An Improved Index or Indicator for Facilitating the Obtaining of Commercial, Industrial, and other Information Respecting Towns and Districts.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by LA SOCIÉTÉ DE L'UNION DU COMMERCE, of
Lyon, in the Republic of France.]
An Improved Index or Indicator for Facilitating the Obtaining
of Commercial, Industrial, and other Information Respecting
Towns and Districts.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an index or indicator for facilitating the obtaining of
commercial, industrial and other information respecting towns and districts.
In order that the said invention may be properly understood I will describe the
same by way of example in respect of England, giving information to the public
concerning each of the parts of England, which information may be divided so as
to deal with separate districts or grouped so as to form a whole comprising either a
district or the whole country.
In order to obtain this result the improved index or indicator is divided into
sheets which are separate and distinct from each other, and the grouping of which
may for example relate to the following divisions :
1. London. 2. Large towns. 3. Districts.
1. London. For arranging sheets the whole of which form a kind of index or
indicator of London, this place is divided into parts, about which each of the sheets
gives, besides the map mentioning the streets, promenades, monuments and the
like, a nomenclature of all information interesting to commercial, industrial,
travelling and other classes. This information comprises in alphabetical order
the various branches of commerce and industry and also the addresses of medical
men, hotels, restaurants, coffee-houses and the like within the area of the part
represented.
The union of two or more of these sheets constitutes an index or indicator of a
part of London, and the union of all the sheets forms an index or indicator of the
whole of London.
2. Large provincial towns.-Take for example Liverpool. Separate and distinct
sheets are provided, each of which embraces a division of the town and gives for
this division all the information above enumerated for a part of London. It will
therefore be understood that the union of these sheets will furnish an index or
indicator of Liverpool.
3. Districts. A sheet arranged in the above described manuer will in this case
comprise a certain extent of territory and may have as its centre of attraction the
most important town. Besides the map of this town, and if necessary its environs
which may be shown therein, general information regarding the town or towns
comprised in the district is also mentioned, such as for instance about monuments,
commerce, industry, markets, fairs, law-courts, post and telegraph offices and the
like, and also special information regarding commerce and industry, and the names
and addresses of the principal manufacturers and merchants residing in these towns
or in this district.
The union of the various sheets, each of which represents either a part of London
or a division of a large town or a whole town forming part of a district constitutes
the improved index or indicator.
The information referring to these different kinds of maps is given either on the
sides of these maps or on their back or else on annexed sheets.

page_text: In order to enable the approximate distances between one point and another to
be estimated at once these maps are provided either from a point taken as a centre
with a series of concentric circles indicating the number of kilometres, miles or the
like from one circle to the other; or with a system of squares which enables the
various information printed on the back of this map or on a separate sheet to be
found instantly, the said information referring to such or such an index map, for
example of localities, monuments, commercial or other houses and the like.
For this purpose the map is divided by a series of vertical and horizontal lines,
forming longitudes and latitudes, which, being separated from each other a certain
distance indicated by the scale, constitute by their intersections a series of squares.
These longitudes and latitudes are designated by letters, figures or other conven-
tional signs; moreover in each square is placed at a desired point a letter, figure
or other sign indicating the exact place where the locality, monument, commercial
house or the like is situated. By consulting the table or list joined to this map and
reading the two letters, signs or the like indicating the longitudinal and horizontal
divisions, the square in which the desired information is contained will be found
immediately by referring to the corresponding map.
The several sheets of this index or indicator or the whole of the same are
preferably issued to the public by a special distributor.
Dated this 29th day of March 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Index or Indicator for Facilitating the Obtaining
of Commercial, Industrial, and other Information Respecting
Towns and Districts.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 relates to an index or indicator for facilitating the obtaining
of commercial, industrial and other information respecting towns and districts.
In order that the said invention may be properly understood I will describe the
same by way of example in respect to England, giving information to the public
concerning each of the parts of England, which information may be divided so as to
deal with separate districts or grouped so as to form a whole comprising either a
district or the whole country.
In order to obtain this result the improved index or indicator is divided into
sheets which are separate and distinct from each other, and the grouping of which
may, for example, relate to the following divisions :
1. London. 2. Large towns. 3. Districts.
1. London. For arranging sheets, the whole of which form a kind of index or
indicator of London, this place is divided into parts, about which each of the sheets
gives, besides the map mentioning the streets, promenades, monuments and the like,
a nomenclature of all information interesting to commercial, industrial travelling
and other classes. This information comprises, in alphabetical order, the various
branches of commerce and industry and also the addresses of medical men,
hotels, restaurants, coffee houses and the like within the area of the part
represented.
The union of two or more of these sheets constitutes an index or indicator of a
part of London and the union of all the sheets forms an index or indicator of the
whole of London.
2. Large provincial towns.-Take for example Liverpool. Separate and distinct

page_text: sheets are provided, each of which embraces a division of the town and gives for
this division all the information above enumerated for a part of London. It will
therefore be understood that the union of these sheets will furnish an index or
indicator of Liverpool.
3. Districts. A sheet arranged in the above-described manner will in this case
comprise a certain extent of territory and may have as its centre of attraction the
most important town. Besides the map of this town, and if necessary its environs
which may be shown therein, general information regarding the town or towns
comprised in the district is also mentioned, such as for instance about monuments,
commerce, industry, markets, fairs, law-courts, post and telegraph offices and the
like, and also special information regarding commerce and industry, and the names
and addresses of the principal manufacturers and merchants residing in these towns
or in this district.
The union of the various sheets, each of which represents either a part of London
or a division of a large town or a whole town forming part of a district constitutes
the improved index or indicator.
The information referring to these different kinds of maps is given either on the
side of these maps or on the back thereof or else on annexed sheets.
In order to enable the approximate distances between one point and another to
be estimated at once these maps are provided either from a point taken as a centre
with a series of concentric circles indicating the number of kilometres, miles or the
like from one circle to the other; or with a system of squares which enables the
various information printed on the back of this map or on a separate sheet to be
found instantly, the said information referring to such or such an index map, for
example of localities, monuments, commercial or other houses and the like.
For this purpose the map is divided by a series of vertical and horizontal lines,
forming longitudes and latitudes, which, being separated from each other a certain
distance indicated by the scale, constitute by their intersections a series of squares.
These longitudes and latitudes are designated by letters, figures or other conventional
signs; moreover in each square is placed at a desired point a letter, figure or other
sign indicating the exact place where the locality, monument, commercial
house or the like is situated. By consulting the table or list. joined to this map and
reading the two letters, signs or the like indicating the longitudinal and horizontal
divisions, the square in which the desired information is contained will be found
immediately by referring to the corresponding map.
The several sheets of this index or indicator or the whole of the same are
preferably issued to the public by the distributor, which forms the subject of
a former application dated April 7th 1893 No. 7140.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. An index or indicator which comprises in addition to a map or maps
various commercial, industrial and other information relating to cities, towns,
counties or districts, arranged alphabetically, the said indicator being divided into
sheets separate and distinct from each other, each such sheet containing information
relating to a part or division of the said city, town or county, the whole being
divided by concentric circles or into squares for indicating distances.
Second. The improved index or indicator for facilitating the obtaining of
commercial, industrial and other information arranged substantially in the manner
herein before described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.