AN IMPROVED MODE AND MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING CLOCKS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Elmes Parker-Rhodes, of 27, Somer-
leyton Road, Brixton, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, late of
H. M. Consular Service, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Charles Elmes Parker-
Rhodes at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition and Declaration, on the 16th January 1873, pursuant
to the 9th Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
ELMES PARKER-RHODES, of 27, Somerleyton Road, Brixton, in the
County of Surrey, Esquire, late of H. M. Consular Service, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE
AND MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING CLOCKS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," and have
petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto executors, administrators,

page_text: reflectors in metal, glass, or such other material to do the office of
reflector when and where necessary.
Seventh. To all things that are, can, or may be classed with clocks,
and publicly or otherwise exhibited, I do combine, adapt, and apply
the system above described and ascertained for the illumination of
public or other clocks, to all such things as. are, can, or may be with
clocks as herein mentioned.
The second part of my Invention is for the illumination of street
names and all other names of places and of localities, and consists
of-
First. Tablet or plate in metal, wood, or other material, transparent
or non-transparent.
Second. Such tablet or plate I perforate with the name of street,
place, or locality.
Third. Such tablet or plate being so perforated, I affix to the back
thereof clear or coloured glass, when and where necessary.
Fourth. Such tablet or plate with the name of street, place, or
locality perforated therein with or without clear or coloured glass, I
then affix in the manner required for public exhibition.
The third part of my Invention is for the illumination of professional,
and trade, and all business signs, and consists of the system described
and ascertained in the four paragraphs immediately preceding, for the
illumination of name of street, place, or locality; and which system I
do combine, adapt, and apply for the illumination of such professional,
and trade, and all business signs.
The fourth part of my Invention is for the illumination of the
numbers of houses or dwellings, and consists of the system described and
ascertained in the four paragraphs of the second part of my Invention
here above written for the illumination of name of street, place, or
locality, and which system I do combine, adapt, and apply for the
illumination of such numbers of houses or dwellings.
This Invention supplies a public want long felt, by providing means
whereby the dials, hands, and hours of all clocks, and of all things
that are, can, or may be classed with clocks; street names, and all other
names of places and of localities; professional and trade, 'and all

page_text: business signs; and the numbers of houses or dwellings shall be
distinctly visible at a long range or distance, at all times or in any
state of the atmosphere.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Elmes Parker-Rhodes,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of t
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.
CHARLES ELMES PARKER-RHODES. (L.S.)