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A NEW MILL FOR GRINDING OF SUGAR CANES WITH GREATER EXPEDITION, AND AT A LESS EXPENCE, THAN BY ANY METHOD HITHERTO PRACTICED
Year: 1774

page_text: TO ALL
GILCHRIST, of the Island of Jamaica, Planter, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Fourteenth day of January, in the fourteenth year
of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said William Gilchrist, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, His Majesty's especial licence, full power, sole privi-
ledge and authority, that I, the said William Gilchrist, my executors, administra-
tors, and assigns, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within that part of the Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, and also in the Colonies and Plantations abroad, my Invention of "A
NEW MILL FOR GRINDING OF SUGAR CANES WITH GREATER EXPEDITION, AND AT A LESS
EXPENCE, THAN BY ANY METHOD HITHERTO PRACTICED;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William Gilchrist,
under my hand and seal, to describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause
the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
four callendar months next and immediately after the date of the said recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Gilchrist, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a New Mill
for Grinding Sugar Canes with greater Expedition, and at a less Expence,

page_text: han by any Method heretofore practised, is described in the Plans thereof and
eferences thereto hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-
sixth day of April, in the fourteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France,
and-Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and .so. forth, and in the
year of our Lord Christ One thousand seven hundred and seventy-
four.
PHINEHAS HALL...
AND BE IT REMEMBRED, 'that on the Ninth day of May, in the year
above mentioned, the aforesaid William Gilchrist came before" our said.Lörd
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification of his Inven-
tion aforesd, and all and 'every thing therein, and in the Plans thereof and
references thereto hereunto annexed, contained-in form above. written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was -stampt. according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen
William and Mary of England, and so forth.
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MEDICINE, CONSISTING OF A LIQUID, WHICH BY WASHING THE PART, IN MEN, ANY TIME WITHIN EIGHT HOURS AFTER COITION, ABSOLUTELY PREVENTS THE COMMUNICATION OF THE VENEREAL DISEASE, LET IT BE OF ANY DEGREE OR VIRULENCE WHATSOEVER
Year: 1774

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Hannay, of Philpott Lane, in the City of
London, Chemist, for his new invented "MEDICINE, CONSISTING OF A LIQUID,
WHICH BY WASHING THE PART, IN MEN, ANY TIME WITHIN EIGHT HOURS AFTER
COITION, ABSOLUTELY PREVENTS THE COMMUNICATION OF THE VENEREAL DISEASE, LET
IT BE OF ANY DEGREE OR VIRULENCE WHATSOEVER;" to hold to him, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, and all the Colonies and Plantations abroad, for the term of
Fourteen Years pursuant to the Statute; with a clause to inroll the same
within four calendar months from the date hereof. W.H.M. at Westminster,
the 1st day of September, in the year above.
By writ, &c.
ALARM, WHEREBY SEDAN CHAIRS, COACHES, CHARIOTS, POST CHAISES, AND OTHER CARRIAGES MAY BE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED, AND THEIR ATTENDANTS SUMMONED IN CASES OF IMMINENT DANGER
Year: 1774

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lemuel Dole Nelme (otherwise Cynelme), of
Craven Street, in the Strand, Gentleman, of his new invented "ALARM,
WHEREBY SEDAN CHAIRS, COACHES, CHARIOTS, POST CHAISES, AND OTHER CARRIAGES
MAY BE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED, AND THEIR ATTENDANTS SUMMONED IN CASES OF
IMMINENT DANGER;" to hold to him, his executors, administrators, and assigns,
within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term
of Fourteen Years, pursuant to the Statute; with a clause to inroll the same
within four calendar months from the date hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster,
the Twelfth day of September, in the year.above.
By writ, &c.
Dated 12th September 1774.
(No Specification enrolled.)
AN ENTIRELY NEW METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TIN FOIL BY A MACHINE NEVER BEFORE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1774

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
GIFFIN, of Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, Pewterer, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
the Eleventh day of April, in the fourteenth year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Giffin, His especial licence that I, the said
Thomas Giffin, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN ENTIRELY NEW METHOD
OF MANUFACTURING TIN FOIL BY A MACHINE NEVER BEFORE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging
me, the said Thomas Giffin, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to
be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four calendar months after the date of the said recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully
and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Thomas Giffin, do hereby declare that my said Invention of an Entirely New
Method of Manufacturing Tin Foil by a Machine never before used for
that Purpose, is described by the Plan thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Giffin, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Second day of August, One thousand seven hundred
and seventy-four
THO. GIFFIN. (LS.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the afores Second day of August,
in the year abovesaid, the aforesaid Thomas Giffin came before our said Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifiation of his Inven-
tion aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written, and by the Plan thereof hereunto annexed referred to. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen
William and Mary of England, and so forth.
MAKING NEEDLES WITH THE EYES THEREOF UPON A NEW AND PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1775

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
SHEWARD, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Tenth day of June, in the fifteenth year of His reign,
did give and grant unto me, the said William Sheward, my executors, adiñiors,
and assigns, His especial licence that I, the said. William Sheward, 'my
executors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "MAKING
NEEDLES WITH THE EYES THEREOF UPON A NEW AND PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said
William Sheward, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Inventions, and in what manner the same are to
be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four calender months next and immediately after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had)
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Sheward, do hereby declare that my said Inventions of Making
Needles with the Eyes thereof upon a New and Particular Construction, is in
the following manner. (to wit):-

page_text: After the needles are eyed and cuttered, as in common cases, to make use of
a machine with a lathe or spindle that is turned by a wheel or spring with
considerable velocity; and in the ends of the said lathe or spindle is a screw
socket, in which a small steel tool, drill, or rimer is fitted, either three square,
four square, or flat at the end or point, according to the size of the needle and
nature of the work require. And when the tool is so fitted, the said tool,
drill, or rimer is kept turning; the eyes of the needle are then put upon or to
the point of the said drill or rimer in such manner and form, and continue
there so long till the said tool, drill, or rimer hath worked in and about the eye of
the needle, so as to take off and smooth all the edges from the eyes of such
needles, which totally prevents the eyes of the needles so made from cutting the
thread, silk, or other thing to be used with such needles.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Sheward, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, the Fourth day of October, One thousand seven hundred
A MILL FOR HUSKING OF COFFEE
Year: 1775

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WILLIAM
PANTER, of Mincing Lane, London, Gentleman; sendeth greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third, by His Letters
Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster,
the Thirty-first' day of January," in the fifteenth year of His reign, hath, for
Himself, His heirs and successors,' given and granted unto the said William
Panter; his exors, administrators, and assigns; His especial licence, full power,
sole priviledge 'and' authority, to make," use, exercise, and vend, within
that part of Great Britain' called England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed; and also within all His Majesty's Colonies and Plan-
tations abroad, a certain Invention of "A MILL FOR HUSKING OF COFFEE,"
together with the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage, from time
to time coming, growing, accruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention,
for and during the term of fourteen years, according to the form of the Statute
in that case made and provided; in which said Letters Patent (amongst other
things) it is provided, that if the said William Panter shall not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand and
seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery within
four calendar months next and immediately after the date of the same Letters
Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages
whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void,
anything therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in anywise not-
withstanding.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that he, the said William Panter, in pursuance of the
intention of the said Letters Patent, and in compliance with the proviso therein
contained, doth hereby declare that the nature of his said Invention of a Mill
for Husking of Coffee, and in what manner the same is to be performed, is
described and ascertained in the Plan's or Drawings thereof, and the explanation
thereto, to these Presents annexed.
In witness whereof, he, the said William Panter, hath hereunto set his
hand and seal, the Twenty-seventh day of May, in the fifteenth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of
God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and seventy-five.
METHOD OF MAKING WARPS WITH SILK SELVAGES, FOR VELVERETTS AND OTHER KINDS OF COTTON GOODS, WITH COTTON PREPARED IN A PECULIAR MANNER, WHEREBY SUCH COTTON IS RENDERED STRONGER, CLEARER, AND MORE PERFECT THAN HERETOFORE, AND BY MEANS WHEREOF THE GOODS MADE THEREPROM CAN BE MADE OF MUCH GREATER BREADTHS THAN THOSE MADE WITH THE COMMON WARPS, VIZT., FROM 16 TO 108 INCHES BROAD, AND SUCH GOODS WILL BE MORE PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL THAN THOSE MADE OF COMMON WARPS
Year: 1775

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Clough, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Manufacturer, of his new invented "METHOD OF MAKING
WARPS WITH SILK SELVAGES, FOR VELVERETTS AND OTHER KINDS OF COTTON GOODS,
WITH COTTON PREPARED IN A PECULIAR MANNER, WHEREBY SUCH COTTON IS RENDERED
STRONGER, CLEARER, AND MORE PERFECT THAN HERETOFORE, AND BY MEANS WHEREOF
THE GOODS MADE THEREPROM CAN BE MADE OF MUCH GREATER BREADTHS THAN THOSE
MADE WITH THE COMMON WARPS, VIZT., FROM 16 TO 108 INCHES BROAD, AND SUCH
GOODS WILL BE MORE PERFECT AND BEAUTIFUL THAN THOSE MADE OF COMMON
WARPS;" to hold to him, his executors, administrators, and assigns, within
England, Wales, the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and all the Colonies and
Plantations abroad, for the term of Fourteen Years pursuant to the Statute;
with a clause to inroll the same within four calendar months from the date
hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the Sixteenth day of November, in the
year above.
By writ, &c.
METHOD OF MAKING WINDOW CURTAINS WITH SPRINGS, BY WHICH MEANS THEY MAY BE FIXED UP AND TAKEN DOWN WITHOUT THE ASSANCE OF AN UPHOLSTERER, NOT ONLY WITH GREAT EXPEDITION, BUT WITH MUCH LESS DAMAGE TO THE WAINSCOT OR WALL; AND THEY ARE SO CONTRIVED THAT THE CURTAINS MAY WITH GR E BE OR DO BY SERVANT IN THE FAMILY IN LESS THAN MINU'S TIME
Year: 1776

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Israel Lewis, of Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Upholsterer, of his new invented "METHOD OF MAKING WINDOW
CURTAINS WITH SPRINGS, BY WHICH MEANS THEY MAY BE FIXED UP AND TAKEN DOWN
WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF AN UPHOLSTERER, NOT ONLY WITH GREAT EXPEDITION,
BUT WITH MUCH LESS DAMAGE TO THE WAINSCOT OR WALL; AND THEY ARE SO
CONTRIVED THAT THE CURTAINS MAY WITH GREAT EASE BE PUT UP OR TAKEN DOWN
BY ANY SERVANT IN THE FAMILY IN LESS THAN A MINUTE'S TIME;" to hold to him,
his executors, administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen Years pursuant to the
Statute; with a clause to inroll the same within four calendar months from
the date hereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the 24th day of December, in
the year above.
By writ, &c.
(No Specification enrolled.)
ENTIRE NEW INVEN- TIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING TIN, COPPER, AND OTHER HEAVY BODIES FROM MINES OR PITTS, AND ALSO OF RAISING OR WEIGHING ANCHORS AND OTHER HEAVY BODIES WITH MORE SAFETY AND WITH LESS EXPENCE THAN BY THE COMMON METHOD NOW IN USE
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
KNOWLES, of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, in the County of Southampton,
Carpenter, and JOHN HOLMAN, of Redruth, in the County of Cornwall,
Carpenter, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, did, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-third day of August, in the sixteenth year of His reign, give and grant
unto us, the said William Knowles and John Holman, His especial licence,
that we, the said William Knowles and John Holman, during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our "ENTIRE NEW INVEN-
TIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING TIN, COPPER, AND OTHER HEAVY BODIES FROM
MINES OR PITTS, AND ALSO OF RAISING OR WEIGHING ANCHORS AND OTHER HEAVY
BODIES WITH MORE SAFETY AND WITH LESS EXPENCE THAN BY THE COMMON METHOD
NOW IN USE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging
us,
the said William Knowles and John Holman, under our hands and seals, to
cause a particular description of the nature of our said Invention, and how the
same are to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within four calendar months after the date of the said recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had) may appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
William Knowles and John Holman, do hereby declare that our said Invention
for raising tin, copper, and other heavy bodies from mines or pitts, consists

page_text: in the application of a ballance weight or weights fixt to a rope or ropes,
which runs over a spiral wheel working by a counter line fastened to the cage
of the whim or gin, otherwise by the ballance rope winding on a double spiral
line, formed by means of iron or wooden cranks on the head of the cage of the
whim or gin, or with a chain or chains, rope or ropes. By either of the above
methods the cable or basket rope may be so ballanced in the shafts as only to
have the weight of the ores or other heavy bodies to draw up; and upon similar
principles the raising, moving,. or carrying heavy bodies may be performed
above ground with less power than is usually done.
The improvement in the capstan and windlass for raising anchors and other
heavy bodies consists in making the body or whelps of the capstan or windlass
curve-like, which will prevent the cable or rope from riding or giving great
surges, and save the trouble of stopping_to_fleet; and the said body or whelps
of the capstan or windlass may be made of different dimensions, so as to
work with more or less power.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the
Twenty-ninth day of November, One thousand seven hundred and
seventy-six.
A METHOD FOR PRESERVING THE ORNAMENTS OF FINE STEEL, METAL, OR OTHER STOVES OR GRATES FROM BEING DISCOLOURED OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED BY THE HEAT OF THE FIRE
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HOPKINS, of Greek Street, in the Parish of Saint Ann, Soho, in the County
of Middlesex, Brazier, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His.
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the sixteenth year of His reign,
did give and grant unto me, the said William Hopkins, my, executors,
admňors, and assigns, His especial licence that I, the said William Hopkins,
my executors; admors, and assigns, during the term of fourteen years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A
METHOD FOR PRESERVING THE ORNAMENTS OF FINE STEEL, METAL, OR OTHER STOVES
OR GRATES FROM BEING DISCOLOURED OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED BY THE HEAT OF THE
FIRE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging
me, the said William Hopkins, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four callender months next and immediately after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had)
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Hopkins, do hereby declare that my said Invention of A Method for

page_text: Preserving the Ornaments of Fine Steel, Metal, or other Stoves or Grates
from being Discoloured or otherwise Damaged by the Heat of the Fire, is in
the manner following (viz³) :-
The stove or grate, either square, circular, semicircular, eliptick, triangular,
octagon, sexagon, or any other form that.contains the fire, is seperated from
the beautified part by a space or channell, into which denser air enters, and
circulates round the body or part that contains the fire. By this means there
is always a quantity of air between the fire and the enriched parts, by which
method the ornaments are not heated, consequently not discoloured or defaced
by heat. The body of the stove or grate is united to the fronts by means of
tubes, pateras, festoons, sweeps, raffles, or any other ornaments, through which
the air passes into the airey or channell before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Hopkins, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and in the sixteenth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace
of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
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A CERTAIN ENGINE FOR PLAINING BOARDS, AND FLUTING WOOD FOR COLUMNS, AND OTHER PURPOSES, WORKED WITH OR WITHOUT ONE OR MORE HORSE OR HORSES, ACCORDING TO THE SUBSTANCE AND HARDNESS OF THE WOOD TO BE PLAINED OR FLUTED
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LEONARD
HATTON, of Broker's Row, Moorfields, in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shore-
ditch, in the County of Middlesex, Bedstead Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty, by His Royal Letters Patent, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-first day of May, in the sixteenth year of His
reign, was graciously pleased to grant unto me, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, licence for the sole making and vending of "A CERTAIN ENGINE
FOR PLAINING BOARDS, AND FLUTING WOOD FOR COLUMNS, AND OTHER PURPOSES,
WORKED WITH OR WITHOUT ONE OR MORE HORSE OR HORSES, ACCORDING TO THE
SUBSTANCE AND HARDNESS OF THE WOOD TO BE PLAINED OR FLUTED," within that
part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His
Colonies and Plantations abroad, for the term of fourteen years.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Leonard Hatton, in compliance with
and performance of a proviso or condition in such Letters Patent contained,
have, by a Drawing or Plan of the Engine for which such Patent was granted,
and which is hereto annexed, fully described the nature of my said Invention
and the manner in which the same is to be executed and performed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Leonard Hatton, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of September, One thousand
Seven hundred and seventy si
LEONARD HATION. (L.B.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the same Seventeenth day of Sep-
tember above mentioned, the aforesaid Leonard Hatton came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor
of the Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and
Queen William and Mary of England, and so forth.
A PURGING CARMINATIVE TINCTURE FOR THE CHOLIC, GRIPES, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, JAUNDICE, AND DROPSY
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
RADLEY, of the Parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Druggist and Chymist, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Nine-
teenth day of March, in the sixteenth year of His reign, give and grant unto
me, the said William Radley, His especial licence that I, the said William
Radley, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A PURGING CARMINATIVE TINCTURE FOR THE CHOLIC,
GRIPES, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, JAUNDICE, AND DROPSY;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William Radley,
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my
said Invention, and how the same is to be prepared, to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four calender months after the
date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being
thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Radley, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Purging
Carminative Tincture for the Cholic, Gripes, Gout, Rheumatism, Jaundice,
and Dropsy, is described in the manner following (that is to say) :-

page_text: One pound of radix jalap., one pound of radix zinziberis, one pound of
cortex aurant., and one gallon of brandy; made by distillation and infusion.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Radley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of May, One thousand seven hundred
and seventy-six.
said, the aforesaid William Radley came before our said Lord the King in
His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification of his Invention aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen
William and Mary of England, and so forth.
WORKING AN AQUARELLO GROUND TO BE USED ON COPPER PLATES ENGRAVED FOR PRINTING OF LINNEN, COTTONS, MUSLINS, AND CALLICOES, WHICH AQUARELLO GROUND PRODUCES VARIOUS TINTS OF A NEW CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
HAWKINS, of Tooting, in the Parish of Tooting, in the County of Surrey,
Engraver, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of Novem-
ber, in the seventeenth year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Hawkins, His special licence that I, the said Henry Hawkins,
during the term of years therein mentioned or expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His Majesty's Colonies and Plan-
tations abroad, my Invention or method of "WORKING AN AQUARELLO GROUND
TO BE USED ON COPPER PLATES ENGRAVED FOR PRINTING OF LINNEN, COTTONS,
MUSLINS, AND CALLICOES, WHICH AQUARELLO GROUND PRODUCES VARIOUS TINTS OF A
NEW CONSTRUCTION;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said Henry Hawkins, under my hand and seal, to
cause a particular description and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four calendar months after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as, in and by the same, relation being thereunto had,
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry Hawkins, do hereby certify and declare the Specification of my said

page_text: Invention, and the method of using and working the same, and the operation
thereof, to be as follows, viz. :-
The ground on the copper plate to be worked with certain tools or instru-
ments called punches, to be made of the best steel, about the thickness of a
goose quill, and four inches and an half in length, the face when soft to be
prepared by filing and polishing with a small bevel edge from the size of a
needle point to the size of a silver penny, to be reduced into various shapes
as thus 00, which are to be cut with a file in this manner
some fine, others coarse according to the work intended,
and to be hardened in a proper manner. The tools thus prepared are to be
worked with a hammer weighing three or four ounzes, or heavier, according
to the work, and will in the operation leave sharp points standing on the
which, in the working, will blend together and
ground thus
become one mass as thus
but as there will be in the working part
barbs standing, the same are taken off by a fine polishing stone or charcoal.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Seventh
day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and seventy-seven.
HENRY HAWKINS. (L.S.)
Inrolled the said Seventh day of March, in the year above written.
POWDER FOR CLEANING WOOLLEN CLOTH OF EVERY COLOUR, AND EXTRACTING FROM THENCE PAINT, STAINS, GREASE, &c
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JONATHAN
ANDREWS, of the Parish of Saint Margaret,. Westminster, Brandy Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eleventh day of September, in the sixteenth year of His
reign, did give and grant, unto me, the said. Jonathan Andrews, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, His especial licence that I, the said Jonathan
Andrews, my executors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my invented "POWDER
FOR CLEANING WOOLLEN CLOTH OF EVERY COLOUR, AND EXTRACTING FROM THENCE
PAINT, STAINS, GREASE, &c;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said Jonathan Andrews, under my hand and seal, to
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four calender months next and immediately after
the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation
being therennto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Jonathan Andrews, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Powder
for Cleaning Woollen Cloth of every Colour, and Extracting from thenec
Paint, Stains, Grease, &c., is in the following manner (to wit) :-

page_text: Take eight pounds of fuller's earth,. two pounds of pipe clay, two pounds
and an half of French chalk,,pounded. and. sifted through a fine seive; then
take of sal armoniack and sal tartar: of each: eight ounces, and dissolve them
in one quart of water and one quart of spirits of wine, half a pound of Castile
soap dissolved in about a pint of water over a fire; mix the liquids together,
and add half a pound of powder blue, or one half ounce of indigo; then mix the
liquid and powder well together, and roll it into any size or form fit for drying.
When quite dry, reduce it to powder, and sift it through a fine seive; then
add one pound of cream of tartar, and one pound and an half of burnt allum,
pounded and sifted fine.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jonathan Andrews, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
AN INTIRE NEW METHOD OF MAKING HOES FOR THE AMERICAN AND WEST INDIA PLANTATIONS
Year: 1776

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
DEARMAN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Ironmaster, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, did, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the Sixth
day of July, in the sixteenth year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Dearnian, His especial licence, that I, the said Richard Dearman,
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
and also in His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad, my Invention of
"AN INTIRE NEW METHOD OF MAKING HOES FOR THE AMERICAN AND WEST
INDIA PLANTATIONS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso,
obliging me, the said Richard Dearman, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and how the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four calendar months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Richard Dearman, do hereby declare that my said Invention of an intire new
method of making hoes for the American and West India plantations, is
described in the manner following (that is to say):

page_text: To form the hoes, melt the iron in a furnace or crucible, and cast the same
in moulds of a suitable shape and size; then to give them a better body, and
bring them nearer the state of maleability, neal them in a gradual heat till that
be effected, afterwards grind them to a proper edge, and harden them. And
in order to strengthen the eyes of such of them as may be apprehended rather
too weak, put a ferrule of malleable iron round the same, that will enable
them to bear the hardest wedging that is requisite for fastening the shaft.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Dearman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this. Twenty-fifth day of October, One thousand
seven hundred and seventy-six.
A WATER CLOSET, UPON AN ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUC- TION, WHICH WILL ALWAYS REMAIN FREE FROM ANY OFFENSIVE SMELL
Year: 1777

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LEMUEL
PROSSER, of the Parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Plumber, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Fourteenth day of July, in the seventeenth year of His reign, give and grant
unto me, the said Lemuel Prosser, his especial licence that I, the said Lemuel
Prosser, during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A WATER CLOSET, UPON AN ENTIRELY NEW CONSTRUC-
TION, WHICH WILL ALWAYS REMAIN FREE FROM ANY OFFENSIVE SMELL;" in which
said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Lemuel
Prosser, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four calendar months
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same
(relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Lemuel Prosser, do hereby declare that my said Invention of A Water Closet,

page_text: upon an entirely New Construction, which will always remain free from any
Offensive Smell, is described in the Plan thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Lemuel Prosser, have hereunto set my
Inrolled the aforesaid Eleventh day of November, in the year last above
mentioned.
A MACHINE TO MELT TALLOW, WITHOUT ANY FIRE TOUCHING THE SAME
Year: 1777

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
FORREST, of Marshall Street, Carnaby Market, in the Parish of Saint James,
Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, Tallow Chandler, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
the Sixteenth day of December, in the eighteenth year of His reign, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Forrest, His especial licence that I, the said
Thomas Forrest, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A MACHINE TO MELT TALLOW,
WITHOUT ANY FIRE TOUCHING THE SAME;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a provisoe obliging me, the said Thomas Forrest, under my hand
and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four calender months after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being thereunto had)
may more fully and at large appear..
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Thomas Forrest, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Machine to
Melt Tallow, without any Fire touching the same, is described in the manner
following (that is to say) :-
The machine may be made of any sort of metal, and into all kinds of
forms and shapes, to be worked in a furnace, copper, or pan, with a proper

page_text: quantity of water, or other liquid or sand, to float or heat the same, so as to
melt the tallow without any fire touching the said machine in which the tallow
is melted.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Forrest, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of January, One thousand seven
hundred and seventy-eight.
'AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the Sixteenth day of January, in
the year last above-mentioned, the aforesaid Thomas Forrest came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification of
his Invention aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt accord-
ing to the tenor of the Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of the late
King and Queen William and Mary of England, and so forth.
Inrolled the Seventeenth day of January, in the eighteenth year of the
reign of King George the Third.
AN ENTIRELY NEW MACHINE FOR THE MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY SAWING OF ALL KINDS OF WOOD, STONE, AND IVORY
Year: 1777

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
MILLER, of the Town and County of Southampton, Sailmaker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
the Eleventh day of April, in the seventeenth year of His reign, give
and grant unto me, the said Samuel Miller, His especial licence that I,
the said Samuel Miller, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of " AN ENTIRELY NEW MACHINE FOR THE
MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY SAWING OF ALL KINDS OF WOOD, STONE, AND IVORY;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging me, the said
Samuel Miller, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of
the nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four calender
months after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same (relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Samuel Miller, do hereby declare that my said Invention of An Intirely new
Machine for the more Expeditiously Sawing of all Kinds of Wood, Stone, and
Ivory, is described in the manner following (that is to say):-
The machine that gives the power, a horizontal windmill. The shaft of
this mill stands vertical, with four levers fixed to it, at right angles with the
shaft, to which levers are fixed the sails. These sails when in motion are

page_text: one half of their time horizontal, the other vertical. The upright shaft being
in motion, communicates its power to an horizontal shaft. This shaft hath
a large wheel to it, round which goes a rope or chain, which is continued to
a smaller; through the small wheel goes a square bar of iron that receives
the saws, which are a circular figure. Those saws being in motion, the matter
or substance they are to cutt is brought forward as follows:-The horizontal
shaft, as mentioned before, hath a small wheel on it, with a groove to receive
a rope, the rope is continued to a smaller, that hath à pinion to it, connected
to a straight bar under the chariot, which hath teeth to match the pinion; the
chariot moves in a groove likewise on a center; it hath two motions, one
to advance forward and the other sideways, which is performed by a screw
annexed to the end of the chariott. This screw is turned by hand to direct
the pieces against the saws, agreeable to any line wanted to be cutt.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Miller, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of August, One thousand seven hundred
A CERTAIN NEW COMPOSITION FOR THE MANUFACTURING, IMPROVING, DRESSING, AND BLEACHING HEMP, FLAX, AND OTHER VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES; AND HEMPEN AND OTHER CLOTH AND. YARN
Year: 1777

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, ANTHONY
MIKOVINIJ, of Lewisham, in the County of Kent, Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of January,
in the seventeenth year of His reign, did' give and grant unto me, the said
Anthony Mikovinij, His special licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority,
that I,. the said Anthony Mikovinij, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should and lawfully might, during the term of years therein expressed, make,
use, exercise, and vend, within that part of' His Majesty's Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A CERTAIN NEW COMPOSITION FOR THE MANUFACTURING,
IMPROVING, DRESSING, AND BLEACHING HEMP, FLAX, AND OTHER VEGETABLE
SUBSTANCES; AND HEMPEN AND OTHER CLOTH AND. YARN;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Anthony Mikovinij,
by instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four calendar months next after the date of the said Letters Patent, as
in and by the said Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had, may more
fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Anthony Mikovinij, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is described and ascer-
tained in manner and form following, that is to say:-

page_text: The composition consists of tartar, saltpetre, and pearl, or any other ashes,
or any other alkaline, tartarous, or nitrous substances in equal quantities.
These are to be fluxed, and after fluxion are to be dissolved in water, to which
water is to be added as much soap in quantity as of the other ingredients
together. The hemp, flax, cloth, or other substance, is to be boiled or steeped
in the water in which the aforesaid ingredients have been so dissolved and
then dressed in the usual manner.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth
day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred
and seventy-seven.
A MACHINE FOR WATERING ROADS, GARDENS, AND LANDS, ON PRINCIPLES ENTIRELY NEW
Year: 1777

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SOLOMON
HENRY, of Swithin's Lane, London, Merchant, sends greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twentieth day of February, in the seventeenth year of His said Majesty's
reign, did give and grant unto the said Solomon Henry, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, his or their deputy or deputies, servant or agents,
and such others as the said Solomon Henry, his executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, full power, sole privilege
and authority, from time to time and at all times during the term of years
therein expressed, to make, use; exercise, and vend, within that part of Great
Britain called England and Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, his Invention of "A MACHINE FOR WATERING ROADS, GARDENS, AND
LANDS, ON PRINCIPLES ENTIRELY NEW," in such manner as to him, the said
Solomon Henry, his executors, administrators, and assigns, should seem meet,
and that the said Solomon Henry, his executors, administrators, and assigns,
should and might have and enjoy the whole benefit, profit, commodity, and
advantage accruing by the said Invention, during the said term therein
mentioned: And whereas there is a provisoe in the said Letters Patent con-
tained, that in case the said Solomon Henry should not particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of his said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his band and seal, and
.

page_text: cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within four callendar months next after the date of the said Letters Patent,
that then the said Letters Patent should be void.
NOW KNOW YE, that the said machine is proposed to consist of a chamber
for receiving water from a conduit or pump, round, square, or any other shape,
to be made of copper, brass, tin, pewter, or any other metal or mixtures of
metals or other materials, to issue two or more tubes of conic form, of any
dimensions, for receiving water from the chamber, with small holes to dis-
charge and spread the water, and cocks to stop the same-when requisite; at
the bottom of which said chamber is to be a neck passing through the carriage
on which the chamber and tubes turn, to fix a water pipe to, and for forming
the water into the said chamber and tubes, which carriage is to be on wheels,
and to be drawn by a man or men, horse or horses; which said machine or
instrument is particularly delineated and described in the margin hereof.
.
In witness whereof, the said Solomon Henry hath hereunto set his
hand and seal, the Tenth day of June, in the seventeenth year of
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of
God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and seventy-seven.
A CERTAIN MEDICINE CALLED THE FRIER'S DROPS, FOR CURE OF THE VENEREAL DISEASE, SCURVY, RHEUMATISH, STRANGUARY, AND GLEETS, WITHOUT ANY ELECTORY OR PILLS, IN EVERY STAGE OF THE COMPLAINT, OR WITHOUT ANY CONFINEMENT OR PARTICULAR REGIMEN
Year: 1777

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
GRUBB, of the Parish of Saint Martin, Ludgate, in the City of London,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Thirteenth day of June, in the seventeenth year of His
reign, did give and grant unto me, the said Robert Grubb, my executors,
admiors, and assigns, His special licence that I, the: said Robert Grubb, my
executors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of making "A CERTAIN
MEDICINE CALLED THE FRIER'S DROPS, FOR CURE OF THE VENEREAL DISEASE,
SCURVY, RHEUMATISH, STRANGUARY, AND GLEETS, WITHOUT ANY ELECTORY OR
PILLS, IN EVERY STAGE OF THE COMPLAINT, OR WITHOUT ANY CONFINEMENT OR
PARTICULAR REGIMEN;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said Robert Grubb, under my hand and seal, to
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same are to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four calender months next and immediately after
the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation
being thereunto had, may more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoe, I, the said
Robert Grubb, do hereby declare that my said Invention of making the

page_text: Medicine called the Frier's Drops, for Cure of the Venereal Disease, Scurvy,
Rheumatism, Stranguary, and Gleets, without any Electuary or Pills, in
every Stage of the Complaint, or without any Confinement or particular
Regimen, is prepared of the following ingredients, viz' :-
Aquila alba (or the white eagle), purging, antimony, guaiacum wood,
balsam of Peru, extract of cicuta, white sugar candy, oil of sassafras, salt of
tartar, gum arabic, and spirits of wine rectified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Grubb, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven.