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NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Edouard Loradoux
Bellford at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 29th December 1852. - A communi-
cation.
(This Invention did not proceed to the Great Seal.)
I, AUGUSTE EDOUARD LORADOUX BELLFORD, of 16, Castle Street,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW MODE OF
ADVERTISING" to be as follows: -
It is a system of placarding or otherwise affixing bills, sheets of
advertisements, notices, and other publicity papers, or prints, or
letters, on the exterior of organs, pianos, and other musical instru-
ments, that are either played in the streets or before large
audiences.
I, AUGUSTE EDOUARD LORADOUX BELLFORD, of 16, Castle Street,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW MODE OF
ADVERTISING" to be as follows:
It is a system of placarding or otherwise affixing bills, sheets of
advertisements, notices, and other publicity papers, or prints, or
letters, on the exterior of organs, pianos, and other musical instru-
ments, that are either played in the streets or before large
audiences.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BEDSTEADS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Tillett at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
October 1852.
I, GEORGE TILLETT, Gentleman, of London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BEDSTEADS
to be as follows, that is to say:-
My improvements have reference, firstly, to the construction of
metallic bedsteads, in which the formation of the framework is rendered
more rigid and durable, and the fitting of the same less liable to get
out of order.
The accompanying Drawings represent at Fig. 1, a perspective view
of a metallic bedstead showing my improvement; Fig. 2, a transverse
section of one of the side rails or frames taken through the dotted lines;
Fig. 3, another modification, by which a core of wood is inserted;
Fig. 4, a T form lathe for framing; and Fig. 5, a detached portion of
one of the lathes. In each Figure the same letters of reference denote
similar corresponding parts. A, A, are the rails or frames forming the
head, foot, and sides; B, B, the sacking lathes; C, C, the corners or
pillars, to which are connected the rails or frame of the bedstead.

page_text: My improvements in bedsteads relate, secondly, to the application of
metallic sacking lathes to the ordinary wooden four post and other
bedsteads, in place of wooden ones as at present in use.
I claim, firstly, the employment of side and other rails or frames as
aforesaid in metallic bedsteads. Secondly, the construction of the
sacking lathes as shown, by which unsightly fittings are dispensed with.
Thirdly, the formation of the corners of wood with metallic casings.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF EXTRACTING AND CONCENTRATING BY EVAPORATION THE COLOURING AND OTHER PRINCIPLES FROM ALL SUBSTANCES IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTAINED, AND OF THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTING THE SAME
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Maddick at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1, WILLIAM MADDICK, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF EXTRACTING AND CONCENTRATING
BY EVAPORATION THE COLOURING AND OTHER PRINCIPLES FROM ALL SUBSTANCES
IN WHICH THEY ARE CONTAINED, AND OF THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTING THE
SAME:
Instead of extracting the coloring and other principles from woods,
roots, or other substances by forcing steam into a closed metal vessel
which contains the dye wood, &c., and passing the extracted coloring
matter therefrom, with the condensed steam, into vessels in which it is
concentrated by steam, either applied externally as a steam jacket, or
internally by pipes passing through the evaporators, or by cylinders
filled with steam and revolving in the evaporating liquor, I put the
dye wood or other matter from which particular principle is to be

page_text: extracted in open vessels, and I pour water (not steam) upon it, and 1
continue the said process until the whole of the coloring or other prin-
ciple is extracted. The liquor resulting is then subjected to evaporation
at a low temperature in one vessel only, and brought into a marketable
state.
By this improved method a liquor is produced which at half the
strength, as shown by the hydrometer, is of superior quality to that
manufactured by the old process.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that this is merely an outline
description of my Invention, which I will more fully explain in my
Complete Specification.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernst Luedeke at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ERNST LUEDEKE, of Bedford Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Clock Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE
POWER" to be as follows:-
I intend by the use of a pendulum, double wheel, and springs to
produce vibration; such vibration being first produced by the
springs, and kept up by the concurrent action of the pendulum,
wheel, and springs, which reciprocate, or, in other words, give and
receive impulsive power from each other, thus producing a motion
that will continue so long as the whole of the impulsive parts con-
tinue unbroken, or be not displaced, or are not worn out by friction.
In fact, my Invention would be perpetual motion if no part thereof
should be displaced, broken, or worn out in times by friction;
because, as aforesaid, each part is dependant on the rest, and requiring
no mechanical or manual assistance to wind up or otherwise con-

page_text: tinue motion. I intend to apply this motive power to machinery in
general, and to clocks or other time keepers.
It is believed the above is a sufficiently clear description of the
Invention for the purposes of a Provisional Specification. Diagrams
and full description of parts, and their separate and combined action,
will be given in the Final Specification.
Ar IMPROVED HAT PROTECTOR
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Provost at the'
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th October 1852.
I, HENRY PROVOST, of Paris, in the Republic of France, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ar
IMPROVED HAT PROTECTOR" to be as follows:-
Till now the coverings or cases used to protect the hat from the rain,
etc. have been made either of oil skin, glazed cloth, or leather; thus
covered, the hat has a clumsy ungraceful appearance, and the case
taken off the hat it is found inconveniently bulky. The Invention
consists in making hat cases of a light woollen or other fabric, coated
on one side with india-rubber dissolved in spirits of turpentine, so that
the material is rendered waterproof; the side of the hat cover not
coated with the india-rubber is placed so as to shew exteriorly, and
imitate as closely as possible the appearance of the silk or beaver of a
hat. These hat covers or cases are slit at the side, and are furnished
with small hooks and eyes to keep the two edges together. These
hooks may be in the number of three, placed at the top, middle, and
bottom of the cylinder forming the body of the hat, or one may only

page_text: be used, which is then placed at the bottom of the cylinder, and is
fixed in an eye attached to the hat band. The edge of the hat cover
has a hem affording admittance to a narrow india-rubber band; this
band is fastened in several places on the hat cover. The india-rubber
band so contracts the opening of the hat cover that to make the rim of
the hat enter it must be stretched. The hat cover or protector may
thus be made to fit perfectly close.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CORN THRASHING AND DRESSING MACHINES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Caborn at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th November 1852.
(Void, by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN CABORN, of Denton, in the County of Lincoln, Agricul
tural Implement and Machine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CORN THRASHING
AND DRESSING MACHINES" to be as follows:-
The first improvement consists of two or more endless webs,
bands, or chains, with bars or slats fixed upon them, being placed
to receive the straw and corn from the drum or beaters of the
thrashing machinery, so as to form a moveable grating, worked upon
sheaves or pulleys as a straw-shaking machine.
The second improvement is to add a spindle, and cross bar or bars,
to revolve between the above webs, bands, or chains, so as to impart
a slight shaking motion to the webs, bands, or chains, with the bars
attached; by the motion of which webs, bands, or chains, the corn
and straw will be perfectly separated, and the straw will be delivered
at a higher elevation than by any existing straw-shaking machines,

page_text: and the corn delivered with greater precision into the dressing-
machine.
A third improvement consists in the application of other webs,
bands, or chains, with bars or slats fixed upon them close together
for the purpose of receiving and carrying the thrashed corn and chaff
from the screen of the thrashing-machine to the dressing-machine;
such last-mentioned webs, bands, or chains to be worked upon
pulleys or sheaves. This improvement may be applied to any sort
of straw-shaker, or straw-shaking machine, for the purpose of
conveying the corn and chaff to the chaffing or dressing machine.
A. fourth improvement consists in having a moveable fork or iron
teeth placed within a moveable shoe, over and adjoining the chaffing
riddle frame of the dressing-machine; such fork, or iron teeth, to be
worked by a crank fixed upon the flyer spindle, or a separate crank
giving the fork or iron teeth an alternate or vertical movement.
The fork, or iron teeth, being put into motion, will heave or lift up
the rough corn and chaff, and thereby greatly facilitate the separa-
tion of the corn from the chaff.
A fifth improvement is in attaching to the chaffing or dressing
machine a moveable slide as a guage for separating the light corn
from the heavy corn, as it falls from the chaffing-riddle upon another
riddle and screen, proposed to be placed below such moveable slide
to be worked by a crank fixed upon the opposite or other end of the
flyer spindle. This last-mentioned riddle and screen to be fixed
under the slide as a finishing part to the corn-dressing. Dressing-
machines, with the above improvements, may be either attached
to fixed or portable thrashing machines, or used as chaffing and
dressing machines, or worked separately, either by steam or manual
power.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAMP HEADS FOR CRUSHING ORES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Mortlock Ommanney, of the City of
Chester, Esquire, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF STAMP HEADS FOR CRUSHING ORES."
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henry Mortlock
Ommanney at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition and Declaration, on the 1st October 1852, pursuant
to the 9th section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
HENRY MORTLOCK OMMANNEY, of the City. of Chester, Esquire, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF STAMP HEADS FOR CRUSHING ORES," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
I first cast iron in the form of the stamp head in the usual way, with
the shaft cast in; I then take the stamp head so cast in the usual
manner, and place it in an annealing furnace, and continue it there until
the metal becomes decarbonized so as to be rendered partially malleable.

page_text: become more tough and durable. I claim as of my Invention the
manufacture of stamp heads by casting and annealing them, as above
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Mortlock Ommanney, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this First day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
H. M. OMMANNEY. (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN ASH-PANS FOR FIRE-GRATES, STOVES, AND FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Little at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN LITTLE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ASH-PANS FOR FIRE-GRATES, STOVES, AND FIRE-PLACES,"
to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to an improvement upon the modern form of
ash-pan, more especially adapted for dining and drawing rooms as con-
trived for screening the dust and ashes from the view as the particles
fall from the grate during burning. The usual form of cover used for
this purpose is that of a series of inclined surface horizontal bars or
ribs, so that as the cinders and ashes fall down they slip through or
between these bars, and are received into the pan beneath, and lay
entirely out of sight. Now, instead of this plan of cover, it is proposed
to make use of a series of oscillating bars or ribs of any convenient or
elegant shape, and having pivots or centres at each end to admit of the
oscillation of each individual bar or cover piece. Such bars are hung
on their centres so as to radiate from a centre beneath the grate, or

page_text: they may be disposed in any other convenient or elegant form; the
plane of oscillation in each case being at right angles to the longitudinal
dimensions or the axial line of the bar. The effect of this arrangement
is, that whatever falls from the grate above is caused to slip between
the bars or ribs, which give way by oscillation to permit the falling par-
ticles to pass clear through. The upper surface of each bar is rounded,
angled, or otherwise shaped, so that all cinders falling thereon may be
directed from the centre of the bar to one or other side thereof, there
to slip through between that bar and the next. The series of bars is
hung so that the neighbouring edges are all close enough together to
form a complete screen, and they are nicely balanced on their pivots to
turn or give way on the slightest pressure from the matters falling
thereon; various shapes of ribs, bars, or cover pieces may be adopted,
still securing the system of oscillation or giving way for the
the falling ashes.
passage of
AN IMPROVED FILTERING POT
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Waterhouse at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ALFRED WATERHOUSE, of the firm of Dakin and Company,
St. Paul's Churchyard, London, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED FILTERING POT" to be as follows:-
My Invention of an improved filtering pot consists in the employ-
ment of one or more sieves made of perforated zinc or other metal,
placed vertically down the side or sides of a pot or vessel used for
making infusions or decoctions of coffee, tea, or other extracts, for the
purpose of filtering the liquid contained therein. It is well known that
sieves or pieces of perforated metal are now used in vessels for coffee,
but they are placed horizontally and mostly at the bottom of the vessels.
The distinctive feature of my Invention is the placing these sieves in a
vertical position around the sides of the vessel. The extent of the

page_text: filtering surface will depend on circumstances; in a circular vessel I
may have a segment or half circle of filtering surface, but I do not bind
myself to extent, and I reserve the right to use one or more sieves or
pieces of perforated metal placed one before the other, sliding in a groove
or otherwise, for the purpose of filtering.
A COMPOUND HAVING THE PROPERTIES OF GUTTA PERCHA
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Napoleon Legras and
William Lawrence Gilpin at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 27th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, LOUIS NAPOLEON LEGRAS, of Wenlock Street, IIoxton, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM LAWRENCE GILPIN.
of Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A COMPOUND HAVING
THE PROPERTIES OF GUTTA PERCHA" to be as follows, viz. :-
This Invention consists in or has reference to the production of n
compound possessing the properties of gutta percha, and suitable as a
substitute for it. This compound is made by taking gums or glutinous
matters, asphalte, bituminous or pitchy matters, and oily or oleaginous
and fatty matters, such as may be found in the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, compounding them well together. and drying,
hardening, softening, or elasticating them, according to the particular
uses to be subserved thereby.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RENDERING WEATHER-TIGHT DOORS, CASEMENTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR OPENINGS
Year: 1852

page_text: the 4th October 1852.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN GOOCH MARSHALL, of Clifton Street, Finsbury, in the
County of Middlesex, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RENDERING WEATHER-TIGHT
DOORS, CASEMENTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR OPENINGS," to be as follows:-
House doors, window casements, and similar entrances or openings
in buildings as at present made admit in general a considerable ingress
of the outer atmosphere, which carries sometimes rain, hail, sleet, or
snow to the inside of halls or rooms. The object of this Invention is
to obviate the possibility of such unpleasant occurrences by rendering
the lower part, foot, or bottom of doors and casements weather-tight.
I propose, therefore, to form the bottom of such door or casement with
a moveable flap or "weather strip," so hung as to permit of the door
opening inwards, over a mat or otherwise. This flap has over its centre
of gravity one or more springs pressing against the upper edge of the

page_text: same for the purpose of keeping it distended in a slanting position
outwards a small catch is inserted into the door framing, and as the
door is closing the edge of the "weather strip" is met by the catch,
which presses back the "strip" or flap into an upright position, thus
rendering the bottom of the door a perfect fit to the sill, the flap or
strip being scribed to the precise form of the said sill or cill.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Auguste Pouget at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd November 1852.-A communication. .
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, LOUIS AUGUSTE POUGET, Manufacturer, of Paris, in the French
Republic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of combining three cylindrical and concentric
tubes for the purpose of forming a gallery for receiving the glass
chimney, and forming passages for directing the air to support com--
bustion. The inner tube fits and slides on the burner tube, the second
tube (which is of greater length than the inner and outer ones) is bent
over and contracted towards the upper end, and the third or outer tube
receives the glass chimney. The air to support combustion passes up
the spaces between the three tubes by openings, and there is a
dscending tube fixed to the outside one to direct the air in its upward
flow to the gallery.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR GRINDING AND MIXING CLAYS OR OTHER PLASTIC MATERIALS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Sanders Bale
and Frederick George Sanders at the Office of the Commis-
sioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 30th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, THOMAS SANDERS BALE, of Cauldon Place, in the County of
Stafford, China Manufacturer, and FREDERICK GEORGE SANDERS, of
the same place, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
GRINDING AND MIXING CLAYS OR OTHER PLASTIC MATERIALS" to be as
follows:-
Firstly, in making certain alterations in the construction of the
bottom, sides, or other parts of mills commonly used for grinding clays,
mortar, &c., by placing on and round the floor of the pan a number of
perforated plates or grids on which the grinding rollers revolve, and
through which the material is discharged at every revolution of the
rollers. The plates are moveable in order that grids with holes of
different degrees of fineness may be used. This, therefore, is a grid
mill, in contradistinction to the mills now used with a solid bottom,

page_text: having a large exit in one part with a sliding door, which is opened to
discharge the material when sufficiently ground.
Secondly, in treating and preparing clays, marls, &c. with diluted
sulphuric or other acids, in order to disintegrate them quicker and more
completely than the ordinary process termed "weathering," to facilitate
the grinding and mixing. "Weathering" being an ordinary process
of spreading the clay upon land, and turning it over to the action of
atmosphere.
Thirdly, by using a subsequent process 'termed filtering in order to
get rid of the surplus water usually requisite in preparing finer com-
pound clayey bodies by running the liquid or paste material into bags
or filters, then draining it, and completing it for use either by pressure
or heat.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROPULSION OF SEA-GOING VESSELS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Brodie at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES BRODIE, of Bow of Fife, in the County of Fife, Scotland,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROPULSION OF SEA-GOING VESSELS" to be as follows:
These improvements consist, first, in the employment as propellers of
wheels with vanes or floats lying like the sails of a windmill; that is to
say, the surface of these vanes or floats forms an acute angle with the
plane of their motion. Secondly, in the enclosing of these wheels, or
of axles with spiral floats affixed to them, like the common screw pro-
peller, on two or more sides. And, thirdly, in affixing the propeller,
of whatever form it may be, at the bow of the vessel, and carrying
the water put in motion by the propeller underneath or through the
vessel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING, CUTTING, AND ATTACHING STAMPS AND LABELS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eugéne Nicolle at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EUGENE NICOLLE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING, CUTTING, AND ATTACHING
STAMPS AND LABELS," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
My apparatus has a main shaft, worked by a crank, and passing
through the body of the machine. This shaft has on it a screw or
snail or lever, giving the necessary motion for shifting the stamps
forward, which are supplied in a continuous strip of one stamp in
width, through proper guides, to the cutter, the action of which is
given from a cam or lever on the main shaft; one stamp being cut off,
is received in a small chamber of rather larger area than the stamp,
which chamber has a piston working upwards by another cam or
lever on the main shaft. The letter or paper having been first

page_text: passed between a spring and roller, the latter being partially
immersed in a reservoir of water or gum and water, fixed on the
top of the apparatus, is then passed over the stamp or label, and its
position regulated by proper guides. On turning the crank the
piston brings up the label or stamp already cut off, and attaches it
to the damped paper or letter.
The same apparatus may be worked by treadle, with levers, rollers,
and ratchets. The various parts of the apparatus are brought into
action by means of springs, and springs also release them in readi-
ness for a second operation.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles de Bergue at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 19th November 1852.
I, CHARLES DE BERGUE, of Dowgate Hill, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of using longitudinal sleepers or bearers
of square timber, one angle being downwards in the earth, and the
other angle upwards, and covered with a trough rail fixed by
screws or otherwise. The joints of the rails may be formed by any
convenient means, but it is preferred to employ a bent plate of
metal let into the wood sleeper to receive the ends of two rails, and
then, by bolts passing through the rails, the bent plate, and the
sleeper, to secure the rails, by which means a large extent of bearing
surface of the wood rests in the earth, and the wood is used in its
strongest direction, and the bent or inverted trough rail combined
therewith may be comparatively light, and the guage between the
wood sleepers or bearers may be preserved in any convenient

page_text: manner; it is preferred to do so by screw bolts and nuts, and also
by transverse timbers notched out to receive the inner horizontal
angles of the longitudinal bearers or sleepers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIGURE WEAVING
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jacques Morel at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th November 1852.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JACQUES MOREL, of Lyons, in the Republic of France, Pattern
Drawer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FIGURE WEAVING," being a communication from
Mess" Godemard and Meynier, to be as follows:-
This Invention does not in any way relate to any novel mode of
constructing the jacquard apparatus employed in figure weaving, but
merely consists in a novel method of arranging the cords or strings,
whereby the figure warp threads are drawn up to produce the pattern;
the object of the improvement being to draw up all the threads
separately or in any required number or arrangement for the purpose
of producing different kinds of effects in the pattern. This object is
effected by connecting together in a peculiar manner, according to the
effect desired, the strings or cords through which pass the figure warp
threads, and whereby any particular combination of warp threads may
be drawn up; whereas according to the old system every particular cord

page_text: or string is arranged in such a manner as always to draw up precisely
the same warp threads. By means of the improvement the Inventor
is enabled to dispense with that part of the ordinary harness or heddles
which is used in jacquard looms for lowering a part of the figure warp,
as the cords and strings through the eyes of which the warp threads
pass are made to perform the service for which those heddles were
formerly required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Haughton, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manager, in the employ of Richard Birley and Company, for
his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
6 months.
Dated 5th June 1852.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF PROPELLING SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick William Green at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM GREEN, of Bristol and London, Esquire,
Ship Owner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
certain "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF PROPELLING SHIPS AND OTHER
VESSELS" to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention consists in applying to the above purpose the direct
action of two pistons or plungers, working in cylindrical and other
chambers against the water; the said cylinders being situated at or
near the keel or bottom of the vessel, with the outer ends open to
the free egress of water, whilst their inner ends are carried forward
into the hold of the vessel, and surrounded or enclosed in an air
tight compartment, in which, also, the machinery for giving motion
to the same is placed. The pistons to which an alternate motion is
given, communicate by rods through the interior to the gear of the
engines, which reciprocate in the ordinary manner. It will, there-
fore, be obvious that, on inotion being given to the pistons or
plungers aforesaid, an external surface pressure of the water will be

page_text: exerted or maintained upon the area of each piston or plunger;
alternately displacing the water at every stroke, and propelling the
vessel, the inner end being open to the atmosphere, in the com-
partment or hold of the vessel.
To be used in conjunction with the two propelling cylinders
aforesaid, I employ other cylinders, corresponding in effect with the
first mentioned, for the purpose of repelling or reversing the motion
of the ship or vessel; the situation of the said repelling cylinders
being in the fore part or bows of the vessels, also under water,
and protected at the outer ends by suitable valve openings.
I claim the mode of propelling and repelling or reversing the
motion of ships and other vessels, by an arrangement of cylinders
placed under water.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CARBONIZATION OF TURF, AND THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND FUEL THEREFROM
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Alexander Wester-
man at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 18th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOSEPH ALEXANDER WESTERMAN, of Sestri Ponente, near
Genoa, in the Kingdom of Sardinia, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CARBONIZATION OF TURF, AND THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND FUEL
THEREFROM," to be as follows: —
My Invention consists,―
Firstly, in solidifying all kinds of turf (partly by mechanical
means), thereby rendering it as solid as many of the soft kinds
of wood.
Secondly, in the carbonization of turf, by exposing it to "carboni-
zation" in cast iron retorts.
Thirdly, in the production of paper and pasteboard from turf,
by submitting the turf to dividing, sorting, washing, and triturating
operations.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OR MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE MATERIALS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Duncan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th
October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN DUNCAN, of Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North
Britain, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OR MANUFACTURE OF
TEXTILE MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates more especially to the manufacture of such
fibrous materials as flax, hemp, tow, and jute, but it is also in part appli-
cable to the treatment of other textile materials, as wool, silk, and cotton.
In the ordinary tow drawing frame, which may be taken as an illus-
trative example, the drawing rollers are usually an iron and a wood one
working together, the lower roller being of plain smooth iron, whilst
the upper one, working in contact with it, is sometimes of wood with a
plain surface, and sometimes of iron covered with one or more layers of
cloth and leather; or the upper roller has instead a first layer of leather
held on by wooden pins, and over this a leather cover glued on, being
finally turned to a smooth surface.

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Now instead of this arrangement, which involves considerable
expense in the first preparation of the rollers, as well as in the subse-
quent keeping in order of the same, both the upper and lower rollers
according to this Invention are made of cast iron or other suitable
material, and are both fluted or grooved to the same pitch and depth
so as to work in gear together, just as with a pair of spur wheels.
this way the two rollers, when carefully pitched, will work well together,
whilst they will be inexpensive. in. first cost, at the same time having a
better hold on the sliver passing through them, thus drawing the fibres
with increased effect. Great economy in working is also secured by
the improved plan, as the rollers with carefully pitched grooves will
work smoothly and wear equally for a long period.
In addition to the example of their application herein given, these
rollers are also applicable to many other varieties of machinery where
common rollers are now used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFZINC WHITE
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to François Bernard Bekaert, of Cecil Street, Strand,
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ZINC WHITE."
6 months.
Dated 12th August 1852.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE ESCAPES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John William Branford
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 15th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN WILLIAM BRANFORD, of Green's Terrace, Rotherhithe, in
the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE ESCAPES" to be as follows:-
My improved fire escape is intended to be adapted to a window in
any convenient part of the house, and is so arranged that it may with
facility be brought into immediate use when required. It consists
principally of a square iron frame, which is attached by means of joints
to the frame of a chamber window of any dwelling house. The upper
part of this frame is furnished with a roller or wide pulley, over which
passes a rope or cord, from which is suspended a basket or cradle made
of iron wire covered with prepared canvas. This basket or cradle is
made flexible or compressible, and is intended to be kept in the room,
so that any person, by throwing up the lower sash of the window, and
putting down the frame, and passing the rope over the roller or pulley
at the end of the frame, may then get into the basket, and by holding

page_text: the rope in his or her hands descend with the greatest ease and safety;
or, as the rope when thrown over the iron frame will fall to the ground,
any persons that may be on the spot can, by holding on to and gradually
paying out the rope, assist in the descent of the persons in the cradle,
and if others are left in the room the basket may be pulled up again
instanter for them to escape, or any person may ascend in the basket
or cradle, and bring down children; or two children may be put into
the basket and lowered by a parent; or any valuable.property, such as
books, plate, &c., may be thrown in and saved..
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GUNS. CANNON, AND OTHER ORDNANCE.
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Mortlock Ommanney, of the City of
Chester, Esquire, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF GUNS. CANNON, AND OTHER ORDNANCE.".
Sealed the 1st April 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henry Mortlock
Ommanney at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition and Declaration, on the 1st October 1852, pursuant
to the 9th section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
Henry Mortlock Ommanney, of the City of Chester, Esquire, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GUNS, CANNON, AND OTHER ORDNANCE," and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
I cast the guns, cannon, or other ordnance of iron, and then place
them in an annealing furnace, and continue them there until the metal
becomes decarbonised, so as to be rendered partially malleable. By
this process of annealing and decarbonization the ordnance is rendered
more tough than ordnance of cast iron as heretofore used.

page_text: I claim as of my Invention the manufacture of guns, cannon, and
other ordnance by casting and annealing them as above described.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
First day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-two.
H. M. OMMANNEY. (L.S.)
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING CLOTH TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAYS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jerome André Dricu at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JEROME ANDRE DRIEU, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING CLOTH TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF STAYS" to be as follows:-
Ordinary cloths or fabrics for the manufacture of stays have been
woven double and tied up, or woven together only in those places
where it has hitherto been necessary to stitch the two cloths together, to
form narrow passages for the introduction of the whalebones, &c.,
where required for support. My improvements in weaving such cloths
consist in supplying an extra warp for the purpose of tying up at every
pick of the shuttle the entire of the cloth or fabric, excepting the nar-
row passages required for the passage of the bones, &c., thus weaving
a strong thick single cloth forming the space between such bone open-
ings or passages, instead of having a loose double cloth forming such
spaces between the bone passages or openings, as heretofore.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PREVENTING THE ESCAPE OR RADIATION OF HEAT FROM STEAM BOILERS OR GENERATORS, AND ALSO IN PRESERVING MARINE AND OTHER BOILERS FROM THE EFFECTS OF INCRUSTATION
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Mucklow at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 28th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EDWARD MUCKLOW, of Bury, in the County of Lancaster, Manu-
facturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven
tion of CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PREVENTING THE ESCAPE OR RADIATION
OF HEAT FROM STEAM BOILERS OR GENERATORS, AND ALSO IN PRESERVING
MARINE AND OTHER BOILERS FROM THE EFFECTS OF INCRUSTATION," to be as
follows:-
The method hitherto employed of preventing the escape or radi-
ation of heat from steam boilers or generators, has been to enclose
them in an exterior casing or jacket of wood or felt, or both, or other
non-conducting substance, thereby confining the heat to the iron of
which the boiler is formed. My Invention applies to such boilers
as have their furnaces or fire places in flues in the interior of the
boilers, more especially what are commonly called "multitubular
boilers," and consists in coating or covering the whole of the interior
surface of the body of the boiler with certain chemical or organic

page_text: compounds having the property of a non-conductor of heat; the said
compounds being also of such a nature that the salt, lime, &c. in
the water will not adhere firmly to the surface thereof, but may be
readily removed therefrom, and the deleterious action of the water,
salt, lime, &c. upon the interior of the boiler itself is entirely obvi-
ated, and thus the inner surface of the metal is preserved from the
effects of the incrustation, which in boilers employed for marine
purposes is so quickly destructive.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC- TION OF BUILDINGS AND PAVEMENTS, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MATERIALS USED THEREIN
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Auguste Lebrun at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 30th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
ime prescribed by the Act.)
I, JEAN AUGUSTE LEBRUN, of Paris, but now residing at Panton
Square, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF BUILDINGS AND PAVEMENTS, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MATERIALS
USED THEREIN," to be as follows, viz. :—
The above improvements consist in constructing buildings by placing
the stones or bricks of walls, &c. so as to leave occasional openings or
vacant spaces, whereby lightness and economy are obtained, and the
mortar or cement becomes more quickly solidified.
The sides of walls, &c. of buildings being faced with this mortar or
cement, which I denominate hydroplastic mortar, consisting of sand,
lime, and ordinary mortar or cement, only so far admixed with water as
to form a solid compound after great compression in suitable moulds;
and this may be used for facing buildings, making cornices, mouldings,
&c. &c.

page_text: For pavements more water is required, and silex or coarse gravel is
added; the exterior of walls, &c. constructed as above become imper-
meable to water, and capable of resisting every species of atmospheric
influence. This facing may be made and applied in frost or rain, and
at any season.
The same material may be used for footways, flooring, &c., and in all
cases where flags or tiles are now employed.
In all cases the material employed, whether for 'flagging cornices or
architectural ornaments, or buildings generally, can be run in 'moulds
on the spot, or in the workshop. by a new process of instantaneous
operation.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT AND WELDING OF METALS BY CERTAIN CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Thomas at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st October 1852.
I, ALEXANDER THOMAS, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT AND WELDING OF METALS BY
CERTAIN CHEMICAL COMBINATIONS" to be as follows, that is to say:-
My Invention, which may be divided into three leading heads,
relates, firstly, to welding or uniting by a process of cementation sur-
faces either of cast steel simply, or of cast steel and of wrought iron, or
of cast steel and of sheet or rolled iron together, in such manner that
the mutual cohesion of the surfaces shall be as strong and complete as
is that of two faces of other metals welded together in the ordinary
manner without cementation; to effect which object I make use of a
certain chemical combination or combinations of borax, sal ammoniac,
prussiate of potash, and rosin; that is to say, I take the two surfaces of
cast steel and of wrought or rolled or sheet iron as aforesaid, and
cause the temperature of the metals to be raised to a red heat; I then

page_text: insert my chemical combination or combinations as aforesaid between
the surfaces to be joined, after which the process will be completed by
the contraction of the metals in cooling..
My Invention relates, secondly, to a mode of reviving the properties
of cast steel that would otherwise be rendered useless by its having
been once burned, which object is also effected by a certain combination
of the above-named substances.
My Invention relates, thirdly, to a mode of hardening cast steel so
as to make it equally efficacious with diamond for cutting glass or other
similar purposes; to attain which object I employ a combination of
gray china, sal ammoniac, gunpowder, soap, and prussiate of potash.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE BRIDGES OR PONTOONS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Frederick Parratt
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th December 1852.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK PARRATT, of Piccadilly, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE BRIDGES OR PONTOONS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of the employment of air-tight flexible
tubes, in combination with a system of cross bars; the air-tight
tubes giving buoyancy to the whole apparatus, and the system of
cross bars offering a roadway, or supports for a roadway.