipped in paint is then driven with a tool
(from the under side of the bar preferred) into the pipe, and becomes firmly fixed;
and being in size full for the work, and after the structure has been finally painted
and ready for glazing is quite water-tight. Pipes or collars may be square at tho
top or of other forms if desired, and cast, wrought, or drawn, and of any kind of
metal for the purpose of this Invention.
21. Screw or Pin.-Figure 7 shows ready to be screwed down, the pipe in Figure
6; under the screw's hend is a metal washer with lugs, Figure 8, under which is
placed an elastic washer, Figure 9, by which combined and the top of the pipe or
collar before mentioned (Figure 6), the pressure on the glass is reduced and equalized
so as to allow for expansion and contraction.
22. The square termination of the screw (Figure 7) enables any person with the
aid of the key or spanner Figure 5, to lift the screws from the inside of the structure

page_text: for the purpose of repair, without going on the outside, as shown by Figure 11.
The same object is attained by the use of fastenings, Figures 10, 17, and 18, or
others which may be used for this Invention.
23. Flush bars, rafters, (battens which I do not prefer) or any other description
of wood or iron framework, may be fitted with my fittings. Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 15,
17, 18, and Figures 7, 10, 15, 18, or other fastenings used without pipe or collar for
the purpose of this Invention.
24. Fillets of wood or metal may be placed over the space left between the sides
of the glass when not cut at any corner or lapped at the side, the glass being cut at
a bevel, as shown in Figure No. 24.
25. Glass may be used in any fashion desired for the purpose of my Invention
herein specified.
26. Slates, tiles, stone, metal, wood, and the like, may be used in any fashion for
the purpose of my Inventions.
27. Figure 15 shows a section of a flush bar, rafter (batten), or the like, with
collar and screw for work not required to be unfastened or repaired from the inside,
or nails or other fastenings may be used when preferred.
28. Drawing Figure 10 shows a fastening that may be used on the sides of tho
flush bars, rafters (battens) or the like, whether the work is grooved or otherwise.
29. Washers of various descriptions (of metal or iron) may be used for the purpose
of this Invention, notably mine, Figure 8, where lugs are left on to be turned down
at the laps of glass, slates, and the like to obtain a more equal pressure on the
several parts of the glass or other materials.
30. Washers of vulcanised india-rubber or fult, or other clastic material, which
latter may be prepared in linseed oil or solution to prevent decay, and used for this
Invention with the fittings specified and alluded to.
31. Tiles, stone, and other materials may be used for the use of my flush bars,
rafters, and the like, and for the fittings alluded to, and for the purposes herein set
forth, whether made for the purpose or otherwise, and which wood or ironwork and
fittings may be made of any size or strength.
32. Feather or other deals or boards may under this Invention be fixed to roofs
and other portions of structures, either longitudinally, vertically, or at any angle,
by which means the work may be repaired in a very short time by a farm labourer
or any unskilled workman.
33. Fittings may be made as herein described and alluded to for the purpose of
this Invention, of any kind of metal, cast or otherwise, including wrought and cast
iron, which latter may be tinned or "galvanised."
34. I have explained my Invention with reference to flush frame, window, and
roof bars, rafters, and styles, Figures 1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, principals Figure 19, styles
20, bevelled rails, Figure 14, bevelled plates, Figure 16, and fittings, Figures 1, 3,
4, 0, 11, 12, 13, and 15, showing collars and pipes inserted in the wood and iron-
work, and screws and other fastenings, Figures 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, and 18.
35. Figure 21 shows the way in which decorative and other tiles, stone, and the
like may be attached to parts of structures. In some cases the corners are taken off
and ordinary wood screws used for fixing them, Figure 22. In other casos slots
may be made in the tiles (and the like) during their manufacture, when Figure 23
would be used, which is a metal or iron pin with a lug on each side of the head,
and when driven down in line with the grooves or slots in the sides of the tilos
(Figure 21, letter B) is turned with a tool and the tiles are fixed. A small tongue
of wood or other material may be placed in the grooves at the top and bottom of
the tiles to keep them at an equal distance for pointing letter A.
36. The construction of temporary churches, chapels, dwelling houses, factories,
stables, or any other structure under this Invention may be carried out with far
less materials in weight and value, and with a saving of at least 50 per cent. in
skilled labour.
37. Having explained the objects of my Inventions and the several parts and
fittings connected with the same, and in what manner they may be used in the

page_text: construction of the various structures herein referred to, I submit that I am intro-
ducing to the public the most simple, inexpensive, and at the same time most
durable style of glazing, slating, and the building of various kinds of structures yet
adopted, and I claim for this Invention and parts of same,-
1. The exclusive use of flush grooved bars, rafters, principals, styles, and the
beveled rails and plates as herein described for the purpose of glazing without putty
with the fittings I have invented, and in the manner herein set forth.
2. The right of fixing the tiles, slates, stone, glass, or other materials on the wood
or iron framework of temporary churches and chapels, houses, stables, greenhouses,
or other structures with the fittings herein described, whether the said materials are
made for the purpose, or are chipped, filed, cut, or broken for the purpose of my
Invention.
3. The exclusive right of fixing fancy or decorative tiles, or any other article or
composition used or which may be used in lieu of tiles to the ceilings, walls, floors,
or other parts of temporary churches and chapels, houses, or other structures by
fittings of metal or iron, whether by removing parts of such tiles and the like, or
by having them manufactured for the reception of my said fittings or other screws,
nails, and the like.
4. The exclusive right to use the fittings herein named on all framework. of
structures including sash and roof bars, styles, rafters, battens, purlins, and the like,
whether the materials for covering such parts are slate, stone, glass, tiles, metal,
wood, or other materials, and whether such materials are constructed to receive
such fittings or have parts taken off for the purpose of using the said fittings.
5. The exclusive right of putting through fastenings directly into the framework,
bars, styles, rafters, battens, and other portions of structures for the purpose of
securing the coverings of roofs and other parts of structures with slates, stone, tiles,
glass, metal, wood, and the like, for the purpose of my Invention, the same not
being similar to any of the present modes of fixing slate, tiles, glass, stone, metal,
wood, and the like, on such parts of structures.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Henry Price, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Signed, scaled, and delivered by the
before-named Alfred Henry Price
in the presence of
J. WESLEY CHURCH,
50, Devonshire St.,
W.C.
ALF". H. PRICE (L.S.)