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IMPROVE- MENTS IN ELECTRIC-MAGNETIC AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH ROPES OR CON- DUCTORS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Barclay at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th December
1858.
I, ANDREW BARCLAY, of Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North Britain,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ELECTRIC-MAGNETIC AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH ROPES OR CON-
DUCTORS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of electric-magnetic and electro-
magnetic telegraph ropes or conductors in such a manner that the component
wires of such ropes or cables are twisted after the fashion of a common rope.
The wires may be separated from each other either by mechanically separative
matter only or by an insulating medium, or by both. In ropes made in this
way the strain is borne equally by all the wires. Thus, the ropes or cables act
in a superior manner as electric or magnetic conductors from the fact that
the wires are not in part straight and in part twisted as in ordinary ropes or
cables of the kind. The same or a similar effect may be produced by plaiting
the wires or strands of the ropes, or forming them with regular and uniform
undulations. The wires of the cables may be preserved by the electro-
deposition of metal upon them, or by metallic coatings of other kinds.
AN IMPROVED HARNESS TRACE COUPLING
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Green at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th November
1858. A communication.
I, WILLIAM GREEN, of 21, King William Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED HARNESS TRACE COUPLING," a communication from a foreigner.
residing abroad, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved system or mode of connecting or
attaching harness traces to the "whiffle-tree," whereby a more secure
coupling is obtained, and greater facility is afforded for connecting and dis-
connecting the traces.
According to this Invention a tubular socket or case is fitted on to each end
of the "whiffle-tree" or bar to which the traces are secured. This socket or
case is closed at its outer end, with the exception of an oblong slot or opening
which is made through it, and which receives a correspondingly shaped button
carried on a plate fastened permanently to the end of the trace. This button
projects sufficiently far from the inner side of the plate to enable such pro-
jecting portion to be introduced through the slot in the end of the tubular
socket or case on the "whiffle-tree; the button having been thus introduced,
is turned round, so as to effectually lock it inside the case. Small safety
grooves or recesses are made crosswise or at right angles to the oblong opening
in the inner side of the bottom of the case, in which slots the button is
retained by the pressure of a helical spring inside the case acting upon an

page_text: india-rubber plug, which bears upon the inner end of the button, and holds it
in its place in the safety grooves or recesses above referred to, and con-
sequently obviates all chance of the button becoming accidentally turned and
disengaged from its socket.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF WHALE- BONE, HORN, TORTOISESHELL, AND OTHER CORNEOUS MATTERS, OR THE ARTIFICIAL IMITATIONS THEREOF
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Porecky at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th July 1858.
I, ALEXANDER PORECKY, of 7, York Street North, Hackney Road, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF WHALE-
BONE, HORN, TORTOISESHELL, AND OTHER CORNEOUS MATTERS, OR THE ARTIFICIAL
IMITATIONS THEREOF," to be as follows:-
I. In making busks for lady's stays from any of the materials mentioned or
included in the title of this Invention, I take strips of such material, to which
I give, through any suitable process, a fluted or corrugated form, thereby
imparting thereto the necessary strength and elasticity, though of smaller
bulk and less weight than usual, and at the same time forming channels
through which perspiration may pass off, and air be admitted to the body.
II. The Invention consists in making from the materials mentioned or
included in the title hereof various articles, as walking sticks, whips, fishing
rods, penholders, and similar articles of a hollow or tubular form, to do
which I take strips of such materials, and bend, press, or form them by any
suitable process into a plain, fluted, ornamental, flexible or rigid tube, or some
longitudinal section thereof. The said hollow articles may then be either
wholly or partially filled with a suitable composition or material; or they may
be left unfilled, thereby allowing of their sliding one over the other like a
telescope, if desirable.
The thickness of the material employed is to vary according to their strength
and elasticity, and the purpose to which they are to be applied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE CAR- BIAGES
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Boydell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd February
1858.
I, JAMES BOYDELL, of 65, Gloucester Crescent, Camden Town, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE CAR-
BIAGES," to be as follows:-
Loco-
This Invention is more particularly applicable to locomotive carriages which
run on common roads, and which have to turn within a short space.
motive carriages of this description have sometimes been so arranged that the
driving wheel on one or other side of the carriage may be thrown out of gear
when going round a sharp curve, but this arrangement is open to serious incon-
venience. Now, this Invention consists of lifting one of the driving wheels off
the ground (or easing its pressure on the ground) when the carriage is turning
round. For this purpose a strong arm is mounted on each side of the carriage,
turning at its upper end on a centre fixed to the frame; on the lower ends of
these arms small wheels or rollers are mounted, and when it is desired to turn
the carriage one or other of these arms is forced down by a screw or other
mechanical means, so as to lift one of the driving wheels sufficiently to allow
it to slip freely on the ground while going round the curve.
THE APPLICATION OF A MINERAL, NAMED DETERSO, AS A DISINFECTING, PRESERVING, ABSORBING, & CURATIVE POWDER
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hyacinthe Tertian Morët, of No. 1", Welbeck Street,
Cavendish Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "THE APPLICATION OF A MINERAL, NAMED DETERSO, AS A DISINFECTING,
PRESERVING, ABSORBING, & CURATIVE POWDER."
Sealed the 28th January 1859, and dated the 3rd November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hyacinthe Tertian Moret
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd November 1858.
I, HYACINTHE TERTIAN MORET, of No. 1, Welbeck Street, Cavendish
Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF A MINERAL, NAMED DETERSO, AS A
DISINFECTING, PRESERVING, ABSORBING, & CURATIVE POWDER," to be as follows:-
The mineral deterso is of a grayish color, and is found generally in
mountainous districts, and in France principally in the Departement of the
Bouches du Rhone, where it exists in large quantities.
The mode of preparing this powder is by placing it in a rather fierce
furnace for a certain time, when it can be easily crushed into powder, after
which it is passed through a fine sieve, and is fit for use. The powder thus

page_text: obtained has the following properties, viz., disinfecting, absorbing, preserving,
& curative, and can be applied to any infected part of any animated body.
The powder is perfectly harmless, and can be kept for fifty years, and even
more without losing its efficacy.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- BATUS FOR GENERATING STEAM IN STEAM BOILERS BY MEANS OF GAS
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Henri Todé at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st March
1858.
I, EDWARD HENRI TODE, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Printer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
BATUS FOR GENERATING STEAM IN STEAM BOILERS BY MEANS OF GAS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object the generation of steam by means of
ordinary street or other gas applied through the apparatus herein-after
described as a heating agent, in substitution for the ordinary furnace.
For this purpose there is an inlet pipe or there are inlet pipes for the gas
below the boiler, in which pipe or pipes are inserted a series or sets of burners,
the flame of ignited gas from each of which is intended to pass into a metallic
tube or vertical flue passing upwards through the body of water required to
be evaporated or converted into steam. By this means heat will be com-
municated directly by radiation from the tubes or flues to the water surrounding
them, external air being admitted at the lower end of each tube or flue, and
through the burner in the ordinary manner, in order to support the combustion
of the gas therein. The upper end of each tube or flue is connected with a
pipe in the upper part of the boiler, through which the products of combustion
of the gas may pass off as required.

page_text: For the whole series of vertical heating tubes or flues there may be one or
more outlet pipes leading to the chimney; these outlet pipes may, if required,
be lined with earthenware or enamel. Both the inlet pipe or pipes and the
burners will be furnished with cocks for regulating the supply of gas and the
quantity of heat passing into the heating tubes or flues.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN CLEANING AND TREATING COTTON AND WOOLLEN WASTE OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, AND IN EXTRACTING OIL OR GREASE THEREFROM
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Stoneham at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st August
1858.
I, JAMES STONEHAM, of Audenshaw, near Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CLEANING AND TREATING COTTON AND WOOLLEN WASTE OR OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS, AND IN EXTRACTING OIL OR GREASE THEREFROM," to be as
follows:-
The waste is sorted into two, three, or more sorts as the case may require,
and when sorted placed in vessels containing water, in order to prevent the
soiling or greasing of the parts that have not been hitherto greased, and also
economizing the material used for extracting the oil or grease by preventing
it from acting on those parts of the waste that do not require it. The waste
is then drained and put into any spirituous liquid, such as naptha, benzole,
benzine, oil of turpentine, methylated spirit, or other spirit suitable for
dissolving the grease and rendering it fluid, after which the spirit and grease
are pressed out of the waste, and the latter placed in a wash wheel, and
afterwards wrung and dried in stoves suited to the purpose.
The aforesaid process renders the waste quite clean, and improves its
absorbent properties, thereby making it fit to be re-employed for cleaning or
other suitable purposes.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN TAPS OR VALVES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Anderson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th December
1858.
I, DAVID ANDERSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN TAPS OR VALVES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement or construction
of taps or valves, to be applied to pipes or ducts for the transmission of
fluids.
In a modification of a tap or nose-cock embodying a portion of these.
improvements, the shell of the tap is made in two parts for the introduction of
the closing valve, which is a slightly conical plug of metal, or of metal covered
with an elastic material, such as vulcanised caoutchouc or cork, or entirely
of vulcanised caoutchouc or cork. The plug or valve is fixed on a spindle, the
inner end of which works in a bridge piece in the back part of the shell, the
outer end passing out at the front of the tap to a button or handle by which it
is operated. The front part of the shell is made conical internally, the narrow
end being outwards, and the plug-closes this space by the pressure of the fluid
or by the pressure of a spring introduced in cases where the pressure in the
pipe is insufficient. The tap is opened by pressing in the spindle, and with it
the plug which allows the fluid to escape round the plug; or the spindle may
be screwed so as to open or shut the valve on being turned. Instead of the
closing surfaces being conical they may be at right angles to the centre line of

page_text: the shell, in which case a ring of vulcanised caoutchouc may be inserted in a
groove either in the plug or valve or in the seating.
In a modification of valve embodying further improvements comprehended
in this Invention and suitable for discharging treacle and for similar purposes,
the duct or passage is closed by means of a valve working across its mouth,
which is faced or ground up as is also the back of the valve to make a close
fit. The valve is made to slide (by preference vertically) in grooves or guides
which retain it against the mouth of the duct or passage, and it is moved by
means of a handle fixed to it and projecting in front; or the valve may be
moved by means of a hand lever jointed upon the top of the duct, or by means
of a screw acting against the top of the duct, the object in all cases being to
substitute a handle directly in front of or above the valve for the ordinary handle
projecting inconveniently on one side.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCOMOTIVE AND OTHER STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Wye Williams, of Liverpool, Gentleman, and
George Eyton, of the same Town, in the County of Lancaster, Chemist,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCOMOTIVE
AND OTHER STEAM BOILERS."
Sealed the 7th January 1859, and dated the 21st October 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Wye Williams and
George Eyton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 21st October 1858.
We, CHARLES WYE WILLIAMS, of Liverpool, Gentleman, and GEORGE
EYTON, of the same Town, in the County of Lancaster, Chemist, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF LOCOMOTIVE AND OTHER STEAM BOILERS," to be as follows:-
Our said Invention consists in a peculiar combination of the several parts of
steam boilers and their furnaces, whereby the heating surfaces are rendered
more efficient, and the process of admixture between the atmospheric air and
the combustible gas generated in the furnace is better effected.
Hitherto it has been the custom to construct locomotive and other tubular
boilers with tubes seldom exceeding three or four inches in diameter, and
which although found suitable with coke, when coke is the fuel used, are in-
Price 4s Ge

page_text: adequate in effecting the combustion of bituminous coal without producing
smoke, and which therefore demands a different construction and arrangement.
Our said improvements consist in giving the tubes or flues an incresed diameter
with an incresed run or distance, along which the flame and products of com-
bustion pass to the chimney. These tubes or flues may vary from four to
twelve inches, or thereabouts, in diameter, according to the size and construc-
tion of the boilers and their furnaces. These enlarged tubes or flues may be
arranged in two, three, or more tiers, according to the draft and size of the
boilers. To prevent the flame and heated products of combustion passing too
rapidly and without giving out their heat to the water, the tubes or flues are
to be furnished with a sufficient number of heat conductors and heat agitators
by which their absorbing surfaces are rendered more efficient, and an increased
amount of water is vaporized. Provision will also be made for the introduction
of the required quantity of atmospheric air with an adequate space for the
admixture and diffusion of the air and gases, and for which purpose a separate
chamber will be provided. The main feature of our said Invention is the
peculiar combination of the several parts by which the before-named objects
are to be effected.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS INTENDED TO PREVENT BOATS OR SHIPS TO BE DESTROYED AND SUNK WHEN BUNNING FULL AGAINST EACH OTHER
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Prince Antoine Galitzin, Serge
Souschkoff, and Pierre Emmanuel Guérinot at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 25th May 1858.
We, PRINCE ANTOINE GALITZIN and SERGE SOUSCHKOFF, Russian subjects,
both now in Paris, Boulvart de Strasbourg, 60, and PIERRE EMMANUEL
GUERINOT, of Paris, Mechanician Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS INTENDED TO PREVENT BOATS
OR SHIPS TO BE DESTROYED AND SUNK WHEN BUNNING FULL AGAINST EACH OTHER,"
to be as follows:-
The apparatus of our Invention consists of iron rods or bars, one end of
which is pointed, whilst the other is provided with a large wooden disc or
buffer. The said rods or bars run and may slide through guiding pieces placed
fore and aft, and can penetrate into the hull of the boats or ships provided
with them, when the buffers meet with an obstacle. At the places where the
points are to strike the hull, the latter is perforated, and, behind the holes so
made, blocks of lead are fixed, through which the points penetrating, the con-
cussion is thereby considerably deadened or diminished.
The annexed Drawing gives a clearer idea of our Invention. Fig. 1 repre-
sents a side view of a boat with two masts, the hull A of which is provideu
fore and aft with buffers T and T, which buffers are shown on a larger scale,
Fig. 2 and 3. The rod R of the buffer runs freely through guiding pieces C
and S, the first of which is bolted to the hull of the boat; the rod R is kept

page_text: from sliding out too far by a pin g. The leaden block P, into which the
point penetrates, is held fast within the hull by the stirrup B. Several
buffers are placed near each other fore and aft, as shown, Fig. 8 and 4.
Each buffing block may be fixed to several rods, as shown in the same
Figures, each rod terminating in points which will all penetrate at the same
time into the leaden block. Fig. 9 shows another arrangement of points J, J,
intended for the same purpose. They are attached to a flexible band h, h,
placed alongside of the hull of the boat or ship, and kept a little distance
from it by iron rods f, f, which can slide freely inwards whenever the
heads L, L, of the points J are struck, and the said points enter the leaden
blocks P.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE, AND ALSO OF NUTRITIVE COMPOUNDS FROM THE SEEDS OF THE PLANTS CALLED SOJA HISPIDA AND CICER ARIETINUM
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Forbes Watson, of 3, Lonsdale Villas, Bays-
water, in the County of Middlesex, and Valentin Bernard Fadeuilhe,
of Newington Crescent, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE, AND ALSO OF
NUTRITIVE COMPOUNDS FROM THE SEEDS OF THE PLANTS CALLED SOJA HISPIDA
AND CICER ARIETINUM."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Forbes Watson
and Valentin Bernard Fadeuilhe at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 10th July 1858.
We, JOHN FORBES WATSON, of 3, Lonsdale Villas, Bayswater, in the County.
of Middlesex, and VALENTIN BERNARD FADEUILHE, of Newington Crescent, in
the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE, AND ALSO OF
NUTRITIVE COMPOUNDS FROM THE SEEDS OF THE PLANTS CALLED SOJA HISPIDA AND
CICER ARIETINUM," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the preparation of cocoa
and chocolate, and also of nutritive compounds from the seeds of the plants
called soja hispida and cicer arietinum. The improvements in preparing

page_text: cocoa and chocolate consist in mixing with these materials a substance now
prepared and sold as dried milk, and consisting of milk which has been sub-
mitted to certain treatments, and from which the watery part has been
separated by evaporation, so that a hard cake or substance convertible into
powder is obtained. These substances when mixed together are formed into a
dry and hard cake, or into a powder.
The Invention also consists in combining the flour produced from the seeds
of the plants known botanically as the soja hispida and the cicer arietinum
or chocolate and dried milk, or either of them with the dried
milk only, or with the juices of meat.
A SMOKE- PREVENTING APPARATUS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Napoleon Felix Boréiko de Chodzko,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 23rd November 1858.
I, NAPOLEON FELIX BOREIKO DE CHODZKO, of Paris, Town in the French
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A SMOKE-
PREVENTING APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of coking
apparatus to be applied to the upper portion of the front end or mouth of a
steam boiler or other furnace of a similar construction, whereby the fresh
charge of green fuel is freed from its smoke and combustible gases and coked
before being introduced into the body of the furnace.
This apparatus, according to my Invention, consists of a closed chamber
placed at the upper part of the front of the furnace, fitted with feeding doors, and
supplied with one, two, or more reversing grates upon which the green fuel is
deposited. These grates turn upon centres, and are each provided with a hollow
shaft which constitutes the turning axis of the grate; to facilitate the turning
or reversing of the grates a suitable handle is fitted on to the front end of each
hollow axis. The object of making the axis hollow is to enable a supply of
air to enter through such axis into the furnace immediately behind the coking
compartment, at which point a deflecting plate is fitted or formed for the
purpose of deflecting such air with the smoke and gases from the green fuel
down on to the incandescent fuel in the body of the furnace. The charge
having been coked, the grates are reversed, whereupon it falls on to the dead
plate, and is pushed forward into the furnace.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MANURE AND OTHER PRODUCTS, WHEN TREATING SEWAGE MATTERS, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COLORS
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hadfield at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st March 1858.
I, JOHN HADFIELD, of Chelmsford, in the County of Essex, Manufacturing
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MANURE AND OTHER PRODUCTS, WHEN TREATING
SEWAGE MATTERS, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COLORS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
manure and other products, when treating sewage matters, and in the manu-
facture of colors. For these purposes, sewage matters or waters are first
filtered through a stratified bed, the first layer of which is composed of refuse
tanners' bark, or other vegetable matters saturated or combined with a solution
of sulphate of iron; the second layer of chalk; and the third of another layer
of vegetable matter saturated with a solution of sulphate of iron. The fluid
is then filtered through another bed of chalk, or chalk mixed with sulphate
of baryta, by which means the solid matters of sewage are separated, the
ammonia is fixed, and either ochre or a base for fixing coloring matters is
produced. Part of my Invention also consists in producing a base for fixing
coloring matters by combining sulphate of iron and sulphate of baryta with
chalk.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL & USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Pétre at the Office of tho
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th May 1858.
I, LOUIS PÉTRE, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Glass
Silverer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE APPLICATION OF GLASS TO ORNAMENTAL & USEFUL PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
My improvements in the application of glass to ornamental & useful pur-
poses, consist in the use of glass ornamented or otherwise prepared on the
one side, the ornament or subject of such preparation being visible through
the glass; on the ornament or subject so prepared I lay a coat of paint, & when
dry a coating of copal or other suitable varnish, which I sprinkle by means
of a sieve with sand or similar material, I then let the whole dry, & after-
wards apply a substance of cement over the entire surface, to which it adheres
and becomes as one solid piece with the glass.
regulated according to the purpose intended and
way thin sheets of glass may be silvered, and used
have the requisite substance & strength supplied by the thickness of cement,
or it may be for ornamental purposes, or the ornament may be otherwise
produced on the glass by painting or in other suitable manner.
The thickness of cement is
strength required. In this
as looking glasses, & which
Surfaces so prepared are applicable for mantel-pieces, tables, and a variety
of other purposes, also for shop signs or names, strect names, & various other

page_text: similarly useful purposes, the names or devices being applied on the back of
the glass, and otherwise completed as before described.
When such tablets or surfaces are applied on brick walls as the names of
streets, a surface of cement is applied to the wall to which the cement of the
tablet or surface is caused to adhere, which thus becomes as one substance
with the wall, the signs or devices so applied are perfectly protected & at all
times present a clear surface, which renders the device or sign perfectly visible
at all times, & which cannot be defaced or broken without great severity,
& such as would be injurious to the wall. These surfaces may be applied to
any other substance than a brick wall, it being simply necessary to use a
cement suitable for adhesion to the substance to which the sign or ornamental
surface is to be applied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREWS, WORMS, AND WHEELS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE SAME
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Fothergill Batho and
Eugene Moritz Bauer at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 19th October 1858.
We, WILLIAM FOTHERGILL BATHO and EUGENE MORITZ BAUER, of Salford,
near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers and Tool Makers,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SCREWS, WORMS, AND WHEELS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING
THE SAME," to be as follows:-
We construct worms and worm wheels to work together, so that their pitch
lines will coincide, and that all the teeth of the worm will bear evenly on the
teeth of the worm wheel. Hitherto the pitch line of the worm has been
tangent to that of the worm wheel, consequently the wearing surface has been
very small, only one or two of the teeth being in gear at the same time.
Our machine or apparatus can either be applied to a common slide lathe,
or it can be made to work independently, and consists of a bed or stand, on
which we place two headstocks which carry a maundril; between the headstocks
we have a slide carrying a revolving chuck, and a train of wheels which
impart a rotary motion to both the maundril and the chuck for cutting the
worm; we secure it on the maundril and the cutting tool in the chuck, which
gives us a concave worm, and by reversing the operation, and placing the
worm wheel where we had the chuck, and the cutter where we had the worm,

page_text: we are enabled to give the true screw form of thread to the teeth of the worm
wheel.
Our said Invention is applicable to cutting the teeth of other kinds of
wheels, as well as screws, worm wheels, and worms.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS AND HEATING APPARATUS GENERALLY
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th January
1858. A communication from Edme Augustin Chameroy, of Paris, in
the Empire of France, Engineer.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North
Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS AND HEATING APPARATUS GENERALLY," a commu-
nication from Edme Augustin Chameroy, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
Engineer, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of boilers
applicable either as ordinary steam boilers for marine, stationary, or locomotive
engines; or for the distillation, dessication, or cooking of various substances;
or for the evaporation of liquids; also for hot water or steam heating apparatus
for baths, wash-houses, and all domestic purposes.
The principle feature of the Invention consists in the application and use
of a number of tubes or capsules of iron, copper, or other suitable metal,
closed at one end whilst the other end is open, and communicates directly with
the body of the boiler or main heating apparatus. These tubes or capsules
may be of various forms and dimensions, and may in some cases be made or
bent in the form of a syphon, both ends being open and both communicating

page_text: with the water space of the boiler. Tubes or capsules of this description may
be applied to all ordinary flue boilers, or they may be disposed round a vertical
cylindrical boiler, the base of which forms the furnace, so that their
exterior surface is exposed to the action of the flame and heat of the
furnace.
Boilers of this construction offer a larger amount of heating surface, a
considerable augmentation, in the production of steam, a notable economy in
fuel, increased strength, and greater compactness, whilst their net cost is
considerably reduced.
In addition to these advantages the construction is greatly simplified
and is less liable to get out of order whilst repairs can be readily executed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRAWING IN, TWISTING, OR LOOMING TEXTILE MATERIALS
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Willan and Daniel Mills
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 10th May 1858.
We, ROBERT WILLAN and DANIEL MILLS, of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRAWING IN, TWISTING,
OR LOOMING TEXTILE MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
Instead of passing or drawing the yarn thread or warp through the eyes of
the healds by hand, as at present adopted, we effect the same by machinery
or apparatus which can either be worked by motive power or manual labour.
We place the reed in front of the healds as usual, but below the reed we
have a dividing apparatus acted upon by change wheels, so that the divisions
of movement may correspond with the spaces of the reed; and the drawing of
the yarn through the healds is performed by a falling drum, cam, or eccentric
acting upon mechanical fingers, which push the hooks through the eyes of the
healds, and after the yarn is placed upon the said hooks they are drawn back
again, drawing the yarn with them, which yarn is afterwards passed through
the reed by means of a self-acting hook, the said fingers and hooks being
connected with the dividing apparatus; all the movements being perfectly
self-acting and working with exactness and rapidly.
Iм- PROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF HORN, AND IN THE APPLICATION OF IT WHEN so TREATED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHALEBONE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, AND SIMILAR OBJECTS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Fréderic Vasserot, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
March 1858. A communication from Messrs. Elie Vivet and Joseph
Floret, of Lyons, in the Empire of France.
I, CHARLES FREDERIC VASSEROT, of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF HORN, AND IN THE APPLICATION OF IT WHEN
so TREATED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHALEBONE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UMBRELLAS,
PARASOLS, AND SIMILAR OBJECTS," (a communication from Messrs. Elie Vivet and
Joseph Floret, of Lyons, in the Empire of France,) to be as follows:-
The horn is sawn in the direction of its grain, which gives it the required
flexibility and elasticity; it is soaked in cold water for a few days and exposed
to a fire until softened. When this is done it is placed in a bath of lukewarm
water, and afterwards put between two iron plates, well polished, and heated
to about 80 or 100 degrees. The plates are lubricated with any kind of grease,
so as to facilitate the extension of the horn, when it is subject to the action of
a great pressure. The pressure lasts about 10 minutes, and equalizes the
substance or thickness of the horn. A second pressure is then given to it
between two plates of very hard wood, where it cools and becomes perfectly
straight. The horn is then planed, and sawn to the required length and
breadth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEREO- SCOPES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hyacinthe Hermagis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st January
1858.
I, HYACINTHE HERMAGIS, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Optician, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEREO-
SCOPES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in the optical parts of stereoscopes,
which improvements produce four important results,-
1st, perfect rectitude of the lines of photographic pictures.
2ndly, more zones or fringes of prismatic colours.
3rdly, greater increase of the size of the pictures than can be obtained with
the prismatic lenticular system heretofore employed.
4thly, less fatigue to the eyes as regards their position in the axes of parallel
spherical lenses.
These improvements consist in adapting to the stereoscope, without the aid
of any prism, spherical lenses, either simple or achromatic, having parallel
spherical surfaces compelling the eyes to be placed at a reasonable distance
from the optical lenses, perpendicular to the axes of the said lenses, which
allows of the view being more easily taken in by reason of its position towards
the converging point of the luminous zones proper to produce the effect of relief
in pictures placed in the stereoscope.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSETS, PARTS Or WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO PUMPS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Brown at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th January
1858.
I, ROBERT BROWN, of the firm of A. and R. Brown, of Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Plumbers and Brassfounders, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSETS, PARTS Or
WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO PUMPS," to be as follows (that is to say):
This Invention is mainly applicable to the class of waterclosets known as
marine or ships' waterclosets, and consists in so forming the closet pan that
the discharge orifice at the bottom thereof may be formed in an oblique or side-
ways direction. The rear of this discharge orifice is provided with a slide valve
which works in an oblique direction, the slide of which is of tapered or wedge-
shaped form, and slides upon two pieces of metal which are backed up with
indian-rubber or other suitable elastic or semi-elastic material which is held in
grooves formed in the valve seat. The valve rod works through a suitable
stuffing box on the end of the valve box; immediately below the closet pan
and connected therewith is a small enclosed chamber or vessel, the inner side
of the bottom being of a semicircular form, and having jointed to the inner
side of the top thereof a swinging valve frame fitted with a valve clapper
opening backwards. This swinging valve extends across the chamber from
side to side, and is also in close contact with the curved bottom. The dis-
charge opening of this pendulous valve chamber is formed at the rear of the

page_text: top, and is protected by an outlet valve. The water being supplied to the
closet pan by any of the ordinary methods, is discharged on opening the wedge-
shaped slide valve on the throat of the pan by the action of the swinging valve,
which has a pendulous motion communicated to it through a lever connected
to its axis.
If preferred, a closet may be constructed by using only two of the valves
described, say, the pendulous valve and the protecting outlet valve of the
swinging valve chamber, dispensing with the wedge-shaped slide valve on the
throat of the closet pan, or by using the slide and pendulous valves, dispensing
with the outlet valve of the swinging valve chamber, or where the pumping
power of the pendulous valve can be dispensed with by discharging the closet
pan by gravitation only; then a watercloset may be formed with the wedge-
shaped slide valve, and the protecting outlet valve on the discharge orifice.
But in most cases for ships' use it is preferred to use the whole three valves as
herein-before described.
It will be readily seen that the oscillating valve herein-before described may
be used as a lift and force pump, in which case it is preferred to make the
pump double-acting by using two valve frames with their clappers rigidly
fixed at an angle to each other on one axle, by which they are caused to
oscillate by means of a lever attached thereto, in which arrangement two feed
valve will be required, and in some cases it may be found preferable to
invert the swinging valves.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CORNETS, TRUMPETS, HORNS, AND SIMILAR MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Stanton Jones, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd December 1858.
I, EDWARD STANTON JONES, of 13, Marylebone Street, Golden Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Professor of Music, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CORNETS, TRUMPETS, HORNS, AND SIMILAR
MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a new mode of connecting the main tube of the
instrument with the small tubes, for the purpose of producing the chromatic
or diatonic notes, or, in other words, for allowing the current of propelled air
to pass direct from the main tube to one or other of the small tubes.
In instruments of the above class, hitherto made, the communication between
the main and the small tubes has been effected, according to the well-known
action, by pressing a vertical piston or rotary cylinder pierced with holes; by
giving motion to the piston or cylinder the current of air is turned from the
main tube through these perforations into the required small tube. I propose
to do away with this system, and by means of appropriate mechanism (which
forms no part of my Invention) to bring the main tube itself into direct com-
munication with the side tubes without the aid or intervention of the usual
perforated piston or cylinder.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF VEGETABLE. FIBRES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, SPINNING, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lea and William Alexander
Sherring at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 29th November 1858.
We, JOHN LEA and WILLIAM ALEXANDER SHERRING, both of Cecil Court,
St. Martin's Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF VEGETABLE.
FIBRES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, SPINNING, AND OTHER PURPOSES," to
be as follows:-
Our Invention relates, primarily, to the treatment of Manilla jute, and other
stubborn fibres, but is applicable to the treatment of vegetable fibres of every
description. It consists, first, in subjecting such fibres after they have been
boiled in a solution of caustic alkali, soda, potash, or other suitable solution,
and before they are bleached, to the action of a solution or solutions of chloride.
of lime, or its chemical equivalent, and of acids containing sulphur or
chlorine, with or without the addition of soda. The chloride of lime and the-
acid may either be combined in one solution or used in separate solutions..
And it consists, secondly, in subjecting the fibres, if intended for paper making,
after they have been treated with the solution or solutions before described to
the action of a heating or other engine, and at the same time to the action of
a solution of caustic soda or potash or other alkaline solution. The alkali
is then well washed from the fibres, and the ordinary bleaching process is

page_text: proceeded with. The heating process and that only is dispensed with when
the fibres are to be used for spinning. The required strengths of the several
solutions vary considerably according to the nature of the fibres to be operated
upon, and the purposes for which they are intended.
AN APPARATUS FOR COOLING BEER AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jozé Luis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th July 1858.-
A communication.
I, JOZE LUIS, Patent Agent, of No. 1", Welbeck Street, Cavendish Sqre.,
London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR COOLING BEER AND OTHER LIQUIDS," (a com-
munication to me from a foreigner residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
This apparatus is composed of two tubes, one in the other; one for con-
ducting the liquid into the watering pump, pierced with holes of less than the
tenth of an inch in diameter, the other tube for conducting the air from the
ventilator to precipitate the liquid into the receiver. The liquid thus divided
mounts to about a yard from the receiver, and falls into a tub, having lost
about eighty degrees in temperature. (The ventilator is composed of two or
more moveable fan wings, which are put in motion by means of a crank
turned either by machinery or by a man.) It can also be done by the
divider by means of a sucking and forcing pump, as used in the breweries for
precipitating the beer into the divider, at the same time care must be taken
not to give too much force to the pump, in order that it may press the liquid
in the divider, for the greater pressure the more the liquid is cooled. These
two systems are preferable to the system adopted in most of the breweries of
Paris, consisting of a serpentine tube containing cold water, the beer being

page_text: held in a vessel of tin or galvanised iron. The serpentine tubes are pierced
with holes, from which water drops continually on the boxes. The beer (thus
concentrated by its quality) remains in the boxes three hours.
The dividing system is much more economical on account of the handwork,
and the replacing it also reduces the number of the tubs, which is an advan-
tage as regards the space gained; another advantage is the quantity of beer
which can be cooled without deteriorating it. The advantage is therefore in
favour of the divider, for repeated experiments have shown that the water
coming from a steam boiler has six atmospheres without a ventilator. In
placing the boiler as is generally done in breweries, the tubs lower, the boiler
empties itself without pump and without ventilator by the natural pressure in
the divider, the water will be less cold because less precipitated. By the
same proceeding it can be heated, the divider producing steam immediately.
ADDITIONAL IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPELLERS, CHIEFLY WITH REFERENCE TO MY FORMER PATENT, DATED 20TH AUGUST 1855
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Soelman at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th August
1858.
I, WILLIAM SOELMAN, of 3, Bennett Street (W.), in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "ADDITIONAL IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPELLERS, CHIEFLY WITH REFERENCE TO MY
FORMER PATENT, DATED 20TH AUGUST 1855," to be as follows:-
The additional improvements principally refer to the blades described in my
former Specification as Figures 1, 7, and 9. Instead of making the blades 7
and 9 with flat surfaces as before, I use surfaces that are either helical, spiral,
or otherwise curved.
Figure A shows an adaptation of an improved form of Figure 9 to a helical
or spiral blade, a, b, c, d.
Figure B represents an improved modification of Figure 1 similarly applied.
Figure C represents another modification. The curve instead of being
parallel to the central line, as in Figure 1, is oblique.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZEING YARN
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Raynsford Jackson, of Blackburn, in the
County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, for the Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZEING YARN."
Sealed the 12th April 1859, and dated the 15th October 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Raynsford Jackson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th October 1858.
I, ROBERT RAYNSFORD JACKSON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZEING YARN," to be
as follows:-
The Invention consists in the novel application and use of a ball or other
float tap or valve as a means of regulating the supply of size to the sizeing
machines, in which tap the escape of the liquid through the tap is prevented
by a piece of india-rubber or other appropriate substance, which is pressed by
means of the float against the seating or opening of the tap, or is opened and
leaves the same to supply the cistern as the float rises or falls in the sizeing
liquid. The float tap may either be placed in a seperate cistern, so as to feed

page_text: a number of machines, or in a trough or small cistern attached to the trough
of each machine. Although I prefer to use a tap or valve of this description,
it will be evident that an ordinary ball-cock may be employed, but being more
liable to sustain injury from the size, its use is not so desirable.