A Phrenological Machine to be used for Pleasure, or for Indicating or Reading the Character of Human Beings according to the Principles of Phrenology.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 14th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Phrenological Machine to be used for Pleasure, or for Indicating
or Reading the Character of Human Beings according to the
Principles of Phrenology.
RICHARD WATSON, Clerk in Holy Orders, RICHARD WATSON Son of above no
calling 14 Dean Street Bristol do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Our invention consists in so constructing an apparatus that, when it is unlocked by
the weight or action of a coin or the like inserted into the machine, or when the
apparatus is otherwise set free, the act of placing the apparatus on the head of a
human being will cause the various prominences of the phrenological organs to be
indicated on suitable scales or dials or the like properly marked with degrees or words
or words and degrees combined to indicate the character or the supposed character of
the person using the apparatus. In order to carry out our invention we construct
our apparatus with an expanding or telescopic case adapted to receive different sizes
of the human head.
In the said case we so arrange a number of buttons or pins or levers or springs or
their equivalents that they may be moved by different parts of the human head
pressing against them, and thus communicate motion to the indexes connected with
the aforesaid scales or dials. Some of the said buttons or pins or levers or springs
may be moved by the back of the head, some by the top of the head, some by the
right side of the head, some by the left side of the head, and some by the forehead.
Each index consists of the combination of two or more levers one of which is moved
by the other, so that the first lever being moved a short distance causes the second
lever to move a much further distance which increases in proportion to the number
of levers employed. By this means the smallest prominence of the prenological
organs may be indicated on the aforesaid scales. The number of indexes and scales
may be increased or diminished according to the number of organs which phreno-
logists consider to be fully established. Inside the prenological apparatus we place a
rising and falling frame, which consists of one or two horizontal bars with a vertical
arm at each end pinned to a horizontal arm projecting from a vertical lever pivoted
at its upper end. The said rising and falling frame is raised by means of one or more
coiled springs one end of which is fastened to the said frame and the other end to the
case, and it may again be lowered either by pressing it down with the hand or by it
moving as it ascends against a stop fixed to a case, and thus it is adapted to move all
the indexes back to zero after the apparatus has been used. And the said indexes
remain at zero until the machine is again unlocked by a coin or the like inserted into
a slot provided to receive it, or until the apparatus is otherwise set free for use.
aforesaid apparatus may be used either separately or in combination with any other
suitable machine whether coin freed or not, we use it both separately and we also
combine it with our machine for indicating the height and weight and strength of
persons in the following manner :-
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We screw the phrenological apparatus to a horizontal arm, which may be the
height measuring arm projecting from a vertical bar which moves or slides up and
down in a groove in the front of the machine to suit the different heights of persons
being measured or using the prenological apparatus. The said arm and bar are con-
nected with a counterpoise weight or key and a lock by means of a flexible chain
which passes over one or more pulleys. If desired in order to lessen the shock which
would be caused by the aforesaid counterpoise weight or key suddenly reassuming its
normal position on the liberation of the phrenological apparatus, we employ an
inflated house bellows upon which the said counterpoise weight or key falls, or we

page_text: may employ another mechanism for retarding the said weight or key, which
mechanism may consist of a fly escapement or an air cushion consisting of an
arrangement of piston fitting loosely in a cylinder so as to allow of the gradual
passage of the air. The lock of the prenological machine is made to unlock all of the
aforesaid combined machines by the same coin at the same time and by the same
operation. But by extending the vertical case of any or of all of the aforesaid
machines, and by screwing the prenological apparatus to a separate horizontal arm
projecting from a vertical bar adapted to move or slide up and down in a groove in
the front of the machine to suit the different heights of persons using the prenological
apparatus, and by the aforesaid horizontal arm and vertical bar being connected with
a counterpoise weight or key, and a separate lock by means of a flexible chain passing
over one or more pulleys, the prenological apparatus may be separately unlocked by
the weight or action of a separate coin; and may both collect its own toll, and also
lock itself after being used, though it be connected with the case of any or of all of
the aforesaid or of other suitable machines.
And by arranging the phrenological mechanism with a separate vertical case as
already described we may have a separate machine adapted both to collect its own
toll, and also to lock itself after being used, and a machine by which a person may
read his own character or supposed character according to the principles of phrenology
without the assistance of an attendant. If desired the aforesaid buttons or pins or
levers or springs may be covered by any suitable elastic or other material.
Dated this 28th day June 1889.
RICHARD WATSON,
RICHARD WATSON,
14, Dean Street, Bristol.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
A Phrenological Machine to be used for Pleasure, or for Indicating
or Reading the Character of Human Beings according to the
Principles of Phrenology.
We, RICHARD WATSON, Clerk in holy orders, and RICHARD WATSON, son of the
above, no occupation, 14, Dean Street, Bristol do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the combination and use of new apparatus and appliances
in the construction of machines, whereby the character and mental qualities of
persons using such machines may be accurately delineated according to the
conventionally recognised principles of phrenology and physiognomy.
Assuming these principles to be based on scientific data, a person's general
character will be indicated by the outline and formation of the head, while the special
capacities or temperament will be represented by certain elevations or depressions
on the exterior of the head; the professors of these sciences frequently describe the
characters or mental capacities of persons under examination with considerable
minuteness, but with many of them there is a tendency to describe what is most
likely to be satisfactory to their clients: by this invention a means is provided
whereby the faculties will be uniformly described, so that whether our machines are
used for purposes of amusement or education, the descriptions given, being produced
mechanically, must necessarily be free from any attempt at flattery.
The upper part of the human head is divided and sub-divided by phrenologists,
and set out accordingly on charts, busts, or models; these divisions are called
organs; and following this arrangement, we construct our machine which we call a
phrenometer," the interior being fitted with a number of keys or contact-pieces,
the ends of which are made of or tipped with ivory or other similar material, and so
arranged that they will touch such portions of the head of a person using our
machine as correspond with the phrenological organs, and when these contact pieces
are brought against the head, the amount of movement of each contact piece by the

page_text: head is ascertained, and this represents the size of the organ; this movement is
communicated by levers or other means to an index which moves over a scale or dial,
and thus indicates how much the contact pieces have been moved by the head, and
enables a person to obtain a reading of his own character as furnished by purely
mechanical appliances.
To carry our invention into effect, we provide a stand or platform, and at the back
thereof, we erect a standard or case of sufficient height to permit an arm, arms, or roof
to project therefrom, and to support a case or holder (containing the necessary
mechanism hereinafter described) at a suitable distance from the platform, the holder
is suspended by a chain or rope which passes over pulleys to a counterpoise weight
in the interior of the upright case, this weight serving also as a key to lock the
machine as will be presently described. On the outside of this holder we affix a
series of scales or tablets, containing the names of the phrenological organs or the
chief of them, and in conjunction with each of them is a graduated space, along
which an index is moved by the pressure communicated thereto from the
corresponding key or contact-piece by levers or other means when the machine is
operated.
:
The holder containing the mechanism is suspended at a sufficient distance from the
platform to allow a person of ordinary height to stand under it, handles depending
from the sides enable him to pull it down to his head when the counterpoise weight
is liberated In the bottom of the holder, near its centre, we leave an opening or
recess, in which the head may be placed, and converging towards a head supposed to
be in this recess, we arrange a number of contact pieces in such positions that they
will almost touch this imaginary head, and be in close proximity to the various
organs as indicated on phrenological charts; these organs being located in all parts
of the upper portion of the head, the contact pieces, which are perpendicular, or
nearly so, to those organs which they are intended to touch, will appear as if
approaching the head from all directions: to enable these contact pieces to be
uniformly applied to heads of all sizes, we divide them into convenient sections or
groups and attach each group to a frame or movable wagon so that the recess or
space between the various contact pieces may be enlarged or diminished according as
these frames approach to or recede from each other, and thus adapt the recess to a
head of any size. A suitable method of arranging the contact pieces is to place
them in five sections, those on the right side, left side, forehead, crown, and back of
the head, respectively forming the five sections; the contact pieces belonging to each
section are then placed in the frame or wagon, and an arrangement of levers, pins,
or other suitable mechanism is employed to communicate the pressure on the contact
pieces to the indexes, so that they may be moved over the tablets or scales, and
indicate the prominence or deficiency of the various organs which have touched the
contact pieces; these five sections having their respective contact pieces and
connections arranged on frames as described, those for the sides of the head and the
one for the forehead are placed on wheels, which move to and fro on wire guides or rails,
springs being employed to keep the wagons so far away from each other and from
the opposite sections as to admit a head of the largest size, and handles are placed at
the sides of the holder, so that the various sections may be pressed towards each
other, thus forming an expanding recess or chamber, which will fit heads of all sizes.
To regulate the pressure of the head on the contact pieces and to protect the
mechanism from injury, we place perforated plates or boards near the external
surfaces of the several wagons, through which the contact pieces may project, the
perforations in the plates corresponding with the contact pieces; these plates
may be fastened to the frames or wagons, or the frames which fit the side
wagons may be fixed to the bottom of the holder, the contact pieces being so adjusted
that they may project a sufficient distance through the plates to reach the sides of the
head. The various contact-pieces may be further divided, so as to form a larger
number of groups or sections if desired, suitable mechanism being employed to adapt
them to beads of all sizes.
The contact pieces are connected with the indexes as before described by an

page_text: arrangement of levers and pins, so constructed that a slight movement of the contact
pieces by the head will be considerably enlarged when shown by the indexes on the
tablets; and as the positions which the contact pieces occupy in relation to their
indexes vary in their respective sections, so a different arrangement of levers will
have to be adopted to meet the altered requirements, the principle being the same in
each instance.
The five groups being arranged and placed in separate frames or wagons as
described, those for each side of the head, and that for the forehead are placed
respectively on grooved wheels, which run on wire rails or guides, the frame
containing the mechanism for the back of the head is fixed to the back of the
recess, and is always in place ready for the reception of the head, either when the
head is placed against it, or when it is pressed back by the front frame being drawn
towards it; the contact pieces in the frame for the top of the head are brought into
operation by pulling down the holder until it touches the crown; the wagon for the
forehead and those for the sides being operated by the action of the handles, all the
contact pieces will be drawn towards the head placed in the recess by pulling down
and pressing the depending handles towards each other, so that when a phrenometer
is constructed in the manner described, a person wishing to have his character
described according to phrenological principles, steps on the platform, liberates the
counterpoise weight according to the stipulated means, and then by pulling down the
phrenometer on his head by the handles and pressing them together, the indexes are
immediately moved to such positions on the tablets or scales as to indicate the
prominence of the various organs; the handles are then fastened back to projections
provided for that purpose, while the person whose head has been delineated goes to
the indexes and obtains the desired information. On the handles being removed
from the projections, the phrenometers will ascend to its normal height, the indexes
be pushed back to zero, and the apparatus locked ready for the next person who may
wish to use it.
The phrenometer may be unlocked and set ready for use by placing a coin or
coins in the receptacle provided therefor, or may be set free by an attendant, or by
any other means.
We will now proceed to describe our invention in detail by reference to the
accompanying drawings :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the machine as it stands
ready for use, Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the phrenometer, Fig. 4 is a back
view of the same, showing some of the internal mechanism, Fig. 5 is a side view of
one of the frames or wagons for the sides of the head, Fig. 6 is an end view of the
same, Fig. 7 shows the arrangement of the contact pieces, levers, pins and indexes
which are operated by the organs at the sides of the head, Figs. 8 and 9 show the
contact pieces, levers, and indexes for the back of the head, Figs. 10 and 11 similar
mechanism for the top of the head, and Figs. 12 and 13 similar mechanism for the
forehead; Fig. 14 is a back view of the inside of the standard or upright case,
Figs. 15 and 16 shewing enlarged details of the counterpoise weight and of the coin-
receiving and releasing mechanism. Fig. 17 is a perspective view, shewing the
arrangement of a contact piece and the levers which communicate from it to the
index lever, as used for one of the organs at the back of the head, and Fig 18 is a
perspective view of one of the projecting and locking levers which press the indexes
back to zero when the phrenometer rises to its normal height, and keep them fastened
until the holder is again drawn down.
Similar letters indicate similar parts in all the drawings.
In figs. 1 and 2, Y represents the platform, which may be placed on wheels or not
as preferred, X is the front and Z the side of the standard or upright case which
supports the phrenometer and contains the coin-receiving and releasing gear and the
counterpoise weight; A is the external frame or holder containing the phrenometer;
the holder is suspended by a chain or rope passing over pulleys B to the counter-
poise weight R in the upright case; on the sides of the holder we affix handles E by
which the holder may be drawn down to suit the height of any person using the

page_text: phrenometer in the bottom of the hokler, near its centre is a recess, shown by dotted
fines n in figs. 1 and 3, in which the person to be examined places his head as the
holder is drawn down thereto, to the sides of the holder we attach grooved wheels C,
which fit against guides D extending from the platform to the roof or projecting arms
which support the holder, the grooved wheels are fitted with clips which surround the
guide rods as shown, so that as the holder rises and falls it may work with smoothness
and regularity. On the front of the holder we place a series of tablets or scales F
which contain the names of the various phrenological organs, and opposite to these
names are blank spaces, divided into degrees or in any other convenient method for
ascertaining the size of the organs. The scales for the sides and forehead are attached
to their respective wagons and are carried to and fro by the wagons. Between the
blank spaces on these tablets are slots or grooves through which indexes O (connected
to contact pieces as described) project, and passing over the tablets stop at the point
or degree to which they have been moved by the prominence of the various organs;
G is a small slot in the front of the frame X, through which a coin or coins are placed
when the machine is to be actuated by coin-freed apparatus; H is an end view of the
frames or wagons at the bottom of the holder containing the mechanism for examining
the organs at the sides of the head, each of these wagons is mounted on grooved
wheels w, which run on wire guides or rails, at the back of the wagon (fig. 6)
a screw is inserted which passes outwards through a hole in the side of the holder,
between this side and a knob E' at the end of the screw, we place a strong com-
pression spring around the screw, when the knob E is pressed forward by the
depending handle E the wagon is moved towards the head of the person using
the machine; when this pressure is removed, the spring will force the knob back
and the wagon will be drawn back by the knob and screw to its original position;
as the wheels run on wire rails, the friction caused by the movement of the wagons
is reduced to a minimum. Fig. 7 will illustrate the action of the levers in the
side wagons, the details of one contact piece and index being shown, the lever M
is pivotted to the frame at P, when the contact piece N is pushed back, the pin k
working in a slot, actuates this lever, and from an elbow at the end, another pin k
presses the index lever J, O, and the distance moved by the contact piece is indicated
by the movement of the index point in the direction marked by the arrow.
The details of the various levers for the contact pieces in other parts of the head
are shown in figs. 8 to 13, that the arrangement of these various parts may be
more clearly understood, a perspective sketch (Fig. 17) is made of figs. 8 and 9,
which represents the mechanism for one organ at the back of the head, the move-
ment of the contact piece by the head can be traced to the vertical lever L, a
short chain p drawing the horizontal lever M, which by an elbow joint moves the index
lever pivotted at P2, and the position of the index point O on the tablet or scale F
indicates the prominence of the organ which touched the contact piece with slight
but obviously necessary alterations to suit the different contact pieces and their relative
positions towards their respective indexes, the organs at the top of the head and in the
forehead will operate the contact pieces and indexes in a practically similar manner to
the one shown in fig. 17. The points of all the index levers are brought to the front
of the holder in convenient groups, in a corresponding manner the other ends J in
the side wagons project outside their frames as shown in fig. 7 and the ends of the
other index levers are placed in uniformu vertical rows in the interior of the frame:
the action of the contact pieces is conveyed to the index levers by a chain or wire, or
by the pressure of a pin as shown, but the lovers are not drawn back by the return
of the contact pieces to their original position, therefore we provide four vertical
locking levers I, fig. 4, pivotted in such a manner that they may operate on the ends
of the levers J, restoring the index points to zero, and keeping them fastened until
the phrenometer is again brought into use; to arms projecting from these locking
levers, weights are attached which keep the levers away from the ends of the indexes
while the phrenometer is being used, as shown by dotted lines in perspective
sketch, fig. 18, from the back of the frame, horizontal projecting levers K are
suspended the weighted arms or to similar arms on the other side of the locking

page_text: lever, and these horizontal levers K project through the outer casing at the back of
the holder, and pass into grooves or slots m in the front of the upright case, sliding in
these grooves according as the holder rises and falls; at the top of the grooves are
stops which prevent the further ascent of the projecting levers, they are consequently
pressed downwards when the holder goes up further, this pressure pulls down the arins
of the locking levers, which are thus forcod into an upright position, and on their way
they press the ends of any levers which have been moved forward by the use of the
contact pieces fig. 18 shows a lever pressed against the ends of the index levers,
keeping them locked, the projecting horizontal lever K is pulled down by the stop as
described; when the phrenometer is drawn down the pressure on the horizontal
lever will be removed, and the weight at the end of the arm will draw the lever away
from the index ends, as shown by the dotted lines, leaving the indexes free to be moved
by the contact pieces as may be required.
The wagon containing the mechanism for the forehead is connected by a crank and
levers with one of the handles depending from the side of the holder, so that when
the side wagons are pressed towards each other, the same motion of the handles will
draw the front wagon towards the forebead.
Referring to figs. 14, 15, and 16, B is a pulley at the top of the case, over which a
chain or roper suspending the phrenometer on the outside passos into the case and
supports the counterpoise weight R, the lower part of this weight is forked at s, so
that it may descend across and over the balanced lever e, this weight rests on a
common house bellows a, which is so placed at the bottoin of the case that it may
deaden any shock that would otherwise be caused by the too rapid descent of the
weight when the handles which have held down the phrenometer are liberated, one
handle of the bellows is connected by a cord b over a pulley c to a weight d which lifts
the handle, so that the bellows are filled with air as soon as the counterpoise weight is
lifted, and when the weight again descends on the bellows, the air contained therein
serves as a cushion until it has been gradually expelled; e is a balanced lever pivotted
at f, g is the shoot down which the coin drops when it has been placed in the slot G
in front of the case, the coin falls on the end of the balanced lever, the weight of the
coin liberates a detent 1, allowing the counterpoise weight to be raised; directly the
weight ascends, the coin falls from its temporary resting place into the box or
receptacle provided for it, having completed the work which was intended for it to
perform, any further operation with the machine having to be performed solely by the
person using it.
As the indexes which move over the tablets are pivotted at the other end, the points
will necessarily move in the arc of a circle, the fronts of the tablets are therefore
made of a curved or circular form: these tablets, the indexes, and the descriptions
of the organs examined, are covered with glass in suitable frames, to protect them
from wilful or accidental injury; to the names of the organs we may add a fuller
description or key, by which the delineations of character furnished by the phrenometer
may be more fully understood.
Instead of using curved tablets or scales as described, we may use a number of
circular dials, in front of which indexes may revolve, by connecting the contact pieces
to a rack or pinion, or with a toothed quadrant fixed on a spindle; revolving dials
with fixed indexes may also be used.
As the organs on each side of the head are identical, the contact pieces for one side
may be dispensed with, or to lessen the number of levers and indexes, one organ may
be delineated on the right side, and the next on the left side, the tablets being
arranged accordingly; one or more of the various sections as described, or any other
group of organs may be attached to a frame, and this detached section may be used
alone for purposes of describing the organs covered by such detached portions of the
phrenometer, the mechanism for adapting the part or parts so detached to all sizes of
heads being modified according to the requirements of the particular part or parts
so detached.
Our invention may be employed in the construction of the phrenometer to be
used simply as a machine for delineating character, or it may be constructed to be

page_text: used in combination with other machines that are already in use or that may
hereafter be manufactured, for instance, the phrenometer may conveniently be used
as a height measuring machine; to adapt it for this purpose, it will be necessary to
affix an index to one of the plain surfaces at the bottom of the holder, and a sliding
or fixed scale to the front of the case, and every provision is then made to enable a
person who has used the phrenometer to pull down the plain surface of the holder
until it rests on his head, an 1 then his height will be indicated on the scale as on an
ordinary measurer; or if it be desired to combine the phrenometer with a weighing
machine, or a strength testing machine, or with a inachine that will serve for
weighing and strength testing, the platform and upright case already described may
contain the necessary mechanism, the locking and releasing apparatus for such
mechanism will require to be separate from that used in liberating the phrenometer,
but the lock so provided need not be operated by the insertion of another coin, the
mechanism will be liberated (unconsciously) by the person using the phrenometer.
either when he pulls down the holder, or when he allows it to ascend after he has read
the description of his character on the tablets; As the holder passes a spring or latch
placed near the top of the standard, a crank or catch is moved, and this movement is
communicated by a cord or wire to a balanced lever, which is thereby withdrawn from
the detent which holds down the weighing mechanism, and thus sets it free, in the
same manner as the coin falling on the lever removes the detent already described
as liberating the counterpoise weight of the phrenometer; and thus a person who has
used the phrenometer, may on a combined machine ascertain his height, weight, and
lifting-power as well, if so disposed, the only toll required to be paid for using the
machine, whether separate or combined, being the coin placed in the slot to liberate the
phrenometer, which finishes its work and falls into the box or receptacle provided for it
directly the counterpoise begins to ascend, the releasing or unlocking any other
parts of the combined machines being effected by the action of the person using the
imachine; it will thus be seen that the coin placed in the slot before the phrenometer
is set free, does not unlock any other parts of such combined machines, as was
erroneously stated in our provisional specification.
We are aware of the Specifications following, viz., Everitt's Patent, No. 16,433 of
1884 for "
Improvements in Weighing Machines;" Page's Patent, No. 12,576
of 1885 for "Improvements in Machines for indicating lifting power; " Stanley's
Patent, No. 4726 of 1886 for "a machine for measuring the height of human beings
automatically;" and Stanley's Patent, No. 11,416 of 1887 for "Improvements in
height measuring machines and we declare that we do not claim the mechanism
therein described and claimed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The manufacture and use of a phrenometer or phrenological machine for
delineating a person's character or temperament, either for purposes of education or
amusement, according to the principles of phrenology and physiognomy, as and for
the purposes set forth, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a phrenometer as herein described, the manufacture and use of contact pieces,
which touch the head of a person using the machine, and are connected by levers or
other mechanisin to indexes or scales, by which the said indexes or scales may be
moved a certain distance according to the prominence elevation or depression of that
part of the head with which they come in contact, substantially as hereinbefore
described, and illustrated and set forth in figs. 5, 6, and 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The manufacture and use of a new kind of machine, such as is herein described,
by which, on a coin or coins being placed in the apparatus, a person may draw a
suspended phrenometer with an expanding chamber or recess down upon his head,
and by pressing the handles together, the elevation or depression of the various

page_text: phrenological organs, representing his character or supposed character will be
shewn by indexes or tablets or scales, substantially as hereinbefore set forth and
described.
4. In a phrenometer as herein described, the construction of the apparatus, with an
expanding or telescopic recess, adapted to receive heads of various sizes, the phreno-
meter being also made to rise and fall, to suit persons of any height who may wish to
use the machine, substantially as herein set forth and described.
5. The combination with character reading mechanism as herein described, of
wagons, (containing the necessary appliances for the purposes named), placed on
wheels, which are moved backwards and forwards on wire guides or rails, by handles,
knobs, and springs to suit the various sizes of heads, substantially as herein described
and illustrated in figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
6. The combination with a phrenometer as herein described of an arrangement of
levers, whereby projecting levers working in slots in the upright case, are pressed
lown by stops when the phrenometer rises to its original position, and thereby press
vertical weighted levers against the index levers, and move the points back to zero,
substantially as herein described and set forth.
7. In a phrenometer as herein described, the combination of indexes and scales, so
constructed as to indicate the character or supposed character of the person using the
machine, substantially as herein described.
.
8. In a phrenometer as herein described, the combination and arrangement of the
locking and releasing mechanism, substantially as herein before described, and
illustrated in Figs. 14, 15, and 16 of the accompanying drawings.
9. The construction and use of any part of the hereinbefore described mechanism
for the purpose of ascertaining the character or any part of the character of a person
according to the said principles of phrenology.
10. The use of the aforesaid phrenometer, whether it be made separately or in
combination with height-measuring, weighing, or strength testing machines, or any
other similar and suitable machines, as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 26th day of March 1900.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicants' Agent.