THE APPLICATION OF A NEW VEGETABLE SUBSTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS, AND PULP FOR PAPER, CARD-BOARD,, PAPIER MACHE, AND SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Peterson at the
Office of the Commissioners; of Patents; with his Petition, on the
29th November 1854.
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I, CHARLES PETERSON, of. Low Cliff, Chale, in: the Isle of Wight, 'Esquirė,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE APPLICATION
OF A NEW VEGETABLE SUBSTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS, AND
PULP FOR PAPER, CARD-BOARD,, PAPIER MACHE, AND SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be
-as follows:
This Invention relates to the treatment of the sea, tree mallów, or "lavateria
arborea marina," for the obtainment therefrom of a fibrous material which is
applicable to a variety of useful purposes, principally as a substitute for flax
and hemp, and also to be mixed with other fibrous materials,-for-the-purpose-
of manufacturing mixed or compound fabrics. The process of treatment-may

page_text: be varied according to the article intended to be produced; the plant may
also be treated so as to obtain therefrom a pulp suitable for the manufacture
of paper, card-board, papier maché, and other similar purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Peterson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th May 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
PETERSON, of Low Cliff, Chale, in the Isle of Wight, Esquire, send greeting..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Charles Peterson, Her special license that I, the said Charles
Peterson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Charles. Peterson, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF
A NEW VEGETABLE SUBSTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS, AND
PULP FOR PAPER, CARD-BOARD, PAPIER MACHÉ, AND SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the
"condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Peterson, 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
Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Peterson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-"
My said Invention relates to the treatment of the sea tree mallow, or
lavateria arborea marina, for the obtainment therefrom of a fibrous material
-which is applicable. to a variety of useful purposes, but principally as. a

page_text: substitute for flax and hemp; it may also be mixed with other fibrous
materials, for the purpose of manufacturing mixed or compound fabrics.
The process of treatment may be varied, according to the .article .intended
to be produced. The plant may also be treated so as to obtain therefrom a
pulp suitable for the manufacture of paper, card-board, papier maché, and
other similar purposes. The mode of treating the fibrous portion of the
plant is the same as that adopted in the treatment and preparation of flax
and hemp, which is well known to the practical man.
The fibrous material being the inner lining of the bark, the plant or tree
is passed through rollers, to detach or separate the fibrous from the ligneous
portion. The fibrous portion is then submitted to the retting or macerating
process for about fourteen days, more or less, for the purpose of assisting the
subsequent complete mechanical separation of the "harl," or fibres. In
carrying out the subsequent processes in the manufacture of this new material,
the same applications and machinery may be used as are adopted in the
preparation and treatment of flax and hemp; but as such processes are well
known, and form no part of my present Invention, I do not consider it
necessary to enter into any description of them here. The cheapness and
facility with which this plant can be cultivated and grown, and the increased
amount of fibre which it yields, being considerably more than the quantity
produced by flax, and being obtained equally strong in fibre, render it most
advantageously applicable to the manufacture of textile fabrics, whether alone
or in combination with other fibrous materials.
In the application of this substance to the production of paper, card-board,
or papier maché, the well-known processes adopted in the treatment of rags
for that purpose may be, employed; and the portions of substance used for
this purpose are the short combings of the fibre, and the ligneous or woody
refuse of the plant...
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that I do not confine or restrict myself
to the precise details or arrangements which I have had occasion to describe
or refer to, as many variations may be made therefrom without deviating from
the principles or main features of my said Invention; but 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 application and use of
the sea tree mallow, or lavateria arborea marina, for the manufacture of textile
fabrics such as linen cambric canvass rones twine thread and other similes

page_text: purposes; and also for paper, card-board, and papier maché; the plant being
employed either alone or in combination with other materials..
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Peterson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-fifth day of May, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-five.
CHARLES PETERSON.. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
Charles Peterson, in the presence of
W. J. BERKINGSALE, Solicitor,
Newport.