IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CHEMICAL COMBINATION OR COMBINATIONS, AND IN THE PROCESSES EMPLOYED THEREFOR, WHICH IS OR ARE DESIGNED FOR USE EITHER AS A PURIFYER OF PURIFIERS FOR BATHING OR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES, OR FOR THE 'PURPOSE OF RESTORING ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES."
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bollmann Condy, of Battersea, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A
CHEMICAL COMBINATION OR COMBINATIONS, AND IN THE PROCESSES EMPLOYED
THEREFOR, WHICH IS OR ARE DESIGNED FOR USE EITHER AS A PURIFYER OF
PURIFIERS FOR BATHING OR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES, OR FOR THE 'PURPOSE OF
RESTORING ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bollmann Condy at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th February 1876.
HENRY BOLLMANN CONDY, of Battersea, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CHEMICAL COMBINATION OR COMBINATIONS, AND
IN THE PROCESSES EMPLOYED, THEREFOR, WHICH IS OR ARE DESIGNED FOR USE
EITHER AS A PURIFYER OR PURIFIERS FOR BATHING OR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES,
OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESTORING ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES."
The object this Invention is designed to accomplish is the production of a chemical
combination or combinations which can be used for various useful disinfecting or
purifying purposes; for example, when mixed with cold or warm water, bathers
using the same will experience all those benificial and invigorating influences which
they would derive from open air or sea bathing; its application also to articles of
food or animal substances will freshen them for temporary preservation, and its
use in connection with imported skins will destroy those disagreeable odours which
arise therefrom.
The manufacture and application of these improvements may be thus described.
The components I use are, first, pure salt, known as chloride of sodium, and
manganate or permanganate of a soluble alkali or alkaline earth, by preference
permanganate of soda containing carbonate of soda and sulphate of soda; and when
preparing the same for use I proceed as follows:-I take two hundred pounds (lbs.)
weight of crude manganate of soda and dissolve it in one hundred gallons of cold or
warm water, to this I add a sufficient quantity of sulphuric acid to neutralize all the
caustic soda present in the manganate, by this means the manganate is converted
into a permanganate as is well known. The oxide of manganese present in this
solution is allowed to settle, and the major part of the sulphate of soda is also
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page_text: allowed to crystallize out, both of which operations will be effected in from three
to four days. I then decant or draw off the supernatant bright liquor, fifty gallons
of which I place in a clean copper or other suitable vessel and evaporate it down to
twenty-five gallons; this quantity I pour on to about eighteen hundredweight
(cwt.) of salt previously dried, but which should be as pure as possible. These
components are then well mixed and allowed to cool; when cold, crystallization
takes place and the whole mass assumes a nearly dry condition.
The salt thus produced contains in combination with chloride of sodium an
oxidising or purifying agent similar or analogous to that which occurs in sea water,
and, like it, is of an alkaline nature; it contains at the same time the astringent quality
of salt, the invigorating and stimulating properties of the oxidising agents contained
in natural sea water, and the detergent quality of the same.
In using the preparation for bathing purposes add about two tablespoonfuls
thereof to the daily bath or tub, and about double the quantity to a large warm or
cold bath intended for one person's use.
In the treatment of articles of food or of animal substances of any kind liable to
decomposition, and which may or may not be intended for subsequent preservation
by other means, I sprinkle over, wash, or cover the same with the chemical com-
bination or combinations, dry or in solution, as may be most expedient for the
purposes of purification, and as according to the material or substances acted
upon.
I would remark that if manganates are used in lieu of permanganates they should
be ground when dry, and well mixed with the salt; it is not so desirable in such
cases to add water at any stage of the manufacture.
In conclusion, I would have it understood that this Invention relates more
especially to the combination of a manganate or permanganate of any alkali or
alkaline earth, solid or in solution, with chloride of sodium or other compatible salt
or salts, such as sulphate of lime, chloride of potassium, chloride of zinc, and the like,
either in solution or dry, or in a crystallized state, and, although I prefer the process
I have described, I do not consider the carbonate of soda or sulphate of soda as
an indispensable addition, though advisable.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Henry Bollmann Condy in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th August 1876.
HENRY BOLLMANN CONDY, of Battersea, in the County of Surrey.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CHEMICAL COMBINATION OR COMBINATIONS, AND IN THE
PROCESSES EMPLOYED THEREFOR, WHICH IS OR ARE DESIGNED FOR USE EITHER AS A
PURIFIER OR PURIFIERS FOR BATHING OR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES, OR FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RESTORING ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES."
The object this Invention is designed to accomplish is the production of a
chemical combination or combinations which can be used for various useful disin-
fecting or purifying purposes; for example, when mixed with cold or warm water,
bathers using the same will experience all those beneficial and invigorating influences
which they would derive from open air or sea bathing; its application also to
articles of food or animal substances will freshen them for temporary preservation
or restore them if tainted, and its use in connection with imported skins will
destroy those disagreeable odours which arise therefrom.
The manufacture and application of these improveinents may be thus described.
The components I use are, first, pure salt, known as chloride of sodium, and
manganate or permanganate of a soluble alkali or alkaline earth, by preference
permanganate of soda containing carbonate of soda and sulphate of soda; and when
preparing the same for use I proceed as follows:-I take two hundred pounds (lbs.)
weight of crude manganate of soda and dissolve it in one hundred gallons of cold

page_text: or warm water, to this I add a sufficient quantity of sulphuric acid to neutralize
all the caustic soda present in the manganate, by this means the manganate is
converted into a permanganate as is well known. The oxide of manganese present
in this solution is allowed to settle, and the major part of the sulphate of soda is
also allowed to crystallize out, both of which operations will be effected in from
three to four days. I then decant or draw off the supernatant bright liquor, fifty
gallons of which I place in a clean copper or other suitable vessel and evaporate
it down to twenty-five gallons, this quantity I pour on to about eighteen hundred-
weight (cwt.) of salt previously dried, but which should be as pure as possible.
These components are then well mixed and allowed to cool; when cold, crystallization
takes place and the whole mass assumes a nearly dry condition.
The salt thus produced contains in combination with chloride of sodium an
oxidising or purifying agent similar or analogous to that which occurs in sea water,
and, like it, is of an alkaline nature; it contains therefore at the same time the
astringent quality of salt, the invigorating and stimulating properties of the
oxidising agents contained in natural sea water, and the detergent quality of the
same.
In using the preparation for bathing purposes add about two tablespoonfuls
thereof to the daily bath or tub, and about double the quantity to a large warm or
cold bath intended for one person's use.
In the treatment of articles of food or of animal substances of any kind liable to
decomposition, and which may or may not be intended for subsequent preservation
by other means, I sprinkle over, wash, or cover the same with the chemical
combination or combinations, dry or in solution, as may be most expedient for the
purpose of purification, and according to the material or substances acted upon.
Aniinal, vegetable, or other similar perishable substances intended for use as food, or
for other purposes, can be kept in a state of fresh and wholesome preservation for
an indefinite period by occasionally dipping the same in a deluted solution of this
compound salt.
I would remark that if manganates are used in lieu of permanganates they
should be ground when dry and well mixed with the salt; it is not so desirable in
such cases to add water at any stage of the manufacture.
In conclusion, I would remark that although I prefer the process I have described,
I do not consider the carbonate of soda or sulphate of soda an indispensable addition,
though advisable.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I would wish it to be distinctly understood, in conclusion,
that what I claim as new and as of my invention is the combination of a manganate
or permanganate of any alkali or alkaline earth, solid or in solution, with chloride
of sodium or other compatible salt or salts, such as chloride of potassium, sulphate of
zinc, and the like, either in solution or in a crystallized state, to be used in the
manner and for the purpose as herein-before described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Bollmann Condy, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this the Fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six
Witness to the signature,
THOS. WRIGLEY.
H. B. CONDY. (L.S.)