IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF LUBRICATING OILS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Fergusson Wilson, of Belmont, Vauxhall, in
the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF LUBRICATING OILS."
Sealed the 11th February 1859, and dated the 10th December 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Fergusson Wilson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents with his Petition, on
. the 10th December 1858.
I, GEORGE FERGUSSON WILSON, of Belmont, Vauxhall, in the County of
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LUBRICATING OILS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
lubricating oils, and consists, first, in combining rosin oil with oil produced
from bituminous or schistose bodies, such as petroleum, boghead, or other coal
or shale, and by preference the rosin oil used is prepared by distilling rosin by
surcharged steam, then producing the rosin oil in the ordinary manner, and
then distilling such oil by the use of surcharged steam, though other pre-
parations of rosin oil may be employed, and by such means body is given to
the oils distilled from bituminous or schistose bodies.
Secondly, the Invention consists in the use of rosin oil, by preference
manufactured as above described (though other rosin oil may be used) in

page_text: combination with cocoa-nut oil or the oleine of cocoa-nut oil, or the oil or
oleine obtained from Calhoun palm, or from the oil or oleine obtained from the
kernel of the nut from which palm oil is obtained; by which means oils of
suitable body for lubrication are obtained.
combination with cocoa-nut oil or the oleine of cocoa-nut oil, or the oil or
oleine obtained from Calhoun palm, or from the oil or oleine obtained from the
kernel of the nut from which palm oil is obtained; by which means oils of
suitable body for lubrication are obtained.
And, thirdly, the Invention consists in combining with the compound of
first described one or more of the oils or oleines secondly mentioned.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Fergusson Wilson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 7th June 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
FERGUSSON WILSON, of Belmont, Vauxhall, in the County of Surrey, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Fergusson Wilson, Her special licence that I, the said George
Fergusson Wilson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said George Fergusson Wilson, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LUBRICATING OILS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Fergusson Wilson, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
le performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
• NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Fergusson Wilson, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and. ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-

page_text: This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of lubri
cating oils, and consists, first, in combining rosin oil with oil produced from
bituminous or schistose bodies, such as petroleum, boghead, or other coal or
shale, and by preference the rosin oil used is prepared by distilling rosin by sur-
charged steam, then producing the rosin oil in the ordinary manner, and then
distilling such oil by the use of surcharged steam, though other preparations of
rosin oil may be employed, and by such means body is given to the oils
distilled from bituminous or schistose bodies.
In carrying out this part of my Invention, I prefer to combine the oils
above mentioned in the proportions of one part by measure of the petroleum
oil, specific gravity 870, with two parts by measure of rosin oil, but these
proportions are not essential, but to some extent may be varied.
Secondly, the Invention consists in the use of resin oil, by preference
manufactured as above described (though other rosin oil may be used) in
combination with cocoa-nut oil or the oleine of cocoa oil, or the oil or oleine
obtained from Calhoun palm, or from the oil or oleine obtained from the
kernel of the nut from which palm oil is obtained; by which means, oils of
suitable body for lubrication are obtained.
In carrying out this part of my Invention, I prefer to combine the oils
above mentioned, in equal parts by measure, but this may be varied; that is, a
measure of rosin oil and a measure of cocoa-nut oil, or of the oleine of cocoa-
nut oil, or of the oil or oleine from Calhoun palm, or of the oil or oleine
obtained from the kernel of the nut from which palm oil is obtained.
And, thirdly, the Invention consists in combining with the compound oil
first described one or more of the oils or oleines secondly mentioned, and in
carrying out this part of my Invention I prefer to employ the oils above
mentioned in the following proportions:―
Eight parts, by measure, of refined cocoa-nut oil.
Two parts, by measure, of refined rosin oil.
Two parts, by measure, of petroleum oil.
Another compound is :-
Sixteen parts, by measure, of refined cocoa-nut oil.
Sixteen parts, by measure, of refined rosin oil.
Twelve parts, by measure, of petroleum oil.
But these proportions may be varied, and I would state that I do not claim
any of the oils above mentioned separately for the purposes of lubricating
machinery, but I have ascertained that when rosin oil alone or petroleum oil,
or any other of the oils herein described, is employed singly or. alone, so good

page_text: and useful lubrication is not obtained as when they are used in combination,
the one appearing to correct or supply the insufficiency of the other.
In witness whereof, I, the said.George Fergusson Wilson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.