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PREPARING THE COCOA NUT WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE SAME INTO COCOA; WHICH I CALL THE QUEEN's CocoA
Year: 1794

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
GARRATT, of Old Swan Stairs, in the Parish of Saint Michael, Crooked Lanc,
in the City of London, Wholesale Tea Dealer, 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 at
Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of September, in the thirty-fourth year
of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said Francis Garratt, His
éspecial licence that I, the said Francis Garratt, during the term of years
therein mentioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"PREPARING THE COCOA NUT WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
THE SAME INTO COCOA; WHICH I CALL THE QUEEN's CocoA;"" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Francis Garratt,
by an 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 prepared, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month 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
Francis Garratt, do hereby declare that my said Invention of Preparing the
Cocoa Nut with other Ingredients for the Purpose of Making the same into
Cocoa, is described in manner following (that is to say):-

page_text: Take 112 lb. of cocoa-nut, properly dryed, 113th part of orange peel, 114th
part of lemon peel, 115th part of cassia, and 116th part of Peruvian bark;
pulverise them, and mix them well together. The above proportions arc,
from experience, what I have found to answer my purpose best; but I alter or
vary them at pleasure, as circumstances and the quality of the ingredients
may require, or I mix any one or more of the above proportions, or any other
proportion, with the above or any other proportion of the cocoa nut that I may
think proper.
The above ingredients never having before been mixed, used, or made up
with the cocoa nut, I therefore claim the exclusive privilege of compounding
mixing, using, and making up the same, or any one or more or all of tho
above proportions of the above ingredients with the above or any other pro-
portion of the cocoa nut, or altering and varying any one or more or all of
the above proportions that shall appear to me to be necessary and most
beneficial to the health of weak and consumptive persons, although I havo not
here partcularized such alterations and variations.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Francis Garratt, have hereunto set my
hand and scal, this Twenty-third day of October, One thousand
seven hundred and ninety-four.
WATER ENGINE FOR RAISING OF WATER EITHER BY STANDING WATER OR A SMALL RIVULET, OR ANY SITUATION WHERE WATER CAN BE OBTAINED, OR FOR WORKING MILLS
Year: 1794

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Shurmur, of Woodchester, in the County
of Gloucester, Clothier, of his new invented "WATER ENGINE FOR RAISING OF
WATER EITHER BY STANDING WATER OR A SMALL RIVULET, OR ANY SITUATION
WHERE WATER CAN BE OBTAINED, OR FOR WORKING MILLS;" to hold to him, his
executors, administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also within His Majesty's Colonies and Planta-
tions abroad, for the term of Foyrteen Years, pursuant to the Statute; with
a clause to inroll the same within six calendar months from the date hereof.
W. H. M. at Westminster, the 15th day of July, in the year
above.
By writ. &c.
MAKING THE UPRIGHTS AND CROSS BARS FOR SASH. WINDOWS, OR ANY OTHER WINDOWS OR LIGHTS, AS WELL AS PANNELS FOR DOORS, FRAMES FOR PICTURES, FENCES FOR PLEASURE GROUNDS, OR FOR WHATSOEVER OTHER USE OR USES THE SAME MAY BE APPLIED
Year: 1795

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, &c.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the proviso contained in the
Patent to me granted, dated the Fifteenth day of October instant, I, JOIN
GREGORY HANCOCK, do hereby declare that my said Invention consists in
"MAKING THE UPRIGHTS AND CROSS BARS FOR SASH. WINDOWS, OR ANY OTHER
WINDOWS OR LIGHTS, AS WELL AS PANNELS FOR DOORS, FRAMES FOR PICTURES, FENCES
FOR PLEASURE GROUNDS, OR FOR WHATSOEVER OTHER USE OR USES THE SAME MAY BE
APPLIED," and is performed in the following manner :-
I take of any kind of metal, or mixture of metals, or metallic substances
that can be cast, rolled, drawn, forged, or pressed into any form I wish and
the purpose requires, and of any given breadth, length, or thickness, which
said piece or pieces I intersect, and are described in the Plans hereunder drawn.
A, the piece of metal or any other material intersected so far as to receive
each other, that when put together, either with or without solder, cement, or
any other substance, to any form I may require, which when so done I cover
the said one or more piece or pieces with a case or cases, either rolled, drawn,
forged, or pressed, marked B, reaching so far as may be convenient, that when
bent back forms my setting edge, marked C, and cut to meet in the angles so
as to fit and support each other. Then I take a piece or pieces of metal, either
rolled, drawn, forged, or pressed, marked D, made into any form, which I bend
over the metal Ã, and turning under the setting edge C, where I confine a thin
piece or pieces of ductile metal, or any other material to answer the purpose

page_text: of securing the substance intended to be fixed or set therein, or leaving the
metal D of a breadth suflicient to turn back to answer that purpose.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-
fourth day of October, in the thirty-fifth 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 ninate fiv
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
WALTER HENRY MOSELEY.
JOHN STUBBS JORDEN.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Third day of November, in the
thirty-fifth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, the said
John Gregory Hancock came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery,
and acknowledged the Instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Instrument afore-
said was stamped according to the tenor of the several Statutes made in the
sixth year of the reign of the late King and Queen William and Mary of
England, and so forth, and in the seventeenth and twenty-third years of the
reign of His present Majesty King George the Third.
1
Inrolled the Fourth day of November, in the year inst above writ
AN UPRIGHT GRAND PIANOFORTE IN THE FORM OF A BOOKCASE
Year: 1795

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
STODART, of Golden Square, in the City of Westminster, Pianoforte Maker,
send 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 Twelfth day of January now last past, hath given and
granted unto me, the said William Stodart, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, to make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, during the term of years therein expressed, my Invention of." AN
UPRIGHT GRAND PIANOFORTE IN THE FORM OF A BOOKCASE;" in which said Letters
Patent thero is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said William Stodart,
by an 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 one kalendar month next 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 I, the said William Stodart, in compliance with
the said proviso, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,

page_text: and the manner in which it is to bo performed, is particularly described and
ascertained in the plan and description hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this Twenty-
seventh day of January, in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of King
Georgo the Third, and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and ninety-five.

page_text: that being a Representation of the Machinery employed in the above named
new invented Instrument.
A. is a
Key precisely upon the usual Principle. B & Rail upon which
the Hammers are centred Ca Lever the means of: raising the Hammer
D to its acting Elevation from whence it is again relieved by the Button
(which Button is regulated by a Screw or by a similar Button represented
by the Letter S the Hammer being thus relieved returns to it's inactive
Position by virtue of the Weight E the Weight is formed of Wood Metal
or any other Substance the Inventor may prefer its Form that decribed by E
or any other that Experience may point out as most convenient.
Fa Lever commanding the Damper G which Damper is annexed to the
Rail H by means of a Hinge of Vellum Leather Parchment or any other
similar Material or Substane or by a Centre.
Pa Joint of the Damper covered with Leather to prevent noise and acting
upon a centre or Hinge of Leather Vellum &c similar to that described
by the Letter H
The Damper after acting is returned by the Weight of that part marked
G. and like the Weight E is both in Form and Substance under the Control
of the Inventor thus the grand Principle of Action is that both the Hammers
and Dampers after performing are returned by Weight.
La Socket the means of regulating the Lever C
K a Ditto for the Lever F
I a Ditto for the Damper C
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VARIOUS IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS OF A DOUBLE BEATING AND GRADUATING ENGINE OR MACHINE LOOM FOR WEAVING BY THE POWERS OF STEAM OR WATER, WHEREBY HE CAN WEAVE, FROM THE FINEST CALICO OR WOOLLEN CLOTHS TO THE STRONGEST CANVAS OR SAIL CLOTH, IN GREATER PERFECTION THAN CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER ENGINE LOOM HITHERTO IN USE;
Year: 1795

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Hofland, of Tufton Street, in the Parish of
Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster, and County of Middlesex, Engineer,
of his new invented "VARIOUS IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS OF A DOUBLE BEATING
AND GRADUATING ENGINE OR MACHINE LOOM FOR WEAVING BY THE POWERS OF
STEAM OR WATER, WHEREBY HE CAN WEAVE, FROM THE FINEST CALICO OR WOOLLEN
CLOTHS TO THE STRONGEST CANVAS OR SAIL CLOTH, IN GREATER PERFECTION THAN
CAN BE DONE BY ANY OTHER ENGINE LOOM HITHERTO IN USE;" to hold to him, his
executors, administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also within His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations
abroad, for the term of Fourteen Years, pursuant to the Statute; with a
clause to inroll the same within six calendar months from the date hereof.
W. H. M. at Westminster, the 28th day of September, in the year above.
By writ, &c.
(No Specification enrolled.)
AN IMPROVED TRUSS FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF RUPTURES
Year: 1796

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
GOLDFINCH, of the City of Canterbury, 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 at
Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of May, in the thirty-sixth year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said William Goldfinch, His especial
licence that I, the said William Goldfinch, during the term of years therein
mentioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED
TRUSS FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF RUPTURES;" in which said Letters Patent
there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said William Goldfinch, by an
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
one calendar month 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, 1, the said
William Goldfinch, do hereby declare that my said Invention of an improved
truss for the cure and prevention of ruptures is described in the plan and
description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Goldfinch, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
W GOLDFINCH. (LS.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same First day of June, in the
year above written, the aforesaid William Goldfinch camo before our Lord the
King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all
and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also tho
Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute in 5
that case made and provided.
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page_text: B. Is Triangular Pads with five brass Studs ferind with Carl and Stalled with Wool
0.0.Are the five Bruss Studs on the Pad to raise the Leather Straps
D. D. Holes in the Leather Straps
E.E. a Marecco Belt Stuffed and Lind with Soft Leather
F. The Case coverit with Silk emtaining seau Springs
6.6. The Vinder Strap stuffed with Weel with a Cuse cover with Silk containing Ave Springs
II. Represents a Figure with the liuss on the Right side as it is to be applyi
1. Represents Figure with a back view of the linder strap in which situation it is to bewarn
. These Trusses have met the general approbation of the Fucilly for the last twelve months.
INVENTION OF CERTAIN MA- CHINERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIFTING, DRAWING, AND CONVEYING OF LOADED AND LIGHT VESSELS FROM ONE CANAL OR BRANCH OF CANAL TO ANOTHER, ON A SLOPE OR PLANE SURFACE IN LIEU OF STONE OR OTHER LOCKS
Year: 1796

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
LUKE, of Treviles, in the County of Cornwall, Esquire, 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 at Westminster, the Fourth day of July, in thirty-sixth year of His
reign, give and grant unto me, the said John Luke, His especial licence
that I, the said John Luke, during the term of years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my "INVENTION OF CERTAIN MA-
CHINERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIFTING, DRAWING, AND CONVEYING OF LOADED AND
LIGHT VESSELS FROM ONE CANAL OR BRANCH OF CANAL TO ANOTHER, ON A SLOPE
OR PLANE SURFACE IN LIEU OF STONE OR OTHER LOCKS;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said John Luke, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a particular descrip-
tion 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 one
calendar month 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, 1, the said
I,
John Luke, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
Plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Luke, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
JOIN LUKE
(I..S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Nineteenth day of July, in
the year above written, the aforesaid. John. Luke came before our Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid; and
all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also tho
Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute in
that case made and provided.
AN In- PROVED ENGINE OR MACHINE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BORING OR HOLLOWING WOODEN WATER PIPES OR AQUEDUCTS, IN A MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUS MANNER THAN HITHERTO PRACTISED, AND WHEREBY A CONSIDERABLE SAVING WILL BE MADE IN THE ARTICLE OF TIMBER
Year: 1796

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HOWELL, of the Parish of Oswestry, in the County of Salop, Coal Master,
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most xcellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Thirty-first day of May, in the thirty-sixth year of
His reign, give and grant unto me, the said John Howell, His especial licence
that I, the said John Howell, during the term of years therein mentioned,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN In-
PROVED ENGINE OR MACHINE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BORING OR HOLLOWING
WOODEN WATER PIPES OR AQUEDUCTS, IN A MUCH MORE EXPEDITIOUS MANNER
THAN HITHERTO PRACTISED, AND WHEREBY A CONSIDERABLE SAVING WILL BE
MADE IN THE ARTICLE OF TIMBER;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso, obliging me, the said John Howell, by an 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 one calendar
month 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Howell, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
manner following, that is to say:-
Instead of the common method of boring by augres or instruments of any
other description, which perforate the wood by cutting out the inner part of
the substance in chips or shavings. a hollow tube or cylinder, made of thin
plates of iron or other metal, about one inch less in diameter than the hole to
be bored, is to be made use of. To one end of this tube or cylinder is to be
fixed a flanch or ring, of from one quarter of an inch to five-cighths of an inch
in breadth; and one part of the circumference of this flanch or ring is to be
divided or seperated, so that if it be made of steel an edge or cutter may be
formed thereby; or, for the more convenient use of it, a cutter of steel or other
metal may be screwed or otherwise connected with the tube and the flanch or
ring. The operation of this instrument is, that it will bore out of a piece of
wood, whilst forming it into a pipe, a solid piece of wood, capable of being con-
verted into a pipe or pipes of less dimensions; and that it will do this with the
aid of less power, and at less expence, and with less waste of wood, than by
means of the boring instruments now in use.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Howell, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirteenth day of June; in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
A CERTAIN IMPROVED METHOD OF RETAINING COTTON, TOBACCO, HEMP, FLAX, HOPS, HAY, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN NEARLY THE SAME COMPASS IN WHICH THEY CAN BE COMPRESSED BY ANY MACHINERY NOW IN USE, OR WHICH MAY BE HEREAFTER INVENTED FOR GREAT COMPRESSION WITHOUT BEING LIABLE, AS THE, TO ANY MATERIAL EXPAN AFTER THEY RE FROM THE SAID MACHINERY, BY W THAN CAN BE EFFECTED BY ANY OTHER METHOD NOW IN USE, AND MAY CONSEQUENTLY BE IMPORTED, EXPORTED, STORED, OR REMOVED AT A DECREASED PRICE OF FREIGHT, CARRIAGE OR WAREHOUSE RENT
Year: 1796

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I; WILLIAM:
SABATIER, of the Parish of Saint Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, 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 at Westminster, the Fourth day of July, in the thirty-sixth year of
His reign, give and grant unto me, the said William Sabatier, His especial
licence that I, the said William Sabatier, during the term of years there-
in mentioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"A CERTAIN IMPROVED METHOD OF RETAINING COTTON, TOBACCO, HEMP, FLAX,
HOPS, HAY, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN NEARLY THE SAME COMPASS IN WHICH THEY CAN
BE COMPRESSED BY ANY MACHINERY NOW IN USE, OR WHICH MAY BE HEREAFTER
INVENTED FOR GREAT COMPRESSION WITHOUT BEING LIABLE, AS THEY ARE AT PRESENT,
TO ANY MATERIAL EXPANSION AFTER THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE SAID MACHINERY,
BY WHICH THEY WILL NOT ONLY BE KEPT IN THEIR ORIGINAL NATIVE OR IMPROVED
EXCELLENCE, BUT THEY WILL OCCUPY A MUCH SMALLER SPACE THAN CAN BE EFFECTED
BY ANY OTHER METHOD NOW IN USE, AND MAY CONSEQUENTLY BE IMPORTED, EXPORTED,
STORED, OR REMOVED AT A DECREASED PRICE OF FREIGHT, CARRIAGE, OR WAREHOUSE
RENT;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging
me, the said William Sabatier, by an instrument in writing under my hand and

page_text: seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the samo is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the dato
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 Sabatier, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
the Plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Sabatier, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-six.
WILLIAM SABATIER. (L.B.)
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Ninth day of July,
in the year above written, the aforesaid William Sabatier, camo before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also
the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute
in that caso made and provided.
AN HYDRAULIC PUMP OR MACHINE FOR RAISING WATER BY APPARATUS's
Year: 1797

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
TODD, of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, Ironmonger, 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 at
Westminster, the Ninth day of May, in the thirty-seventh year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Todd, His especial licence that I,
the said Thomas Todd, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN HYDRAULIC PUMP OR
MACHINE FOR RAISING WATER BY APPARATUS's;" in which said Letters Patent
there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said Thomas Todd, by an in-
strument 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
one calendar month 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
Thomas Todd, do hereby declare that my said Invention of an hydraulic
pump, or machine for raising water by apparatus's, is described in the plan
and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Todd, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.
TE
TODD. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twentieth day of May, in
the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Thomas Todd came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute in that case made and provided.
A CERTAIN WHEEL CARRIAGE OR MACHINE, WHICH MAY BE USED AS A WAGGON, CART, OR DRAY, IN A MORE PERFECT AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER AND WITH FEWER HORSES THAN USUALLY AND HERETO- FORE DONE
Year: 1797

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY OR SHALL COME, I,
HENRY OVEREND, of the City of Bristol, Gentleman, send greeting.
.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third, by His Letters
Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Ninth day of November, in the
thirty-eighth year of His reign, hath given and granted unto me, the said
Henry Overend, my exors, adñors, and assigns, special licence, full power,
sole privilege and authority, during the term of years therein expressed, to
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A CERTAIN WHEEL CARRIAGE OR
MACHINE, WHICH MAY BE USED AS A WAGGON, CART, OR DRAY, IN A MORE PERFECT
AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER AND WITH FEWER HORSES THAN USUALLY AND HERETO-
FORE DONE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said Henry Overend, particularly to describe and ascertain
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in
His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month next after
the date of the said Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry Overend, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, is described and ascertained in
the Plan hereunder drawn, and the following description; that is to say:-
No. 1 is the form of the machine when complete, about a foot from the
ground to the bars of the carriage, and which may be made either higher or

page_text: lower, as occasion may require, upon the same principle and proportions.
A denotes the shafts in which the horse works, and may be removed from one
end to the other of the machine. B, the iron receiver, into which the iron on
to the end of the shafts fit into the same at either end. C, the front and
hind wheels, both of which exactly correspond, and may be used as the one or
other. C, C, patent castor wheels, fix'd on to the center of the bars of the
machine, and, like the others, neither: project. outside or inside of the bars,
but ride in the centre. D is a pin which fits into each end when forming
the hindermost part of the carriage, and prevents it from playing or turning
beyond the limited point..
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Overend, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR MACHINES TO BE APPLIED TO GLASSES AND PEBBLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOR THE USE OF SIGHTS IN GENERAL
Year: 1797

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
RICHARDSON, of the Parish of Saint Giles in the Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Optician, greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourth day of July, in the thirty-seventh year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said John Richardson, His especial licence that I,
the said John Richardson, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR
MACHINES TO BE APPLIED TO GLASSES AND PEBBLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOR
THE USE OF SIGHTS IN GENERAL;" in which said Letters Patent there is con-
tained a proviso, obliging me, the said John Richardson, by an 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 one calendar
month 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
John Richardson, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
Drawing and description hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Richardson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN RICHARDSON. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Third day of August, in
the year above mentioned, the aforesaid John Richardson came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the 5
Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the same Third day of August, in the year above written.

page_text: The Drawing represents a pair of Common, Classes with, iny Machines
(with different Classes therein) applied or affixed thereto and so constructed
as to shut over the other Glasses with case when a different sight is required
A. represents one Machine us open. B. the other as shut C.C. are joints fixed
to the inside of the Knuckle of the Machines by which the Machines open and
shut at Pleasure. One great utility among others of my Invention is that it
precludes the necessity of two pairs of Spectacles as any two distinct sights for
any purpose whatever may be adopted, agreeable to the wishes of the wearer:
A HARROW UPON A NEW AND IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
LESTER, of Yardley, Hastings, in the County of Northampton, Farmer,
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 at
Westminster, the Tenth day of March, in the thirty-eighth year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said William Lester, His especial licence that
I, the said William Lester, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A HARROW UPON A NEW AND
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said William Lester, by an 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 one calendar month
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 Lester, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
the plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Lester, have hereunto set my.
hand and seal, this Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
W LESIER.
(L.B.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Fifth day of April, in
the year above mentioned, the aforesaid William Lester came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of
the Statute in that case made and provided.
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A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HATS
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS..
OVEY, of Fleet Street, in the Parish of Saint Dunstan in the West, in the
City of London, Hatter, and JOHN JEPSON, of Duke Street, in the Parish of
Saint Saviour, Southwark, in the County of Surry, Hat Manufacturer, 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 at
Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of December, in the thirty-ninth year
of His reign, give and grant unto us, the said Thomas Ovey and John Jepson,
His especial licence that we, the said Thomas Ovey and John Jepson, during
the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
our Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HATS;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging us, the said
Thomas Ovey and John Jepson, by an instrument in writing under. our hands.
and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, to cause a particular
description of the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner.the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month 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, we, the said
Thomas Ovey and John Jepson, do hereby declare that our said. Invention of

page_text: a New or Improved Method of Manufacturing Hats is described in manner
following, that is to say:-
Make a thin piece of coarse new felt of the proper size for a hat, and nap
the under part or wrong side of the brim with a proper quantity of napping;
then make a thin piece of finer raw felt of the same size, and nap the tip and
right side with a proper quantity of napping. When these two pieces are
made, block them, dry them, and raise the nap in the usual way, then put
the fine one on the coarse one; and dye them together in the usual way of
dyeing hats. When they are dyed, take the coarse one-and-stiffen it, and
put into shape and rub it over with cement; then take the fine piece and card
it all over on the under side, and rub the under side all over with the same
cement; then place it over the coarse piece and confine it at the band, and
press them all over with a cool iron; when the two pieces are stuck together,
dry them and finish the hat in the usual and ordinary way of finishing hats.
The cement may be made in the following manner, that is to say:-
Mix one pound and three quarters of flour with three quarts of water with
one ounce of alum dissolved in it, and boil them together; while boiling add
two ounces of rozin pounded very fine and sifted through a fine hair sieve,
stirring them together till the rozin is quite dissolved.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Ovey and John Jepson, have
hereunto set their hands and seals, this Twenty-fourth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand soron kundrod and ninety ning
MATHE- MATICAL INSTRUMENTS, WHEREBY THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, VARIATION AND INCLINATION OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE AT SEA AND ON SHORE MAY BE OBTAINED IN A MORE GENERAL, MASTERLY, AND PERFECT MANNER THAN HATH HITHERTO BEEN DONE
Year: 1798

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Patrick Rooney Nugent, late Acting Surveyor
General of Lands for the Island of Cape Breton, in North America, but now
of the City of London, Esquire, for his new invented and improved "MATHE-
MATICAL INSTRUMENTS, WHEREBY THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE, VARIATION AND
INCLINATION OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE AT SEA AND ON SHORE MAY BE OBTAINED IN
A MORE GENERAL, MASTERLY, AND PERFECT MANNER THAN HATH HITHERTO BEEN
DONE;" to hold to him, his executors, administrators, and assigns, within Eng-
land, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all the Colonies
and Plantations abroad, for the term of Fourteen Years, pursuant to the
Statute; with a clause to inroll the same within one calendar month from
the date thereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the 27th day of June, in the
year above.
By writ, &c.
A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BARS OF "A MIXTURE OF IRON AND STEEL PROPER FOR DOUBLE-BARREL GUN BARRELS
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM DUPE, of Hammersmith, in the Parish of Fulham, in the
County of Middlesex, Gunmaker, 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 at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of July, in thirty-
eighth year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said William
Dupe, His especial licence that I, the said William Dupe, during the
"term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, Invention of
my
A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BARS OF
"A MIXTURE OF IRON AND STEEL PROPER FOR DOUBLE-BARREL GUN BARRELS
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisó, obliging me,
the said William Dupe, by an 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 one calendar
month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by

page_text: 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 Dupe, do hereby declare that my said Invention is
described as follows (that is to say):-
Two round rods of iron (less in diameter than the caliber of the in-
tended barrels) are each covered with steel of the same thickness with
the proposed size of the barrels; the two rods thus prepared are laid
together lengthways, and surrounded with iron, steel, or iron and steel
mixed. The whole is then perfectly welded and brought into a bar of
the shape of the above Drawing; the length and thickness of the bars
varying according to the sizes of the intended barrels. The object of
this process is to arrange the iron and steel in such a manner that when
the bar comes to be bored and made into a double gun barrel, the steel
only may be left after the iron rods which form the cores or pith shall
be bored out, and the iron, steel, or iron and steel mixed, which covers
them on the outside and serves as a coat or lute in welding, shall be
wasted away in the fire or reduced by the file in forming the bar to the
required shape. The steel so left will form the double barrel gun, or
some iron may occasionly be left on the outside of the barrels.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Dupe, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of August, in the,
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
WM DUPE. (L.S.).
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-second day
of August, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid William Dupe
came before our Lord the King, in His Chancery, and acknowledged
the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained, in
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING WIRE FROM ROLLED AND SLIT IRON, EITHER FOREIGN OR ENGLISH, PUT IN OPERATION BY VARIOUS POWERS NOW IN PRACTICE
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
CHAMPION, of the City of Bristol, Manufacturer of Brass, Copper, and Iron
Wire, 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 at
Westminster, the Second day of June, in the thirty-eighth year of His reign,
give and grant unto the said John Champion His especial licence that I," the
said John Champion, during the term of years therein mentioned, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England and Wales and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
MAKING WIRE FROM ROLLED AND SLIT IRON, EITHER FOREIGN OR ENGLISH, PUT
IN OPERATION BY VARIOUS POWERS NOW IN PRACTICE;" in which said Letters
Patent there.is.contained a proviso obliging me; the said John Champion, by
an instrument in writing 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
one calendar month 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 proviso, I, the said
John Champion, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
above Drawings and the following description thereof:-
I roll or press my iron (either hot or cold) between two metal rollers into
flat slips of the thickness required. I then slit these pipes (either hot or cold)

page_text: into threads or strings of the sizes necessary by the means of metal slitters
(similar to those used in the slitting of brass slips for the making of brass
wire), after which I pass my strings or threads singly (either hot or cold)
between smaller metal rollers with groves of such sizes as wanted (A), to
which they are conducted by hollows in metal conductors (B), and which
strings are immediately received after passing the roller (A) into other hollow
metal receivers or tubes (C), either curved or straight, as necessary. My
strings, being thus prepared, are nealed, cleaned, drawn, and finished through
metal plates to the sizes required.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Champion, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of June; in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
A GUN CARRIAGE UPON AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENT
COME, 1,
JOSEPH HAYCRAFT, of Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, in the County of
Surrey, Block, Pump, and Gun Carriage Maker, 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 March, in the thirty-eighth year
of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Haycraft, His
especial license that I, the said Joseph Haycraft, during the term of
years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed,
my Invention of "A GUN CARRIAGE UPON AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION;"
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me,
the said Joseph Haycraft, by an 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 one calendar
month 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the
said Joseph Hayeraft, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a
gun carriage upon an improved construction is described in the
Drawings and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Haycraft, have hereunto
set my hand and seal this Twenty-first day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
Inrolled the same Twenty-first day of April, in the year above
written.
A CERTAIN METHOD OF SAVING PART OF THE WATER NOW LOST IN PASSING OF BOATS AND BARGES THROUGH LOCKS ON NAVIGABLE CANALS
Year: 1798

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
CLAY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Esquire, 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 at
Westminster, the First day of February, in the thirty-eighth year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Clay, His especial licence that I,
the said Henry Clay, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A CERTAIN METHOD OF
SAVING PART OF THE WATER NOW LOST IN PASSING OF BOATS AND BARGES THROUGH
LOCKS ON NAVIGABLE CANALS;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained
a proviso obliging me, the said Henry Clay, by an 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 one calendar
month 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 Clay, do hereby declare that my said Invention of a Certain Method
of Saving Part of the Water now lost in Passing of Boats and Barges through
Locks on Navigable Canals, is described in manner following (that is to
say):

page_text: Build two locks opposite or by the side of each other, with one or more
culvers, trunks, pipes, troughs, or other tubes that will convey or let the water
pass through from one of the said locks to the other lock with a party paddle,
poundes, or paddles or other ways that will let go, or stop the water occasionlly;
let a boat or barge be passed on one of the said locks full of water from the
upper pound; let also a boat or barge be passed from the lower pound into
the other lock which is empty; then let go or draw the party paddle or paddles,
or other ways, and as the upper boat or barge falls downwards, the same water
that passes or runs out from the full lock will occasion the lower boat or barge
to rise upwards until they both are on the same level. Then shut, drop down,
or stop the party paddle or paddles, or other ways, and let go the descending
boat or barge to the lower level; at same time let water into the lock with the
ascending boat or barge to raise it to the top or upper level. Use the same
method for saving part of the water if only one boat or barge is passing at
the same time.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Clay, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
METHOD OF PURIFYING, REFINING, AND PREPARING INDIGO FOR THE USE OF DYERS;
Year: 1798

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Birch, of Charlotte Street, in the Parish
of St. George, Bloomsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, on behalf
of himself and of his son Richard Comyns Birch, of Calcutta, in the East
Indies, Esquire, for their new invented "METHOD OF PURIFYING, REFINING, AND
PREPARING INDIGO FOR THE USE OF DYERS;" to hold to them, their executors,
administrators, and assigns, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, for the term of Fourteen Years, pursuant to the Statute; with
a clause to inroll the same within one year and ten calendar months from the
date thereof. W. H. M. at Westminster, the 11th day of August, in the year
.above.
By writ, &c.
Dated 11th August 1798.
(No Specification enrolled.)