AN IMPROVED MODE OF GIVING PUBLICITY
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Baptiste Clavières, of Paris, France,
and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Engineer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF GIVING PUBLICITY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Baptiste
Clavières at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 18th November 1853..
I, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAVIÈRES, of Paris, France, and of 4, South
St., Finsbury, London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF GIVING PUBLICITY" to be as
follows:
My Invention consists in constructing the tops of columns set on
the sides of streets, roads, and public places with semi-transparent
sides, for the purpose of rendering more distinct and intelligible
placards or advertisements placed thereon, which are also rendered
intelligible at night by the introduction of a light into the interior.
These columns are employed as urinaries.

page_text: The lower part of the accompanying Drawing shows that part of the
column constructed of iron or other materials. The upper part con-
sists of a strong framing, in which are fixed the semi-transparent
materials, either glass or waterproof stuff, for receiving the advertise-
ments or placards.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean Baptiste Clavières in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 18th May 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JEAN BAPTISTE CLAVIÈRES, of Paris, France, and of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said Jean Baptiste Clavières, Her
special license that I, the said Jean Baptiste Clavières, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jean
Baptiste Clavières, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF GIVING PUBLICITY," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jean Baptiste Clavières, by
an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jean Baptiste Clavières, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner

page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had
to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in constructing advertizing urinary columns,
to be set on the sides of streets, roads, and public places.
The accompanying Drawing shews the arrangement of the said
column, which may be of a square, round, or angular shape. The lower
part is suitably disposed as a urinal, or may be employed as stalls or
for other useful purposes; the upper part consists of a strong framing
divided into the required number of compartments, which are covered
with a transparent material, such as glass or waterproof tissue, on
which the advertizements or placards may either be painted or made to
adhere. The transparent sides and interior of the urinary chambers
are illuminated at night by the suitable adjustment of a gas or other
light in the upper part of the column.
And having now described the nature of my Invention, and the
manner of carrying out the same, I wish it to be understood that what
I claim is, the construction of advertizing urinary columns for giving
publicity by day and night, as herein-before described and referred to
in the Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Baptiste Clavières, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of May, in
. the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
four.
Witness,
Hr GILBEE.
J. B. CLAVIÈRES. (L.S.)

page_text: LONDON: Printed by GEORGE EDWARD EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE
Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1854.