A COMPOSITION NAMED ZEIODELITE A KIND OF PASTE WHICH BECOMES AS HARD AS STONE, IS UNCHANGEABLE BY THE AIR, AND BEING PROOF AGAINST THE ACTION OF ACIDS, MAY REPLACE LEAD AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR VARIOUS USES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Simon, residing at Paris, Passage des Potites
Ecuries, No. 5, for the Invention of "A COMPOSITION NAMED ZEIODELITE
A KIND OF PASTE WHICH BECOMES AS HARD AS STONE, IS UNCHANGEABLE BY THE
AIR, AND BEING PROOF AGAINST THE ACTION OF ACIDS, MAY REPLACE LEAD AND
OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR VARIOUS USES."
Sealed the 30th December 1859, and dated the 4th July 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Simon at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
July 1859.
I, JOSEPIT SIMON, residing in Paris, Passage des Petites Ecuries, No. 5, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A COMPOSITION NAMED
ZEIODELITE, A KIND OF PASTE WHICH BECOMES AS HARD AS STONE, IS UNCHANGEABLE
BY THE AIR. AND BEING PROOF AGAINST THE ACTION OF ACIDS, MAY REPLACE LEAD
AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR VARIOUS USES," to be as follows:-
It is composed (in proportions varying according to circumstances) of
sulphur and of powder more or less fine, obtained from solid substances
unattackable by ordinary acids. To obtain the powder I use in preference,
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page_text: firstly, wastestoneware fromdemijohnsmanufactured tocontainacids; secondly,
broken glass known as "cullet." I use about 19 lbs. weight of sulphur to every
42lbs. weight(or thereabout) of fine and coarse powder of glass and stoneware
from the said demijohns. I expose these substances to a slight heat which melts
thesulphur, Ithen stir, and when homogeneousrun thecomposition intosuitable
moulds where it cools. It may be advantageously used instead of lead in the con-
struction of the cisterns,et cetera, of sulphuric acid and other chemical works,
as also in lieu of asphalte,and for bas-reliofs, statuary slabs, & other purposes
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Simon in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 31st
December 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM, THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
SIMON, residing in Paris, Passage des Petites Ecuries, No. 5, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reigu, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Joseph Simon, Her special licence that I, the said Joseph Simon,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph
Simon, 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 of "A COMPOSITION NAMED
ZEIODELITE, A KIND OF PASTE WHICH BECOMES AS HARD AS STONE, IS UNCHANGE
ABLE BY THE AIR, AND BEING PROOF AGAINST THE ACTION OF ACIDS, MAY REPLACE
LEAD AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FOR VARIOUS USES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Joseph Simon, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, 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 Joseph Simon, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The composition which I term "zeiodelite" is formed from a paste composed
of sulphur, and a powder more or less fine obtained from substances proot
against the action of acids in general,and in preference from the burnt stone-
ware of broken jars or demijans which have been manufactured to contain
acids, (or I use the different matters or substances of which such articles are
made), also pulverised cristals or broken glass, and the most durable com-
position consists of about nineteen pounds weight of sulphurto about forty-two
pounds weight of powder from the broken jars, and pulverised glass and
cristals, which mixture I expose to a gentle heat which melts the sulphur, I
then stir the mass until it becomes thoroughly homogeneous when I run it
into suitable moulds and allow it to cool. This preparation is proof against
acids in general, whatever their degree of concentration, consequently, as it
can never communicato any impurity to or be destroyed by them, it will last
an indefinite time. It melts at about 120% "centigrade," and may be
re-employed (whenever found desirable to change the form of the apparatus)
without loss of any of its qualities by melting at a gentle heat, and operating
as with asphalt. At 110% it becomes as hard as stone, which permits it to
preserve its solidity in boiling water. In constructing the chambers used in
sulphuric acid factories, slabs of lead are used of about one-eighth of an inch
in thickness, whereas when made of "zeiodelite," they should be about half an
inch thick, and will be lighter than leaden ones. If slabs of "zeiodelite" of
equal weight with the leaden ones at one-eighth of au inch be desired, they
will be about one inch in thickness, and still cost but one-fifth the price of
lead. To unite these slabs neither English or other solder is required,(whereas
it is indispensable in joining leaden slabs, and thereby much increases the cost
of the apparatus), it suffices to place them about one inch apart, introducing
between them hot "zeiɔdelite," which paste at about 200% will melt the
edges of the slabs, and when the whole becomes coll it will present one
uniform piece. Great advantage will be found in adopting the use of
"zeiodelite," not only in factories where required to replace worn out
apparatus, but also in substituting it for the new, as the sale of the lead will
produce double the cost of making the chambers of my composition, and such
chambers will last an unlimited time, while enabling the operator to obtaina
pure acid, free from admixture with nitrate or sulphate of lead. "Zeiodelite"
is much superior to hydraulic lime (for which it may be often substituted) by
reason of the tenacity with which it will unite stone, and its being unaffected

page_text: by water, and its durability will, no doubt, cause it to be used in lieu of
asphalt for reservoirs and various other purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Simon, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
La firma que autecede está Escrita á
mi presencia per D. José Simon á
quien conosco,
(1..5.)
ROSENDO SANCHEZ.