IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, WALLS, ABERD
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Pierre Tronchon, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline,
Paris, France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, WALLS,
ABERD
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon
at the Office of the Commissioners' of Patents, with .his: Petition,> on
the 21st April 1862.
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I, ALFRED PIERRE TRONCHON, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline, Paris, France,
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and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London; do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention for, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, WALLS,
PALISADES, AND OTHER SIMILAR CONSTRUCTIONS," to be as follows; that is to say
My Invention has for object a cheap construction of houses, walls,, and
palisades, and consists in forming the, pieces of the framing of wood, cast or
wrought-iron, and, the parts required to be full with iron wire lattice or
trelliswork, and of wood, in some cases covered with plaster or other suitable
substance,;; the parts representing the walls are made of two surfaces having.
a space between them to form the thickness of the wall. These spaces may
be filled with sand, earth, or other materials; the partitions may be made
of one surface of trelliswork. The uprights composing the framework carry
the, beams to form the floor composed of lattice work which being coated with

page_text: plaster will form the ceiling. This mode of construction may be employed for
movable palisades for gardens; for this purpose uprights are fixed and united
by lattice or trelliswork and filled with plaster.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 17th October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
PIERRE TRONCHON, of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline, Paris, France, and of 4, South
Steeet, Finsbury, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth. year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon, Her special licence that I, the said
Alfred Pierre Tronchon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon, 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 CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES, WALLS, PALISADES
AND OTHER SIMILAR CONSTRUCTIONS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon, my exécutors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thercon (that is to say) :-
My Invention consists in forming the pieces of the framework of houses
of wood, cast or forged iron, and the parts which are to be full with an iron

page_text: wire lattice or trellis and also of wood in certain cases, covered with plaster
or other suitable material; the parts representing the walls are double, with a
space between them to form the thickness of the walls. These spaces may be
filled with sand or other materials or with the earth dug up for forming
the foundation or cellars. The partitions may be made of single trellis without
forming two thicknesses. The uprights composing the framework support
the parts forming the floors composed of wire lattice, which being coated with
plaster forms the ceilings. This method may be employed for the construction
of palisades or moveable espaliers, for gardens, for which purpose it is
merely necessary to fix uprights and unite them together by wire lattice
or trellis, which is afterwards filled in with plaster. This construction
will answer very well for espaliers. I can by this method construct
with rapidity and economy dwelling houses and other. like structures.
From the preceding description it will be understood that the object of
this new mode of building is to construct houses suitable for habitations at
a small cost either with wood or iron; with iron and cast iron combined
or with wood, iron and cast iron combined, and in all cases at prices
relatively lower than those by the known processes. These houses are
made with walls composed of two thicknesses and the parts between the
two thicknesses may be employed for heating and cooling the apartments 'and'
for receiving pipes for water, smoke, waterclosets, and other like purposes.
These iron houses are made strong enough to resist atmospheric changes,
and completely fireproof, the materials composing them being coated with a
preservative substance they will last a long time; they may be constructed'
of various dimensions either small or large. They may be made in countries
possessing all the necessary facilities for cheap construction, then conveyed to
the place where they are to be set up, which can be effected with facility, speed;
and at a small expense; their lightness will entail but little expense of carriage.
The staircases may be made of cast iron, iron, or wrought iron, and covered
with galvanised sheet iron. In many gardens there are no walls; by this
method espaliers or walls may be made both cheap and strong, and, so light
as if required to be portable, with or without a case for the roots and the
ground of plants.
Thus my Invention consists chiefly in constructing with economy complete
houses of various dimensions, either small or large at option, and with
walls composed of two thicknesses formed of bands of iron or lattice filled
in or covered with plaster or other suitable material; by this method also walls
of various sizes, single or double, may be made forming espaliers for gardens,
and for other applications.

page_text: In the annexed. Drawing I have shown a perspective view of a part of a
house constructed according to my Invention, in which it will be seen that
each wall is composed of two thicknesses formed by frames by means of uprights
6 and 6', fixed in the masonry work a, or in the dead wood contained in the
earth cross-pieces c, unite together the uprights b, 61; the empty, parts in
these frames are filled by lattice or trellis work of metal or other suitable
material which is afterwards coated with plaster so as to form strong and even
surfaces; the space or distance between the two partitions is regulated
according to the thickness it is wished to give to the wall, which space may be
filled with sand, earth or other suitable substance, space being left for conduct
pipes for water, chimneys, and other purposes. The ceilings and floors are
supported by cross-pieces or rafters fixed to the uprights, the whole being
secured together by tie pieces, is furnished with lattice or trellis work and
covered with plaster and afterwards with planking for the floors..
In certain localities wood may be combined with iron and cast iron
for making the structures economically, and for avoiding the danger of fire,
the wood is rendered incombustible by being treated with a substance having
that property.
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When the parts of the house are prepared in a different country to that in
which the house is to be constructed, they are marked with care and may
be kept united by rivets, bolts, or other suitable means.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details of construction herein laid down, but what I claim as my
Invention is the method of constructing houses, walls, palisades, and other like
structures by the employment of two thin surfaces of lattice or trellis work
covered or filled in with plaster or other suitable material, as herein-before
described and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Pierre Tronchon, have here+
unto set my hand and seal, the Fourteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
זוdחזום בדם.