A NEW OR IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR LUBRICATING WOOL DURING THE PROCESS OF CARDING
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Greig, of Galashiels, in the County of
Selkirk, North Britain, Foreman to the Firm of Boguc and
Company, Comely Bank Mill, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR LUBRICATING WOOL DURING THE PROCESS OF
CARDING."
Sealed the 1st December 1874, and dated the 6th June 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Greig at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th June 1874.
I, THOMAS GREIG, of Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, North
Britain, Foreman to the Firm of Bogue and Company, Comely Bank
Mill, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "A NEW
OR IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR LUBRICATING WOOL DURING THE PROCESS OF CARDING,”
to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention, which relates to improvements in lubricating wool
during the process of carding, has for its object to combine materials

page_text: so as to form an efficient lubricant less costly than those hitherto
employed in wool carding.
The lubricant constituting this Invention consists of a combination
or admixture of boiling water, soft soap, tallow, potatoes ground down
and dissolved in water, olive oil, and ammonia, and of these the following
proportions have been found to give satisfactory results, viz.,―
Of boiling water 1 gallon, of soft soap 6 ounces, of tallow 7 ounces,
of potatoes, ground and dissolved in water 3 ounces, of olive oil 34
ounces, and of ammonia 4 ounces. But it is to be understood that I do
not confine myself to these proportions, as good results may be obtained
with other proportions of the ingredients herein-before set forth. In
the lubricant so compounded the proportion of olive oil in comparison
with lubricants as hitherto made is decreased, thereby diminishing the
cost of the lubricant, and by the addition of ammonia to the compound
the whole is resolved into a cream-like liquid, which is employed to
lubricate the wool whilst being carded.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Greig in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th December 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS 2
GREIG, of Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, North Britain, Foreman
to the Firm of Bogue and Company, Comely Bank Mill, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of June, in the year of our 2
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the 37th year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Thomas Greig, Her special license that I, the said
Thomas Greig, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Thomas Greig, my executors, administrators, or assigns, 3
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom

page_text: of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR LUBRICATING WOOL DURING
THE PROCESS OF CARDING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Thomas Greig, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Lettera Patent

page_text: lubricants hitherto in use, the cost of the lubricant is diminished. Tho
compound thus combines cheapness with efficiency in the lubrication of
wool during process of carding.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which 5
the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I would
observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent is, the combination or admixture of boiling
water, soft soap, tallow, potatoes ground and dissolved in water, olive 1
oil, and ammonia, in such proportions as to form a cheap and efficient
lubricant, and the employment of the said lubricant in the process of
wool carding, as herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Grieg, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this First day of December, One thousand 1
eight hundred and seventy-four.