IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH, AND IN THE USE OF SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Sellars, of the firm of John Sellars and Company
of Monsall House, near Manchester, Starch and Gum Manufacturer, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH, AND IN
THE USE OF SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED THEREIN."
Sealed the 18th September 1855, and dated the 18th June 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Sellars at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th June
1855:
I, JOHN SELLARS, of the firm of John Sellars & Co, of Monsall House, near
Manchester, Starch & Gum Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH, AND IN
THE USE OF SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of using barley, rye, or other similar substances,
either alone or in combination with wheat or such materials as have been used
for making starch. I make this starch either in crystal form, powder, or
pulverised farina, liquid, or any other form in which starch is now used or
partially manufactured.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Sellars in, the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th
December 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
SELLARS, of the firm of John Sellars and Company, of Monsall House, near
Manchester, Starch and Gun Manufacturer, send.greeting..
.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent,' bearing date the Eighteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Sellars, Her special licence that I, the said John Sellars, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Sellars, my executors, administrators,-and-assigns;-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 of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF STARCH, AND IN THE USE OF SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED THEREIN," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Sellars, 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
Royal Letters Patent:..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the, said John Sellars, do hereby declare the
nature of the 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 Invention consists of making starch from barley or rye, either combined
or separate, or in combination with wheat or any other substance or material
that has. been hitherto used for making starch. I use barley or rye either in
the state, of grain or flour, and make the starch either in the crystal or
powdered form, or I use barley or rye for the manufacture of starch when it
is used in a damp, or moist state, f
state, as practised by some bleachers and printers
at the present time, but where they use wheat or wheat flour, or any other
substance except barley or rye.
'
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Having thus fully described-the-nature-and-particulars of my said Invention,
I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to any

page_text: particular method of manufacturing starch, nor to any definite proportions of
barley or rye when mixed with wheat or other substances; but I claim as
my Invention, and which to the best of my knowledge and belief has not been
hitherto used within this realm, the use of barley or rye, either alone or in
combination with wheat or other substances, for the manufacture of starch,
either in the crystal or powdered form, or in the damp or moist state, as
herein described, by whatever process the same may be manufactured.
T
T
JOHN SELLARS. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
John Sellars, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.