AN IMPROVED APPLICA- TION OF MATERIALS TO THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP
Year: 1845

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, DOMINIC
FRICK ALBERT, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Operative Chemist,
Doctor of Laws, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Seal Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-eighth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and forty-five, in the ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her
heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Dominic Frick
Albert, Her especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said Dominic Frick Albert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and
such others as I, the said Dominic Frick Albert, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England and Wales and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPLICA-
TION OF MATERIALS TO THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Dominic Frick Albert, shall
cause a a particular description of the nature of my said Invention; and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be enrolled in Her Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Dominic Frick Albert, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly
described and ascertained by the following -explanation thereof, that is to
say:―
My Invention consists in saponizing fresh gelatinous animal matters
obtained as offals from slaughtered animals. These offals comprise all such
refuse which are not already applied to any industrial purpose, and are
generally used as manure with the inorganic matters which they contain.
These fibrous tissues must be collected as soon as possible after their separation
from the body of the animal, their contents carefully washed out, and then
immersed in a trough or reservoir of cold water. A running water is by
far preferable; but where this advantage cannot be obtained, the water must be
changed twice a day. In summer, or when these substances are not quite
fresh, they should be scalded with hot water after their cleansing, and before
their immersion in cold water. The object of this maceration is to bleach
these matters, and also to facilitate their dissolution in the lees. A few days
sojourn in the water are sufficient to answer this desired double purpose.
When taken out for saponization, the water must be pressed out of these
matters, and for every seven pounds of animal substance one pound of liquid
caustic soda at thirty-five degrees Baumé is employed. These ingredients are
thrown together into the pan, which should either be heated with steam, or
great care taken during the boiling to avoid the carbonization of the animal
substance. After the saponization has taken place some, rosin dissolved in
caustic soda lees may be stirred into it to increase its lathering properties, and
a little proportion of any greasy substance added to it will reduce its gluey
nature before it is emptied into the forms, where the paste is to be "crutched"
till it begins to stiffen.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I desire it to be tinderstood that I claim,-
Firstly, the application, employment, or use of fresh animal gelatinous offals
to produce a soap instead of oil or grease; and,
Secondly, the preparation of these offals as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Dominic Frick Albert, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of December, in the
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
year of
DOMINIC FRICK (Ls.) ALBERT, LL.D.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Twenty-sixth day of
December, in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Dominic Frick Albert
came before our Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification 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 Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year above written.