A NEW METHOD OF APPLYING THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE OF A BODY MOVING IN A CURVE LINE TO THE MOVING OF ALL THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULICAL ENGINES OR INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE NOW IN VSE OR THAT MAY HEREAFTER BE INVENTED, BY THE APPLICATION OF WHICH POWER THE EFFECTS OF ALL THE AFORESAID ENGINES WILL BE RENDERED MUCH GREATER, AND WITHALL LESSE EXPENSIVE, THEN THEY ARE AT PRESENT
Year: 1729

page_text: presents shall come, greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved FRANCIS HANKSBEE, of our city of
London, Esquire, hath by his petition humbly represented vnto vs that he hath,
with great study, labour, and expence, invented and brought to perfeccon "A
NEW METHOD OF APPLYING THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE OF A BODY MOVING IN A
CURVE LINE TO THE MOVING OF ALL THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MECHANICAL AND
HYDRAULICAL ENGINES OR INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE NOW IN VSE OR THAT MAY
HEREAFTER BE INVENTED, BY THE APPLICATION OF WHICH POWER THE EFFECTS OF
ALL THE AFORESAID ENGINES WILL BE RENDERED MUCH GREATER, AND WITHALL
LESSE EXPENSIVE, THEN THEY ARE AT PRESENT," and that the said Invention
of applying the centrifugal force of a body moveing in a curve line to the
moving of all the various kinds of mechanical and hydraulical engines or
instruments as aforesaid, is entirely new, and has not hitherto been vsed or
practised in our kingdom of Great Britain, and will (when put into practice)
not only greatly tend to the benefit and advantage of our whole kingdom in
general, but also in particular of all persons who are concerned in the
working and draining of mines, mineral or metaline manufactures, the
draining of fenny lande, or the raising of water for the service of cities,
towns, &c.; and having humbly prayed vs, in regard he is the first inventor
and introducer of the said Invention into publick practice, to grant vnto him
our Royal Letters Patents for the sole vse and benefit of his said Invention of

page_text: a new method of applying the centrifugal force of a body moveing in &
curve line to moving of all the various kinds of mechanical and hydraulical
engines or instruments which are now in vsc or that may hereafter be
invented, wee, being willing to give encouragement to all arts and inventions
that may be for the publick vse and benefit, are gratiously pleased to gratifye
him in his request.
KNOW YEE THEREFORE, that wee, of our especial grace, certain know-
ledge, and meer močon, have given and granted, and by these presents, for vs,
our heires and successors, do give and grant vnto the said Francis Hanksbee,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, our especial lycence, full power,
sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Francis Hanksbee, his execu-
tors, administrators, and assigues, and every of them, by himselfo and them-
selves, or by his and their deputy and deputies, servants or agents, or such
others as he, the said Francis Hanksbee, his executors, administrators, or
assignes, shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of yeares herein expressed, shall and lawfully may
exercise, work, vse, and enioy, within that part of our kingdom of Great
Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-vpon-
Tweed, his said Invenčon of a new method of applying the centrifugal force
of a body moving in a curve line to the moving of all the various kinds of
mechanical and bydraulical engines or instrument which are now in vse or
that may hereafter be invented, and that he, the said Francis Hanksbee, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and lawfully may have and enioy
the whole profit, benefit, comodity, and advantage from time to time coming,
growing, accrewing, and arising by reason of the said Invenčon for and during
the term of years herein menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and enioy the said
lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages herein-before granted, or menconed
to be granted, vnto the said Francis Hanksbee, his executors, administrators,
and assignes, for and during and vnto the full end and terme of fourteen years
from the date of these presents next and immediately ensueing, and fully to be
compleat and ended according to the compleat and ended according to the
statute in such case made and provided. And to the end that the said
Francis Hanksbee, his executors, administrators and assignes, and every of
them, may have and enioy the full benofit and the solo vse and exercise of the
said Invenĉon, according to our gratious intencon herein-before declared, wee
do by these presents for vs, our heires and successors, require and strictly
command all and every persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other
our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condition
soever they be, within that said part of our kingdom of Great Britain called

page_text: England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid,
that neither they or any of them, at any time during the continuance of the
said term of fourteen yeares hereby granted, either direcly or indirectly do
make, vse, or put in practice the said Invention, or any part of the same, so
attained vato by the said Francis Hanksbee as aforesaid, nor in anywise
counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make, or cause to be
made, any addition thereunto or substracčon from the same, whereby to
pretend himselfe or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors
thereof, without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said Francis
Hanksbee, his executors, administrators, or assignes, in writing vnder his or
their hands and seales, first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such
pains and penalties as can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their
contempt of this our royal comand; and further, to be answerable to the
said Francis Hanksbee, his executors, administrators, and assignes, according
to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned. And, moreover, wee
do by these presents for vs, our heires and successors, will and comand all and
singular the iustices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, head-
boroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heirs and
successors, for the time being being, that they, or any of them, do not nor
shall, at any time hereafter during the shid term hereby granted, in anywise
molest, trouble, or hinder the said Francis Hanksbee, his executors, adminis-
trators, or assignes, or any of them, or his or their deputies, servants, or
agente, in or about the due and lawfull vse or exercise of the aforesaid
Invention, or anything relating thereto; Provided always, and these our
Letters Patents are and shall be vpon this condition, that if at any time during
the said terme hereby granted it shall be made appeare to vs, our heires or
successors, or any six or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our
grant is contrary to law or preiudicial or inconvenient to our subiects in
general, or that the said Invencon is not a new invenčon as to the publick vse
and exercise thereof in that said part of our kingdome of Great Britain
called England, our dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed
aforesaid, or not invented and found out by the said Francis Hanksbee as
aforesaid, then vpon significačon and declaration thereof, 'to be made by vs, our
heires or successors, vnder our or their signet or privy seal, or by the lords
and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six or more of them, vnder
their hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith cease, determine, and
be vtterly void to all intents and purposes, anything herein-before contained to
the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding; provided also, that these our
Letters Patents or anything herein contained, shall not extend or be construed

page_text: to extend to give priviledge vnto the said Francis Hanksbee, bis executors,
administrators, or assignes, or any of them, to vse or imitate any invention or
work whatsoever, which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any
other of our subiect whatsoever, and publickly vsed or exercised in that
said part of our said kingdom of Great Britain called England, our dominion
of Wales, or town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed aforesaid, vnto whom like Letters
Patent or priviledges have been already granted for the sole vse, exercise,
and benefit thereof, it being our will and pleasure that the said Francis
Hanksbee, his executors, administrators, and assignes, and all and every other
person and persons to whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been
already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly vse and practice their several
inventions by them invented and found out according to the true intent and
meaning of the same respective Letters Patents and of these presente;
provided likewise nevertheless, and these our Letters Patente are vpon this
express condition, that if the said Francis Hanksbee, his executors or adminis-
trators, or any person or persons which shall or may at any time or times
hereafter during the continuance of this grant, have or claime any right, title,
or interest in law or equity of, in, or to the power, priviledge, and authority of
the sole vse and benefit of the said Invenčon hereby granted, shall make any
transferr or assignement, or any pretended transferr or assignment of the said
liberty and priviledge, or any share or shares of the benefit or profit thereof, or
shall declare any trust thereof to or for any number of persons exceeding the
number of five, or shall open or cause to be opened any book or books for
publick subscriptions to be made by any number of persons exceeding the
number of five, in order to the raising any sume or sumes of money vnder
pretence of carrying on the said liberty or priviledge hereby granted, or
shall by him or themselves, or his or their agents or servants, receive any
sume or sumes of money whatsoever of any number of persons exceeding in
the whole the number of five for such or the like intents or purposes, or shall
presume to act as a corporate body, or shall divide the benefit of these our
Letters Patents, or the liberty and priviledges hereby by vs granted, into any
number of shares exceeding the number of five, or shall cōmitt or do or
procure to be cōmitted or done, any act, matter, or thing whatsoever during
such time as such person shall have any right or title either in law or equity
in or to the said premisses which would be contrary to the true intent and
meaning of a certain Act of Parliament made in the sixth year of the reign of
our late royal father King George the First, intitituld (An-Act for the better
securing certain powers and priviledges intended to be granted by His Maiestie
by two charters for assurance of ships and merchandizes at sea, and for

page_text: lending vpon bottomry, and for restraining several extravagant and vnwarrant-
able practices therein menconed), if these our Letters Patents had not been
granted, or in case the said power, privilege, or authority shall at any time
hereafter become vested in or in trust for more than the number of five
persons, or their representatives at any one time (reckoning executors or
administrators as and for the single person whom they represent as to such
interest as they are or shall be intituled to in right of such their testator or
intestate) that then and in any the said cases, these, our Letters Patents and
all liberties, priviledges and advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall
vtterly cease, determine, and become void, anything herein-before contained
to the contrary thereof, in anywise notwithstanding. And lastly, wee do by
these presente for vs, our heires and successors, grant vnto the said Francis
Hanksbee, his executors, administrators, and assignes, that these our Letters
Patent or the inrollment or exemplificačon thereof, shall be in and by all
things good, firme, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law, according to the
true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged
in the most favourable and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of the said
Francis Hanksbee, his executors, administrators, and assignes, as well in all
courts of record as elswhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers
whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, in that part of our said kingdom
of Great Britain called England, our dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-
vpon-Tweed aforesaid, and amongst all and every the subiect of vs, our
heirs and successors whatsoever and wheresoever. Notwithstanding the not
full and certain describing the nature or quality of the said Invention or of
the materials thereto conducing and belonging.
In witnesse, &c. Witnesse our selfe at Westminster, the Sixteenth day