A NEW METHOD the
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Wigzell Knocker, of Bushy Ruff, Dover, in
the County of Kent, Gentleman, for the Invention of "A NEW METHOD
the
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Wigzell Knocker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
8th February 1854.
I, GEORGE WIGZELL KNOCKER, of Bushy Ruff, Dover, in the County of
Kent, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROTATORY MOTIVE POWER BY MEANS OF WATER" to be
as follows:-
A machine having a tank or tanks containing water, with which communicates
a system of tubes or cylinders. The tubes or cylinders on one side or top of
the tank or tanks, by a mechanical contrivance, give motion to a crank and
axle in connection, as a first mover, with steam or a water wheel, or pneumatic
pressure with hand leverage.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by
the said George Wigzell Knocker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th August 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WIGZELL KNOCKER, of Bushy Ruff, Dover, in the County of Kent, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Wigzell Knocker, Her special licence that I, the said George
Wigzell Knocker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said George Wigzell Knocker, 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
"A NEW METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROTATORY MOTIVE POWER BY MEANS OF WATER,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Wigzell Knocker,
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 Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Wigzell Knocker, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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 Drawings hereunto annexed (that is to
say):-
When water in a tube or cylinder acted on by a force is in communication
with a larger moveable surface in a closed vessel filled with water, the effect is
relative to their respective areas. Hitherto motion has only been obtained by
this means, at intervals, and in a lineal direction. The design of this Invention
is to produce in the same way a continuous motion available in all cases where
motive power is required. Fig. 1 is a ground plan; Fig. 2 is an elevation
plan; Fig. 3 is an end view, shewing the vertical cylinders. A, A, A, A, are
four cylindrical tanks in two sets. Each set has pipes of communication
C, C, &c., in the present instance, seven in number. B, B, B, B, are four

page_text: cylinders fitted with pistons; two of them are placed horizontal and two
vertical. E, E, are reservoirs containing water. They communicate with the
horizontal tanks by means of pipes. These pipes have valves with the tails
upwards, and vary in length according to circumstances, and in relation to the
power required. F is an air pipe also furnished with a valve, the tail upwards
When the reservoir pipes exceed two or three feet this may be replaced by a
tap. D is a connecting shaft to ensure regularity and precision of motion. In
some cases it may be dispensed with. The cranks are set at angle of 180°.
When power is applied to the horizontal shaft G, the mode of operation of the
machine, and the advantage to be derived from the Invention, will, from an
inspection of the plans, be obvious in conformity with what has been stated.
When all the parts are filled with water no more supply will be required,
excepting that which is caused by leakage and evaporation. A rain tank at
the top of a building would be amply sufficient as a reservoir.
The machinery might be modified in many ways for carrying out the
principle involved. Apart from all such variations and additions, it is considered
as coming within the province of the Patent, the production of a motive power
by means of an artificial column of water, and a column of water constant and
permanent, not needing supply save that which arises from waste.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Wigzell Knocker, havo hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
GEORGE WIGZELL KNOCKER. (L.S.)