A NEW AND IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING CANDLES
Year: 1814

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, JOBS WHITE,
of New Compton Street, Soho, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, sendeth
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, in and
by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-seventh day of December, in the fifty-fifth
year of His reign, for Himself, His heirs, and successors, did give and grant
unto me, the said John White, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said John White, my executors, administrators,
or assigns, by myself or themselves, or by my or their deputy or deputies,
servants or agents, or such others as I, the said John White, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter 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
"A NEW AND IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING CANDLES; " in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a provisoe, obliging me, the said Johu White, in
and by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Putent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereto had, will more fully and at large appeur.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said provisoc, I, the said
John White, do describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, as follows (that is to say):-

page_text: The moulds used by me for manufacturing my candles are a drawn or
hollow tube, made of copper, brass, or any other metal, the length and size
of the candle intended to be made, with the inside very true, bright, and
smooth, to which I add a top of the same metal, like any other mould for
candles. This takes off and on at pleasure. Through this top is a hole for the
cotton to pass; at the other end of the mould I slide a ferrell or ring about one
iuch on the mould, with a hole, the end of the said ferrell about three-eighths
of an inch over. My mould being thus complete, I plug up the hole at the
top of the mould. I then melt as much wax, spermacctis, tallow, or any other
inaterial or compound, fit for or adapted to the making candles, as is equal
to fill one-third of the mould, or any such quantity as may suit the fancy, and
when the material is poured into the mould in a fluid state, I immediately lay
the mould down lengthways on an even plane, such as a table, floor, or any even
or level surface, then roll it backwards, forwards, with the hand, or by means
of a machine, in a steady manner, or in a rotatory motion by placing under
the mould two straps at equal distances, and passing over a wheel placed at
each end of the plane, thus keeping the mould constantly going round until the
material inside the mould is fixed or congealed round the side of the mould.
Thus, a case or hollow cylinder will be formed from the fluid material, very
rue, and exactly the size, shape, and length of the mould. This case or cylin-
der, when discharged from the mould, forms the outside of the intended candle,
which may be cottoned and filled up at pleasure in the usual way, which forms
a regular candle. I can make any candles in all kinds of metal, glass, or
earthenware, but consider the drawn or hollow tube to be the most useful for
accuracy and convenience.
Additional remarks.-Candles manufactured by this means can be made to
look superior to wax, and vary in price according to quality, from a little more
than the price of tallow to two-thirds of the price of wax, and answer all the
purposes of wax candles, not requiring snuffing, afford equal or superior light
without having a greasy appearance, and acquire a fine high polish by friction
may be used in any weather or climate without losing its solidity, polish,
or beauty, and completely removes the disagreeable smell and feel arising from
the use of tallow candles.
In witness whereof, I, the said John White, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
JN° WHITE. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-seventh-day-of
February, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid John White came
before our Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifi-
cation 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 case made and provided.
Inrolled the same Twenty-seventh day of February. in the year above