New or Improved Compound to be Used for Preventing Damage by Insects, Keeping Off Mosquitoes, Leeches, Ticks, Fleas, Bugs, Lice, and Vermin of all Sorts, Curing Itch, Mange, and other Diseases caused by Animalculæ, and as a Disinfectant, Antiseptic, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 15th Jan.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Compound to be Used for Preventing Damage by
Insects, Keeping Off Mosquitoes, Leeches, Ticks, Fleas, Bugs,
Lice, and Vermin of all Sorts, Curing Itch, Mange, and other
Diseases caused by Animalculæ, and as a Disinfectant, Antiseptic,
and the like.
I, CECIL JOHN REGINALD LE MESURIER, of the Carnac Mills, Batticaloa, Ceylon,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved compound or composition,
to be used for preventing damage by insects, keeping off mosquitoes, leeches, ticks,
fleas, bugs, lice, and vermin of all kinds, curing itch, mange, and other diseases
caused by animalcule, and as a disinfectant, antiseptic, and the like.
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In order to put my invention in operation, I use as the basis of the compound
Citronella Oil," which I mix with petroleum in proportions which may be
varied more or less according to the purposes for which the compound is to be
used. For instance, I have found that two parts of Citronella oil with one
part of petroleum form a very effective and useful compound.
I do not, however, confine myself to the use of petroleum as the material to
be mixed with the citronella oil, as other oils or liquids with which it readily
mixes may be used. For instance, olive oil or other such oil may be used.
Citronella oil is very cheap and is largely exported from Ceylon and other
countries.
The compound is applied in the manner usual for such curative ointments or
disinfecting materials.
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A New or Improved Compound to be Used for Preventing Damage by
Insects, Keeping Off Mosquitoes,. Leeches, Ticks, Fleas, Bugs,
Lice, and Vermin of all Sorts, Curing Itch, Mange, and other
Diseases caused by Animalculæ, and as a Disinfectant, Antiseptic,
and the like.
I, CECIL JOHN REGINALD LE MESURIER, of the Carnac Mills, Batticaloa, Ceylon,
fanufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner

page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, that is to say:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved compound or composition,
to be used for preventing damage by insects, for keeping off mosquitoes, leeches, ticks,
fleas, bugs, lice, and vermin of all kinds, for curing itch, mange, and other diseases
caused by animalculæ, and as a disinfectant, antiseptic, and for alleviating the
pain and inconvenience of stings and bites, and the like.
4.
In order to put my invention in operation, I use as the basis of the compound
Citronella Oil," which I mix with petroleum in proportions which may be
varied more or less according to the purposes for which the compound is to be
used. For instance, I have found that two parts of Citronella oil with one
part of petroleum form a very effective and useful compound.
I do not however, confine myself to the use of petroleum as the material to
be mixed with the citronella oil, (which is the ingredient which gives its
efficacy to the mixture), as other oils or liquids with which it readily mixes
may be used. For instance, olive oil or other such oil may be used.
Citronella oil is very cheap and is largely exported from Ceylon and other
countries.
The compound is applied in the manner usual for such curative ointments or
disinfecting materials.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :---
The composition, consisting essentially of citronella oil, mixed with petroleum
or other oil or liquid with which the citronella oil is capable of readily mixing,
substantially in the manner, and for the purpose, described.
Dated this 7th day of December 1897.
EDWARDS & Co.,
65 and 66, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.