A MACHINE THAT GIVES EXACTLY THE WAY A SHIP MAKES, AND COUNTS HER LEEWAY, THAT TELLS WHAT SPEED THE WINDS BLOW, AND PROVES THE DIFFERENT FORCE OF CURRENT IN ANY DEPTH, AS ALSO A MACHINE THAT WILL RETARD THE SHIP'S DRIVING UPON A LEE SHOAR WHERE THERE IS NO ANCHORIDGE, OR BEING FORCED BACK IN HER VOYAGE BY CONTRARY WINDS
Year: 1731

page_text: presents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS GEORGE REYNOLDSON, of the parish of St. Helen's, in our city
of York, Vpholsterer, hath by his peticon humbly represented unto vs, that he
hath by his long study, application, and expence found out and invented "A
MACHINE THAT GIVES EXACTLY THE WAY A SHIP MAKES, AND COUNTS HER LEEWAY,
THAT TELLS WHAT SPEED THE WINDS BLOW, AND PROVES THE DIFFERENT FORCE OF
CURRENT IN ANY DEPTH, AS ALSO A MACHINE THAT WILL RETARD THE SHIP'S DRIVING
UPON A LEE SHOAR WHERE THERE IS NO ANCHORIDGE, OR BEING FORCED BACK IN HER
VOYAGE BY CONTRARY WINDS;" that in regard the petičoner is the first and
sole inventor thereof, and that the machines are new and have not been
hitherto used in Great Britain but by himself only, he hath therefore most
humbly prayed vs, in regard to his great industry and expence in inventing and
perfecting the said machines, and the advantage that by means thereof will
accrew to the publick, to grant him our Royal Letters Patent for the sole use
and benefitt of the said Inventions for the term of fourteen years, wee, being
willing to give encouragement to all arts & inventions which may be for
the publick vse and benefit, are graciously pleased to gratify him in his
request.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, of our especial grace, certain
knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these psents,
for vs, our heires and successors, do give and grant unto the said George

page_text: Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, our especial lycence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that he, the said George Reynoldson,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by himself or them-
selves, or by bis and their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such others
as he, the said George Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
hereafter, shall and lawfully may make, vse, and exercise his said Invencons
of a machine that gives exactly the way a ship makes, and counts her leeway,
that tells what speed the winds blow, and proves the different force of current
in any depth, and also of his said machine that will retard a ship's driving upon
a lee shore where there is no anchoridge, or being forced back in her voyage by
contrary winds, as above described, within that part of our said kingdom of Great
Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, in such manner as to him, the said George Reynoldson, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, or any of them, shall in their discretions seem
meet, and that he, the said George Reynoldson, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, shall and lawfully may have and enioy the whole profit, cōmodity,
benefit, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and
arising by reason of the said Invenčons, for and during the term of years herein
mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers,
priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted or mentioned to be granted
unto the said George Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, and assignes,
for and during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date
of these presents next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and
ended, according to the statute in such case made and provided. And to the end
that the said George Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and
every of them, may have and enioy the full benefit and the sole vse and exercise
of the said Inventions, according to our gracious intention herein-before declared,
wee do by these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
comand all and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all
other our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condition
soever they be, within that said part of our kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid,
that neither they or any of them, at any time during the continuance of the
said term of fourteen years hereby granted, either directly or indirectly, do
make, vse, or putt in practice the said Inventions, or any part of the same, so
attained unto by the said George Reynoldson, as aforesaid, nor in anywise
counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make, or cause to be
made, any addition thereunto, or substraction from the same, whereby to

page_text: pretend himself or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors
thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said George
Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing under his
or their hands and seals, first had and obteined in that behalf, vpon such pains
and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their
contempt of this our royal comand, and further to be answerable to the said
George Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according to
law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And morcover wee do by
these presents, for vs, our heires and successors, will and command all and
singular the iustices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and
successors, for the time being, that they or any of them do not nor shall, at any
time hereafter during the said term hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble,
or hinder the said George Reynoldson, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, or any of them, or his or their deputies, servants, or agents, in
or about the due and lawful vse or exercise of the aforesaid Inventions, or any-
thing relating thereto. Provided always, and these our Letters Patents are
and shall be upon this condition, that if at any time during the said term
hereby granted it shall be made appear to vs, our heires or successors, or
any six or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our grant is contrary to
law, or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects in generall, or that the said
Inventions are not new inventions as to the publick vse and exercise thereof in
that said part of our kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion
of Wales, or town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, or not invented and
found out by the said George Reynoldson, as aforesaid, then upon signification
or declaration thereof, to be made by vs, our heires or successors, or by the
lords and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six or more of them,
under their hands, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine,
and be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before
conteined to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. Provided also,
that these our Letters Patents, or anything herein conteined, shall not extend
or be construed to extend to give priviledge unto the said George Reynoldson,
his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any
invention or work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or invented
by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly used or exercised in that
said part our kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales,
or town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, unto whom like Letters Patents
or priviledges have been already granted for the sole use, exercise, and beenfit
thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said George Reynoldson, his

page_text: exccutors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every other person or
persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already granted
as aforesaid, shall distinctly use and practice their severall inventions by then
invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same
respective Letters Patents and of these presents. Provided likewise, neverthe-
less, and these our Letters Patents are upon this express condition, that if the
said George Reynoldson, his executors or administrators, or any person or
persons which shall or may at any time or times hereafter, during the con-
tinuance of this grant, have or claim any right, title, or interest, in law or
equity, of, in, or to the power, priviledge, and authority of the sole vse aud
benefit of the said Inventions hereby granted, shall make any transfer or
assignment, or any pretended transfer or assignment of the said liberty and
priviledge, or any share or shares of the benefit or profit thereof, or shall
declare any trust thereof to or for any number of persons exceeding the number
of five, or shall open or cause to be opened any book or books for publick
subscriptions, to be made by any number of persons exceeding the number of
five, in order to the raising any sume or sumes of money under pretence of
carrying on the said liberty or priviledge hereby granted, or shall by him or
themselves, or his or their agents or servants, receive any sume or sumes of
money whatsoever of any number of persons exceeding in the whole the
number of five, for such or the like intents or purposes, or shall presume to act
as a corporate body, or shall divide the benefit of these our Letters Patents,
or the liberty and priviledges hereby by vs granted, into any number of shares
exceeding the number of five, or shall comit or do, or procure to be comitted
or done, any act, matter, or thing whatsoever during such time as such person
or persons shall have right or title, either in law or equity, in or to the said
premisses which would be contrary to the true intent and meaning of a certain
Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reigne of our late Royal
Father King George the First, intituled [an Act for the better securing certain
powers and priviledges intended to be granted by His Maiesty by two charters
for assurance of ships and merchandizes at sea, and for lending money upon
bottomry, and for restraining severall extravagant and unwarrantable practices
therein menconed], if these our Letters Patents had not been granted, or in
case the said power, priviledge, or authority shall at any time hereafter become
vested or in trust for more than the number of five persons or their repre-
scutatives at any one time (reckoning executors or administrators as and for
the single person whom they represent as to such interest as they are or shall
be intituled to in right of such their testator or intestate), that then and in any
of the said cases these our Letters Patents, and all liberties, priviledges, and

page_text: advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall vtterly cease, determine, and
become void, anything herein-before conteined to the contrary thereof in any-
wise notwithstanding. And, lastly, wee do by these presents, for vs, our heires
and successors, grant unto the said George Reynoldson, his executors, adminis-
trators, and assignes, that these our Letters Patents, or the inrollment or
exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient,
and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and
shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable and beneficial
sence for the best advantage of the said George Reynoldson, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, as well in all our courts of record as elsewhere,
and by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heirs and
successors, in that part of our said kingdom of Great Britain called England,
our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid, and
amongst all and every the subiects of vs, our heires and successors, what-
soever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing
the nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the materialls thereto con-
ducing and belonging.
In witness Se 1X7:
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