IMPROVEMENTS IN. THE DISTILLING OF TURPENTINE AND TAR, AND RECTIFYING VOLATILE SPIRITS AND OILS
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
OXLEY ENGLISH, of Kingston upon Hull, Distiller, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date, at
Westminster, the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the eighth year of Her,
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Oxley English, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said William Oxley English, my exors, admors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Oxley English, my exors,
adiňors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should.
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN.
THE DISTILLING OF TURPENTINE AND TAR, AND RECTIFYING VOLATILE SPIRITS AND
OILS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said
William Oxley English, shall 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 Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said said in part recited

page_text: Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Oxley English, do hereby declare that the nature of my said In-
vention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following description thereof (that is
to say):
My Invention consists,
First, in distilling turpentine and tar at a low temperature;
And, secondly, in rectifying the spirits from turpentine and tar, and other
volatile spirits and essential oils, at a low temperature.
But in order that the Invention may be more clearly understood, I will
Invention:-
proceed to describe the means pursued by me for carrying out my
When distilling turpentine or tar I place a quantity in an ordinary retort,
having a worm and receiver attached thereto, and I apply an air pump for
the purpose of exhausting from such retort the atmospheric pressure. This air
pump may be applied either at the top of the retort or to the receiver, which-
ever is most convenient, and it will be found, in working, that the spirit will
flow over at a lower temperature than when distilling according to the ordi-
nary plan. In rectifying spirits and oils I apply the air pump to the most
convenient part of the apparatus for the purpose of exhausting the atmospheric
pressure from the spirits under operation, from which the same advantage will
arise as when distilling.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not claim distilling
generally where the atmospheric pressure is withdrawn from the vessel in
which the distillation takes place, nor do I confine myself to the precise
details herein described, or to the means of drawing off the atmospheric air, as
other means may be employed for that purpose; but what I claim is,
First, the distilling turpentine and tar when the atmospheric pressure is
withdrawn from the apparatus in which the distillation takes place.
And, secondly, I claim the rectifying volatile spirits and oils in apparatus
with the atmospheric pressure drawn therefrom.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Oxley English, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
WILLIAM OXLEY (L.S.) ENGLISH.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-fourth day of May,
in the year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid William Oxley English came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifi-
cation aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in
form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-five.