A NEW MATHEMATICALL INSTRUMENT: CONSISTING OF NEW SORTS OR KINDS OF SPRINGS FOR THE EASE OF PERSONS RIDING IN COACHES, CHARIOTTS, CALASHES, AND CHAISES, ABSOLUTELY DIFFERING FROM, THE: SPRINGS NOW VSED, WHICH ARE PLACED BELOW AT THE CORNERS OF COACHES,. CHARIOTTS AND CALASHES, THIS BEING MADE TO BE PLACED AND FIXED VNTO,.BETWEENE, AND WITHIN THE MAIN LEATHER BRACES
Year: 1706

page_text: ANNE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these presents shall come,
greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved HENRY MILL, Gent., hath, by his
peticon, humbly represented vnto vs that he hath, by his great study and paines
& expence, invented and found out "A NEW MATHEMATICALL INSTRUMENT:
CONSISTING OF NEW SORTS OR KINDS OF SPRINGS FOR THE EASE OF PERSONS RIDING
IN COACHES, CHARIOTTS, CALASHES, AND CHAISES, ABSOLUTELY DIFFERING FROM, THE:
SPRINGS NOW VSED, WHICH ARE PLACED BELOW AT THE CORNERS OF COACHES,.
CHARIOTTS, AND CALASHES, THIS BEING MADE TO BE PLACED AND FIXED VNTO,.
BETWEENE, AND WITHIN THE MAIN LEATHER BRACES, BY WHICH THE BODYES. OF.
COACHES, CHARIOTTS, CALASHES, AND CHAISES ARE HUNG, BEING LIKEWISE INVIRON'D
OR INCOMPASSED WITH THE BAID LEATHER BRACES, AND BEING PLACED OR FIXED IN.
OR VERY HEARE THE MIDDLE OF THE SAID BRACES, PORCING THEM IN THEIR VSE AND
OPERATION TO OPEN SOMEWHAT LIKE A RHOMBUS OR LOZENGE; AND THAT, THE SAID.
NEW INVENTED SPRINGS ARE MADE AND CONTRIVED OF SEVERAL FORMS, VIET.;-
SEMICIRCULAR, CIRCULAR, ANGULAR, OVALL, OR OF VARIOUS OTHER FORMS, A SMALL
IRON RODD OR PINK RUNNING THRO' THE MIDDLE OR EXTREMITIES OF THE SAME
SPRINGS, AND MAY BE PUTT ON OR TAKEN OFF AT PLEASURE IN THE SPACE OF HALFE
and which Invencon is very much. lighter than the said springs.
now in vse, a sett of those generally weighing about one-hundred and twenty.
pounds, and a sett of these not exceeding twenty pounds weight, and may be
sold at farr lesse charge, and will alsoe be of greater ease and benefitt to all.

page_text: persons vsing the same than the aforesaid springs now vsed, or any other arts
or inventions whatsoever serving to the like purposes. And, therefore, the
said Henry Mill hath humbly prayed vs to grant him our Letters Patents for
the sole benefitt of makeing and vending the said Invenčon for the terme of
fourteen yeares.
NOW KNOW YEE, that wec, being willing to give encouragem² to all
arts and inventions which may be of publick vse and benefitt, of our especiall
grace, certaine knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and
by these presents for vs, our heires and successors, doe give and grant vnto
the said Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and assignes, speciall
licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority that he, the said Henry Mill,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by themselves,
or his or their deputy and deputyes, servants or agents, or such others as the
said Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and assignes shall at any time
agree with, and noe others, from time to time and at all times during the terme
of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may make, vse, exercise, and
enioy, within our kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, the said new invented springs for the ease of persons
rideing in coaches, chariotts, calashes, and chaises in such manner as to him
tho said Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and assignes, or any of
them, shall in their discretions seeme meet. And that he, the said Henry.
Mill, his executors, administrators, & assignes, shall and may have and enjoy
the sole license and priviledge of the vse, excrcise, and benefitt from time to
time comeing, growing, accrewing, and ariseing by reason of the said Invention,
for and dureing the full terme of yeares herein mentioned. To have, hold,
exercise, and enioy the said licencse, powers, priviledges, and advantages
herein-before granted, or mentioned to be granted, vnto the said Henry Mill,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, for and during and vnto the full
end and terme of fourteene yeares from the date of these prosents next and
immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, according to the
Statute in this case made and provided; and to the intent that the said
Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them,
may have and enioy the full benefitt and the sole makeing, vending, vse, and
exercise of the said Invention, according to our gratious intention hercin-
before declared, wee doe by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors,
require and strictly cumand all and every person and persons, bodies politick
and corporate, and all other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality
or degree, name or condition soever they be, within our said kingdome of
England, dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, that neither

page_text: they, or any of them, at any time during the continuance of the said terme of
fourteene yeares hereby granted, either directly or indirectly doe make, vse, or
putt in practise the said Invention, or any part of the same, so attained vnto
by the said Henry Mill, as aforesaid, nor shall in any wise counterfeit, imitate,
or resemble the same, nor shall make, or cause to be made, any addition
therevnto or substraction from the same, whereby to pretend himselfe or.
themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the.
lycense, consent, or agreement of the said Henry Mill, his executors, admi-.
nistrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his, their, or some of their hands and:
seales first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such paines and penalties.
as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this
our royall comand, and further to be answerable to the said Henry Mill, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and their.
damages thereby occasioned; and, moreover, wee doe by these presents, for:
vs, our heirs & successors, will and comand all and singular our justices of
the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other.
officers and ministers whatsoever, of vs, our heires and successors, for the .
time being, that they, or any of thom, do not, nor shall at any time hereafter.
dureing the said terme hereby granted, in any wise molest, trouble, or hinder
the said Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of his
or their deputyes, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawfull
makeing. vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invention, or anything relating.
therevnto: Provided alwayes, and these our Letters Patents are and shall be..
vpon this condičon, that if at any time during the terme hereby granted it
shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or successors, or any six or more of
our or their Privy Councill that this our grant is contrary to law, or preiudiciall
or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said Invention is not a
new invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within this our
kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
and not invented and found out by the said Henry Mill as aforesaid, then,
vpon signification and declaračon thereof thereof, to be made by vs, our heires
or successors, vnder our or their signett or privy seale, or by the lords and
others of our or their Privy Councell, or any six or more of them, vnder their
hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be
vtterly voyd to all intent and purposes, anything hereiu-before contained
to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided also, that these our Letters, or
anything herein contained, shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to give
privilege to the said Henry Mills, his executors, adiñitors, or assignes, or any
of them, to vse or imitate any invention or worke whatsoever which bath

page_text: becne heretofore found out or invented by any other of our subiects what-
soever, aud publickly vsed or exercised within our said kingdom, vnto whom
like Letters Patents or privilege have beene allready granted for the solo
vse, exercise, and benefitt thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said
Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every
other person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or privileges have
beene already granted, as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practise their
severall inventions by them invented and found out, according to the truo
intent and meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and of theso
presents. And, lastly, wce doe by these presents, for us, our heirs and
successors, grant vnto the said Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment thereof, shall be, in
and by all things, good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectuall in the law,
according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, con-
strued, and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficiall senco for the best
advantage of the said Henry Mill, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
aswell in all courts of record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers
and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, within this our
kingdome of England, dominion of Wales, and towne of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
and amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors,
whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certaine
describing the nature or quality of the said Invenčon, or of the materialls
thereto conducing or belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse ourselfe at Westñi, the Twelfth day of Aprill.
By Writt of Privy Seale.