CERTAIN NEW IM- PROVEMENTS OR PEDOMETERS AND PEDOMETRICAL WATCHES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING MORE ACCURATELY, AND WITH GREATER PRECISION, THE NUMBER OF STEPS THE WEARER MAKES IN WALKING, AND, WHEN AFFIXED TO A SADDLE, THE NUMBER OF PACES THE HORSE MAKES; AND ALSO, WHEN AFFIXED TO A CURRICLE OR OTHER CARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE WHEEL
Year: 1799

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RALPHI
GOUT, of Bunhill Row, in the Parish of St. Luke, Old Street, in the County
of Middlesex, Watchmaker, send greeting.
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WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourth day of November, in the fortieth year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said Ralph Gout, His especial licence, that I,
the said Ralph Gout, during the term of fourteen years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN NEW IM-
PROVEMENTS OR PEDOMETERS AND PEDOMETRICAL WATCHES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ASCERTAINING MORE ACCURATELY, AND WITH GREATER PRECISION, THE NUMBER OF
STEPS THE WEARER MAKES IN WALKING, AND, WHEN AFFIXED TO A SADDLE, THE
NUMBER OF PACES THE HORSE MAKES; AND ALSO, WHEN AFFIXED TO A CURRICLE OR
OTHER CARRIAGE, THE NUMBER OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE WHEEL;" in which
said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Ralph
Gout, by an instrument in. writing under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters

page_text: Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Ralph Gout, do hereby declare that my said Invention or discovery is
described in manner following (that is to say):-
A represents the back of the lever, which is made of brass or any other
metal. It conveys the motion of every step the wearer makes in walking
to the greatest nicety, by being screwed or fixed in any manner which may
be thought proper to the pendant or case of a pedometer of what kind soever,
with or without a watch. B, the chain, string, wire, or any other thing,
which may be screwed, pinned, or fixed to the lever, as at a, letter E. C, a
piece of brass or other metal, with a hole in the centre, to be screwed to the
pusher D, which serves as a banking. E, the lever and chain as when in
action. No. 1 displays the back part of fob, with the watch or pedometer
therein. B, C, and D, are spiral or worm springs, sewed in any part of the
fob, which may be judged proper, the better to keep the watch or pedometer
in order. It is understood these prings are covered. There may be more
or less springs, and tape may be affixed, as agreeable to circumstances. E,
is a piece of tape or ribbon for the intention of keeping the fob upon the
stretch. Upon the bottom of the fob, on the other side, is sewed a button,
hook, loop, or any other thing which may be thought convenient, to prevent
the fob from rising, and at the top, on each side, are sewed four buttons, hooks,
or loops, more or less, for the purpose of securing the fob in the breeches.
F, the pedometer, displayed as in action when in the fob.
A delineation of the construction and form of an equestrian pedometer,
with its appendages annexed to the saddle pillion, or any other thing that is
meant to shew the exact number of paces a horse shall take in any rate of
travelling, the rider only observing to get his horse to that speed he intends to
pursue, and by loosing a ribbon, string, or chain, &c. from the stud on the
pommel of the saddle, which instantly sets the whole machinery in motion;
and so long as the horse continues that speed the pedometer will reckon,
and when the rider pleases to stop his horse, or the horse unable to continue
that speed, the pedometer may instantly be stopped by returning the ribbon,
string, or chain, &c. to the stud it was first loosed froom:
Fig. 1 represents the saddle, with the watch or pedometer affixed in its
proper state for action, the machinery being exhibited in its compleat state,
as when situated under the flaps of the saddle, on the saddle tree, or any
part thereof. On the other side is described the machinery, masked or covered
M, for the purpose of excluding dust, &c.

page_text: Fig. 2 the back of the plate whereon the machinery is applied, and
is exhibited in its compleat state. It is made of brass or other metal, of a
long form, or any other shape that may be most approved of for the said
saddle. B, B, two bridges or cocks to support the lever C, which lever
performs on an arbor that is screwed on the bridges or cocks B, B. In lieu
of said arbor another kind may be fixed in the lever C, with a pivot at each
end. The lever has one arm on each side that engages in the bridges or
cocks B, B, the better to prevent dirt from injuring the arbor and its holes,
and each extremity of said arms acts against a piece of steel that is let into
the bridges or cocks B, B, for their preservation. The lever C may be made
of a variety of forms; in particular a spring may be fixed to the end for to act
in conjunction with the lever of the pedometer, as in Fig. 1. D, is a bridge
with a cap in the centre. At the top is fixed a stone or piece of steel P for
one of the ends of the arbor F to run upon. A hole may be made thro' the
bridge D and plate, if thought proper, in lieu of a stone or piece of steel,
and the cap may be omitted. E, a crank, in the centre of which is the
arbor F, which is sunk in the centre of the crank. A screw may be sub-
stituted in lieu of the said arbor F, the continue the outer circle of the said
crank E, being left high, is enclosed in the cap of the bridge D. For the
purpose of preventing the dust or gravel from entering the triangle part of
said crank is a banking. A lever may be made to replace the crank E, and
engage the lever C, to the end of which is fixed the chain and leather strap.
At one extremity the piece G is engaged, as also in the lever C, as in Fig. 2.
At the other extremity may be fixed a small chain, wire, ribbon, leather, or
any other thing, for the purpose of pulling out the crank E, as in Fig. 1.
H, is a spiral spring that serves to recall the lever C. At each extremity is
fixed a ring or eye; at the end is a pivot which enters the worm spring,
and is fastened by a pin. The top ring or eye is screwed to the plate Fig. 2;
the bottom ring or eye engages in a hook, which is fixed on the lever C,
as in Fig. 2. Instead of the worm spring H a circular or main spring may
be substituted and fixed on the plate, with an arbor, clik, and rotch, a chain,
or any other thing to be fixed to the barrell, from whence it is conveyed by
means of cranks, pullies or rollers, and hooked or fixed to the lever C. I,
a chain, wire, or any other thing, which is fixed to one end of the lever C,
and is conducted by means of bridges, and rollers or cranks, along the back of
the plate, as in Fig. 2, up to the pommell of the saddle, as in Fig. 1.
To stop the machinery at pleasure:-K, an elastic martingale, which is
buckled to a strap that is fastened to the crank E, from whence the pedometer
receives its impulse. A strap of leather or tape, or made of any other

page_text: material whatever, may be, if required, applied to the back part of the saddle,
and conducted along the girth under the belly of the horse, by means of pullies,
cranks, or any other thing requisite for that purpose, and the martingale
meeting it is fixed thereto. L, an elastic girth, to which the martingale is
affixed by buckle or other means; any other sort of girth may be used if
preferred. M, a mask to cover the machinery, as in Fig. 1.
N, an
outside case, where the pedometer is received; it is screwed from the inside
to the plate Fig. 2, the circumference of which is perceived extending over
the said plate, the front of which appears as in Fig. 1, when the watch or
pedometer is therein. The case can be made of any other form, and fastened
or secured by screws, bolts, springs, or any way most agreeable to fancy.
O, a bridge, wherein is fixed a roller, and is screwed on the cushion of
the saddle of a proper angle to let the strap of the machinery, as in Fig. 1,
enter, the better to secure or free it from the flap of the saddle, or any part
thereof. This bridge may be omitted if judged right.
Fig. 3 represents machinery which is screwed on the axletree, or any
other part of a carriage. A, an arbor. B, a stud, with a hole in the centre
to enable the arbor A to work. C, C, two nuts, which are screwed one on
the top of the arbor, to secure it in its position, the other at the bottom, in
order to make fast the tooth D, to which tooth is affixed a piece of steel, or
other metal, as E, at the end of which is a hole for the purpose of fastening
a wire that is directed along the axletrec, perch, and other part of the
carriage, by the assistance of cranks, pullies, and worm springs, disposed in
proper places suitable to the form or make of the vehicle they are intended
to be applied to. F, a cap to cover the arbor on the plate Fig. 3, the better
to prevent the mud or dust from obstructing its performance. G, is a tooth
that is screwed on the nave of the wheel, every revolution of which the
tooth engages the tooth D, which conveys the motion of every revolution of
the wheel of the carriage, and is described to the greatest nicety by the
hands of the pedometer. Both teeth D and G are required to be made of
various forms and shapes, agreable to the distance of the wheel from the
axletree. It is to be understood that the said pedometer may be placed in
any carriage or any part thereof, as it entirely depends upon its make or
construction. The pedometer is fixed in a machinery similar to that already
described for the saddle, save the omission of the crank E.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ralph Gout, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Third day of December, One thousand seven hundred
and ninety-nine
RALPH GOUT. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Third day of December,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Ralph Gout came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also
the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute
in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the same Third day of December, in the year above written.