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IMPROVEMENTS IN BONNETS
Year: 1858

page_text: ROLEGO
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Frederick Parke and James
Briant at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 22nd May 1858.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK PARKE, of Lower Smith St., Clerkenwell, Engraver,
& I, JAMES BRIANT, of Curtain Road, Bedding Manufacturer, both in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BONNETS," to be as follows:-
Our improvements in bonnets are represented in the annexed Sheet of
Drawings, & consist in forming the bonnet shape or bonnet of the form and
as shown, composed of the several pieces which give it that form. The body
of the bonnet consists of four pieces, two of which a, a', form the head piece,
& b, b', which form the sides; the pieces a & a are cut of such form that
when united at the line 1, 1, 1, they retain the form represented. The sides
are cut of a form to correspond, & are united on lines 2, 2, 2, & 21, 21, 21,
so as to splay or set as also represented. The pieces c & c' form the curtain
of the bonnet, which may be of other forms & ornamented to suit the taste of
the wearer. The body of the bonnet, which may be further wired or other-
wise strengthened if necessary, may also be trimmed or ornamented as
required, the Drawing merely showing the outline of the article.

page_text: The several principal parts of the bonnet above indicated may be made of
any suitable material, & may be subdivided into smaller pieces if necessary, so
long as the principal features above described and represented in the Drawing
be retained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING HORSE-SHOE NAILS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lemuel Dow Owen at the Office
Petition, on the 24th
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
December 1858.-A communication.
I, LEMUEL DOW OWEN, of No. 192, Tottenham Court Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING HORSE-SHOE NAILS," to be as follows:-
They consist of a machine or apparatus having suitable framework with a
shaft of proper strength and material hung thereon. On that shaft I have an
excentric, which may be made self-adjusting, and to such excentric I attach a
chilled roller or roller of hardened steel or other suitable material; on each revo-
lution of the shaft the hardened roller is made to hammer or strike the nail rod or
iron a drawing or sliding blow from the head towards the point, such nail rod
having been passed in a red-hot state between the two dies, and before the
roller has made another revolution to give another such blow one of the dies,
which is moveable, is by means of an excentric or cam caused to strike or
hammer such nail sideways or horizontally, the other die, which is fixed, acting
as a block or anvil for the purpose; the shaft may, if desired, be arranged to
move forwards and backwards, or to be stationary. The nail rod is made to
pass through a holder, which has a kind of jigger motion to prevent scales
forming on the nail rod, and I guage the required length of nail rod by means
of a spring or other suitable contrivance attached to or connected with such
holder;
the holder and nail rod is then drawn back by means of cams or other
convenient arrangement, and when the nail is formed it is cut off and finished

page_text: at each end if necessary. In some cases I make both the dies moveable, and
in some cases, instead of employing the excentric and roller, as before mentioned,
I arrange a hammer in such a way as to give the drawing or sliding blow
required.
The details of the said Invention may of course be varied without departing
from the nature of the said Invention, and I claim the right to do so
accordingly.
AN ADJUSTABLE TORSION SPRING FOR DOORS OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Dowler and Thomas Tertius
Chellingworth at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 21st September 1858.
We, GEORGE DOWLER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, and THOMAS TERTIUS CHELLINGWORTH, of West Bromwich, in the
County of Stafford, Civil and Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN ADJUSTABLE TORSION SPRING FOR DOORS
OR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in applying a rod of steel, attached at one end to a
bracket, (preferably of brass or iron,) fixed to the door post or frame; the other
end is fixed to a similar bracket, attached to the door (supposing, for example,
that a door is the object to which it is applied); when the door is opened the
steel rod is twisted, the said twist acting as a spring. At the end of the rod
that is fixed to the bracket attached to the door frame or post is a small wheel
or round nut, with notches filed, cast, or formed in it, and a catch is attached
to the bracket which fits into any of the notches on such wheel or nut. A
key or handle fits the end of the rod filed square for the purpose. The torsion
on the rod (and therefore the strength of the spring) may be increased at
pleasure by means of the key or handle, and it is kept in place by the catch
fitting into the notches on the nut.
ORNAMENTING BOAS, VICTORINES, AND MUFFS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerhard Ostermoor at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th September
1858.
I, GERHARD OSTERMOOR, of 37, Basinghall Street, London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "ORNAMENTING BOAS, VICTORINES,
AND MUFFS," to be as follows:-
The ornamentation of the said articles, made of velvet or plush, is executed
by pressing or embossing figures, ornaments, or devices on them in the
ordinary manner; or I perform the same during the process of printing or
weaving, by printing the figures on them, or weaving them in during their
manufacture. All I wish to claim is the ornamentation of the said articles
either during their manufacture or afterwards.
MAKING TUNGSTIC ACID & CERTAIN OF ITS SALTS, AND FOR USING THE SAME TO DECOLOR ACETIC ACID & ITS COMPOUNDS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis Gybbon Spilsbury at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
June 1858.
I, FRANCIS GYBBON SPILSBURY, of Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "MAKING
TUNGSTIC ACID & CERTAIN OF ITS SALTS, AND FOR USING THE SAME TO DECOLOR
ACETIC ACID & ITS COMPOUNDS," to be as follows:-
I take wolfram or ores of tin containing wolfram, & mix it with bisulphate
of soda or potash, or with a mixture of sulphate of soda or potash and sulphuric
acid, or with a mixture of muriate of soda or potash and sulphuric acid,
and subject the same to a red heat until the wolfram is separated into tungstic
acid & sulphates of iron & manganese.
I decolor acetic acid by boiling a solution of colored acetate of lime or
lead with tungstic acid, whereby the coloring matter is precipitated with the
tungstate of lime or lead, and acetic acid is left in solution. I then combine
the acetic acid with oxide of lead or barytes, & precipitate with tungstate
of soda, whereby I obtain tungstate of lead or barytes & pure acetate of
soda.
I prepare tungstate of soda or potash by boiling wolfram or tin ores con-
taining wolfram under pressure in solutions of caustic soda or potash.
I also decolor acetate of lime or lead by adding tungstate of soda to their
respective solutions.

page_text: Lastly, I obtain tungstate of-lead, barytes, strontian, or lime, by boiling
their respective sulphates or carbonates with or without pressure in a solution
of tungstate of soda or potash, or by heating in a furnace either of the above
sulphates or carbonates, previously, ground, with dry tungstate of soda or
potash, or dry tungstic acid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GASALIERS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Allardice and William
Miller at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 17th June 1858.
We, JOHN ALLARDICE, Brassfounder and Chandelier Manufacturer, of
Glasgow, and WILLIAM MILLER, Manufacturer, of Blantyre, both places in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN GASALIERS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in constructing pendant gasaliers, of either the fixed
kind, such as chystal gasaliers used in drawing-rooms, or the sliding kind,
such as the commoner bronze gasaliers, with a sliding tube bearing one or
more additional burners, and admitting of such additional burner or burners
being brought down considerably below the level of the main burners, so as
to afford a stronger local light at a level convenient for reading or other
occupation. Such sliding tube is never detached from the gasalier, but is
thrust up inside the centre tube of the gasalier when out of use, so that no
escape of gas can take place as with tubes which are made to be detached
from the gasalier. In a modification of the contrivance suitable for crystal
gasaliers, a sliding tube with two additional burners may be arranged to be
entirely concealed within the crystal ornaments when out of use, the burner
brauces being made to fold up, so as to occupy a very small space. These
burner branches may also be contrived, so that the turning of them up or
down admits the gas to the burner or, shuts it off, additional stop-cocks being
thereby rendered unnecessary.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND INDICATING THE HEIGHT OF WATER IN STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.).
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Charles Hill at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th June
1858.
I, JAMES CHARLES HILL, of Wildon Iron Works, near Abergavenny, in the
County of Monmouth, Iron Master, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND INDICATING THE
HEIGHT OF WATER IN STEAM BOILERS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improved apparatus for ascertaining and indicating the
height of water in steam boilers, relates to an arrangement of mechanism,
whereby the alteration in the level of the water in a boiler is, by means of a
float, made to act on a valve or valves in a steam pipe, on which are mounted
whistles or audible signals, whereby the attention of the attendant is drawn to
the apparatus and boiler when there is any want of water in the boiler.
In carrying out my Invention, I connect the float in the boiler by means of
a rod and chain, cord or band, to a balance wheel, which is provided on the
opposite side with a counterbalance weight. This wheel is fixed on a spindle
which is mounted in bearings in the fork of a vertical steam pipe, and is
perforated transversely like the spigot of a cock, so that when the hole in the
spindle is brought opposite to the bore of the steam pipe, steam will be allowed
to pass through it to the steam whistles or audible signals beyond.

page_text: It will be understood that as the float in the boiler is connected to the
balance wheel, and the latter is secured to its spindle, the wheel and spindle
will be constantly moving in their bearings, according to the alterations of the
level of the water in the boiler. The transverse perforations of the spindle of
the balance wheel are so arranged as to admit of the passage of steam through
them when the water either sinks by evaporation, or rises by supply from
without to given levels or points. In addition to the steam whistles or audible
signals above referred to, a visible indicator may be adapted to the vibrating
balance wheel. This visible indicator may either consist of an index or pointer
attached to and made to vibrate with the wheel in front of a fixed card or
plate, or a plate with the letters H and L; or other suitable marks to indicate
high or low water in the boiler, may be attached to the upper part of the
vibrating wheel, and by moving behind a fixed index or pointer, will indicate
the height of the water in the boiler. In order to prevent the indicator from
being tampered with, a glass plate is placed in front thereof, and as the
attendant cannot, without running the risk of breaking the glass, put a wedge
between the glass and the vibrating plate, for the purpose of stopping the
latter, it follows that the indicator must be left free to work.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN FIBE-ARMS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Suares at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th June
1858. A communication from Victor Collette, of Liege, in the Kingdom
of Belgium.
I, GEORGE SUARES, of Number One, Cullum Street, Fenchurch Street, in
the City of London, Merchant, do hereby declaro the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN FIBE-ARMS," to be as follows, that is
to say:
The Invention consists in constructing fire-arms in such manner as to be
capable of firing eighteen or more shots in succession, in an extremely small
period of time, the arrangements at the same time being such as to admit of
great facility and rapidity in the handling and loading.
These arrangements consist of a tube at the top of the barrel for containing
the projectiles or loaded balls, and conducting them to a chamber which may
be made to form a continuation of the connecting tube, and from which
chamber the charge is placed in the breach of the barrel of the fire-arm, and
discharged in rapid succession by suitable arrangements for that purpose.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Walton Mellor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
January 1858.
I, THOMAS WALTON MELLOR, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS,"
to be as follows:-
The apparatus consists in an arrangement of two cylinders, each being
provided with a piston and piston rod; at the upper end of each rod is secured
a horizontal parallel slide in which works the pin or stud of a crank secured
at each end of a horizontal shaft; extending between the two cylinders upon
this shaft, near the centre of its length, is situated a toothed wheel actuating
any suitable arrangement of registering and indicating apparatus, the position
of the pistons and cranks being so arranged that one may assist the other in
passing the top and bottom centres. The cylinders are each furnished at one
side with a chamber in which suitable valves are situated for directing the
water through "ports" or passages communicating with the cylinders above
and beneath the pistons, such valves being worked by excentrics upon the_
crank shaft. The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The water being
admitted beneath the pistons from the main supply pipes by means of the
valves causes the pistons to rise, one being slightly in advance, and by turning
the crank shaft, and thus actuating the registering apparatus, the quantity

page_text: admitted is ascertained and indicated upon dials provided for the purpose; then
one of the valves (being moved) opens the lower discharge "port" of one
cylinder and allows the water to escape until the other cylinder is full; the
valve of the first then opens and admits the water to the upper end of the
cylinder, and thus the double action of the two pistons is continued, causing
the continuous revolution of the crank shaft and registration of the quantity
the water passing into and out of the cylinders.
A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURE OF PASTEBOARD AND CARDBOARD
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Shaw at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd August
1858.
I, JOHN SHAW, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A MACHINE FOR
MANUFACTURE OF PASTEBOARD AND CARDBOARD," to be as follows:-
The pasteboard or cardboard to be manufactured by this machine will
consist of the uniting and compressing together of any number of sheets of
paper by the means of wooden or metal rollers, and glutinous or other adhesive
substances, which substances are applied to the paper by the action of the
machine, and by which action the air between each sheet of paper is expressed
therefrom while the same is being converted or manufactured into pasteboard
or cardboard.
A METHOD OF PREPARING PAPER, IN ORDER TO RENDER IT WATERPROOF AND ADAPTED FOR THE RECEPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alonzo Gaylord Grant at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
June 1858.
I, ALONZO GAYLORD GRANT, of New York, in the United States of America,
Photographic Artist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A METHOD OF PREPARING PAPER, IN ORDER TO RENDER IT WATERPROOF AND
ADAPTED FOR THE RECEPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES," to be as follows:-
I take paper with or without size, giving preference, however, to that in
which little or no size has been used, and dip it in or coat or impregnate it
with a composition of the following materials:-Asphalte, oil, turpentine,
Canada balsam, caoutchouc, gum lac, and white wax, with or without the
addition of chloroform. I mention these materials as forming the best
composition, but any of their equivalents or materials, when mixed with others
having the same effects, may be substituted for any one or more of the
ingredients before named. The paper, coated or impregnated, may or may not
be passed through rolls, and whether passed through rolls or not it is next
placed in an oven or drying chamber, wherein the heat is raised to a point
just below that at which the material will ignite, where it remains until it is
perfectly dry; after drying, the paper or material prepared as above described
When to be employed for photographic purposes, it receives
any of the usual preparations employed in the art to render it sensitive.
IMPROVED PORTABLE MEDICAL AND HYGIENIC GYMNASTIC APPARATUS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Léonor Liétout at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
May 1858.
I, ALFRED LEONOR LIETOUT, of Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED PORTABLE MEDICAL AND
HYGIENIC GYMNASTIC APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a portable gymnical apparatus which can be used
in drawing rooms, parks, or other places. This apparatus consists of a
foundation bed or frame, on which four uprights or standards are placed,
these four uprights serve as a support for all the ordinary parts used for
gymnastic purposes, comprising a ladder placed at the side, an arm chair for
straightening the body, a pulley or tackle for raising weights, a rope ladder
with knots, rounds, blocks, &c., a horizontal bar, a swing bar, a horse, &c.
The whole apparatus is arranged so as to be capable of disconnecting,
folding up, and placing in a case. In order to mount it, it is merely necessary
to join the pieces and place it on a level surface.
ROLLING STEEL, IRON, AND OTHER METALS, AND ALSO FOR TILTING THE SAME FOR CUTLERY AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Mottram, John Edwards,
and Joseph Mitchell, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 27th January 1858.
We, THOMAS MOTTRAM, JOHN EDWARDS, and JOSEPH MITCHELL, in the
County of York, Engineers, Rollers, and Cutlers, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "ROLLING STEEL, IRON, AND OTHER METALS, AND ALSO
FOR TILTING THE SAME FOR CUTLERY AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
That our Invention consists in rolling steel, iron, and other metals for
cutlery and other purposess, instead of being forged as in the way now in use.
The roller or rollers to be so cut, fluted, or bevelled as to form the steel,
iron, or other metal of the required shape, and afterwards to be cut into
proper lengths for table knives, butcher knives, bowie knives; for knives usually
made for cutting cane in the manufacture of sugar, cotton, and other foreign
produce, also for razors & scythes, and for other implements for farming pur-
posess, and for swords, bayonets, and other implements of war, for which this
Invention of rolling of steel, iron, and other metals can supersede the usual
methods of forging.
THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN MATERIALS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Price Simcox at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
January 1858.
I, GEORGE PRICE SIMCOX, of Hendham Vale Works, Harpurhey, near
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Carpet Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN
MATERIALS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARPETS," to be as follows:-
In all kinds of carpets, whether Brussels, tapestry, Venetian, or other
descriptions where worsted has been hitherto used as the warp or pile threads,
I
propose to introduce cotton for the same purpose, the same to be made of a
soft description.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN INDEX AND JACQUARD MACHINES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Brown at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th November
1858.
I, JOHN BROWN, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Iron
Founder and Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN INDEX AND JACQUARD MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
The object of my improvements is to dispense with the weights and springs
hitherto required in index and jacquard machines to draw down the healds or
harness. In performing my Invention I make use of two grifes, one of
which raises the hooks up and the other depresses them. These grifes act
upon a double hook of an improved shape, or upon two hooks of the usual
shape; the hooks are connected to top and bottom jacks. The top grife, by
which the hooks are depressed, is worked from the side links described in the
Specification of Letters Patent granted to the within-named John Brown and
John Adin in Oue thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, or by any other
suitable machinery. Various modifications may be made in the machinery
for raising and lowering the hooks, but the novelty of my Invention consists
in depressing part of the hooks to form part of the shed, by which improve-
ments the weights and springs above referred to are dispensed with.
Another part of my Invention consists in an improved mode of turning
round the jacquard cylinder. To the jacquard cylinder is fixed a bevel wheel,
gearing into another bevel wheel loose on a shaft, which is driven by the

page_text: crank shaft or tappet shaft of the loom. This wheel has catches taking into
a catch box fixed on the said shaft, and sufficient play is left between the
catches to allow the cylinder to be moved from the needles before it is turned
round. The usual hammer and spring are required to act on the cylinder.
In some cases the catches may be dispensed with, and the requisite play left
between the teeth of the wheels.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY TYRE BARS, BOILER PLATES, BAR IRON, AND FORGINGS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Hood, of the Leeds Iron Works, Leeds,
in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY TYRE BARS, BOILER PLATES, BAR IRON, AND
FORGINGS."
Sealed the 1st November 1858, and dated the 20th August 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Hood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th August 1858.
I, HENRY HOOD, of the Leeds Iron Works, Leeds, in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY TYRE BARS, BOILER PLATES, BAR IRON, AND FORGINGS,"
to be as follows:-
The Invention consists, first, in the application of Swedish and Russian pig
iron in the manufacture of railway tyre bars. For this purpose the Swedish
and Russian pig iron is refined, then puddled, and afterwards rolled or formed
into railway tyre bars.
The Invention also consists in the manufacture of railway tyre bars, boiler
plates, bar iron, and forgings from Swedish and Russian pig iron combined

page_text: with the pig iron manufactured in England, Scotland, and Ireland. For this
purpose a mixture of Swedish and Russian pig iron with one or more of these
metals is refined, then puddled, and afterwards rolled or formed into railway
tyre bars, boiler plates, bar iron, or forgings.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BRAZING METAL TUBES IN TUBE PLATES AND OTHER METAL SURPACES TO EACH OTHER
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Humphrys at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th December
1858.
I, EDWARD HUMPHRYS, of Deptford, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRAZING METAL TUBES IN TUBE PLATES AND
OTHER METAL SURPACES TO EACH OTHER," to be as follows:--
The first part of this Invention has for its object improvements in the
means of connecting tubes to tube plates in which they are inserted when
employed for the purpose of surface condensors, refrigerators, boilers, or for
other uses where it is desirable to connect a large number of tubes to one
plate. Hitherto it has not been usual in such cases to braze the tubes to the
tube plates, owing to the difficulty of obtaining a uniform action of the fire
over the whole surface of a large tube plate.
Now, my Invention consists in employing fluid metal, in order to apply the
requisite heat to melt the solder. Thus, supposing the tubes to be inserted
in the tube plate with the required quantity of brass or hard solder, and the
plate to be supported over the surface of fluid iron (which is the metal pre-
ferred) and almost in contact with it, the solder is melted uniformly and the
tubes soundly brazed to the plate; secondly, this system of brazing and
soldering is also applicable in many cases where large surfaces of metal have
to be joined together.
AN IMPROVED SHIRT
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hunter Robinson, Manager to Grant, Brothers,
of Clement's Court, in the City of London, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED SHIRT."
Sealed the 22nd February 1859, and dated the 23rd August 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hunter Robinson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 23rd August 1858.
I, JOHN HUNTER ROBINSON, Manager to Grant, Brothers, of Clement's
Court, in the City of London, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SHIRT," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the construction of a shirt which may be worn as
a shirt and waistcoat, or simply as a shirt.
simply as a shirt. I sew Marsala or other waistcoat
stuff on to the front of the shirt, extending from the neck to the waist, and
continue the waistcoat stuff down, letting it hang loose to the length of an
ordinary waistcoat. The waistcoat stuff is carried from the neck to the
shoulder on each side, and down each side seam of the shirt as far as the
waist; or, instead of covering the waistcoat stuff over the shirting in front, I
form the fore part of the skirt entirely of Marsala or other waistcoat stuff, and
attach the fore part of the skirt to the waistcoat stuff inside. I sew a strap

page_text: and buckle to the side seams, so as to buckle behind, whereby the shirt may
be made to fit into the waist. The collar may be fornied of waistcoat stuff, or
of cotton or linen. In warm weather a waistcoat may be dispensed with, the
Marsala or other like front having the appearance of a buttoned-up waistcoat.
Should a waistcoat be worn, then the shirt would appear as an ordinary
colored shirt.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR VENTILATING BUILDINGS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmond Thomas Tillam at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
January 1858.
I, EDMOND THOMAS TILLAM, Steward of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington,
in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR VENTILATING BUILDINGS," to be as.
follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for ventilating
buildings. For this purpose, where a gas burner or a gas stove is employed:
in order to carry off noxious and deleterious vapours, an outlet pipe or passage:
is used at or near the upper part of the room or building to be ventilated..
Into the outlet pipe or passage the heated product of each gas burner is con-
ducted by means of an inverted conical passage placed over the burner, and
connected above to the outlet passage or pipe. In order to insure a free
current from the room or building outwards through the outlet passage or:
pipe, steam is conducted by a suitable pipe into that passage, near to its outer
end, and such steam is generated by the heat of one or more of the gas-
burners, or by the heat of a gas stove, there being a suitable vessel containing.
water applied to such gas burner or gas stove, so as to generate steam suf-
ficiently under pressure to cause it to pass in a jet or jets when it comes to.
the outlet pipe or passage.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN TREATING OR PREPARING THE CINDER OR SLAG FROM PUDDLING FURNACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON THERE- FROM
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Hinde at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th December
1858.
I, ARTHUR HINDE, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, Manager
of Iron Works, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN TREATING OR PREPARING THE CINDER OR SLAG FROM PUDDLING
FURNACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON THERE-
FROM," to be as follows:-
When puddling furnace cinder, or slag, made in the process of converting
pig or cast iron into wrought or malleable iron is smelted in the blast furnace
either by itself or mixed with iron ores, it is used either in the state in which
it comes from the puddling furnace or after having been previously calcined in
heaps in the open air, similar to the heaps in which ironstone is frequently
calcined, or in kilns also similar to those in which in some places ironstone
is also calcined.
My Invention consists, firstly, in calcining puddling furnace cinder or slag
when used for the smelting of pig or cast iron in a more perfect manner than
has hitherto been done for that purpose, by performing this process in kilns
built with flues or external fire-places similar in construction to those now used
for the production of what is technically known in iron forges as "bull dog,"
and in using the puddling furnace cinder or slag when so calcined in the blast
furnace for the production of pig or cast iron.

page_text: My Invention consists, secondly, in mixing with puddling furnace cinder
or slag previously to calcination, lime or limestone, and calcining the same
in admixture with the cinder for the purpose of purifying the said cinder or
assisting the subsequent process of smelting in the blast furnace.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Selim St. Clair Massia at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th September 1858.-A communication from Jules Cesar Thimotée,
Mousseron.
I, SELIM ST. CLAIR MASSIA, of Pall Mall, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES
OR FIRE-PLACES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in stoves or fire-places. For
these purposes, at the back and at the lower part of the basket or grate in
which the fire is made, there is an opening from side to side thereof, and so
formed that the fuel rises somewhat above the upper edge of the opening.
Behind the back of the stove or fire-place there is formed a case, which com-
mences at or about the lower edge of the opening above mentioned, and it
rises to the upper part of the fire-place or stove, leaving a narrow space
between the back of the stove or fire-place and the inner surface of the case.
At the upper part of the stove or fire-place, and over the basket or grate con-
taining the fire, is formed another opening of less dimensions than the lower
one before mentioned. This upper opening corresponds in size with the pipe
or passage leading into the chimney. To form the pipe or passage into the
chimney the casing at the back contracts in dimensions when it comes to the
upper part of the stove or fire-place. The dimensions of the upper opening
as compared with the lower one are so calculated that the smoke produced
(when fresh coal is thrown on the fire) will not rise to the upper opening, but

page_text: will be consumed below such opening by the fire in the basket or grate.
There is a horizontal partition across the entrance into the chimney, through
which the pipe or tubular passage above mentioned passes, so that the stovo
or fire-place is set in an enclosed chamber, and there is no opening into
the chimney except through the tubular passage which rises from the upper
opening.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF HOSE IN MACHINES FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID MANURE AND OTHER LIQUIDS OVER LAND, ALSO FOR AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE HOSE TO BE USED WITH SUCH MACHINES OR OTHERWISE, AND FOR GATHERING AND PUCKERING CANVAS, LINEN, LEATHER, AND OTHER TEXTILE AND MEMBRANOUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Coode at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th August
1858.
I, GEORGE COODE, of the City of Westminster, Barrister-at-Law, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ADJUSTMENT
OF HOSE IN MACHINES FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID MANURE AND OTHER LIQUIDS OVER
LAND, ALSO FOR AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING
THE HOSE TO BE USED WITH SUCH MACHINES OR OTHERWISE, AND FOR GATHERING
AND PUCKERING CANVAS, LINEN, LEATHER, AND OTHER TEXTILE AND MEMBRANOUS
SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates, firstly, to an improved method of uniting the coiled
hose described in Letters Patent granted to me for England, the 11th March
1848, to the distributing apparatus. In the Specification of the said Letters
Patent, the hose was described as being fixed to the feeder of the distributor;
now, my present improvement consists in uniting the hose by means of a
bayonet or other movable joint, whereby two or more hose and reels can be
used alternately and in succession with the same distributor.
In the manufacture of hose to be coiled upon drums, as for instance, in my
apparatus for delivering manure in a liquid state over fields, it is necessary
that the inner should be smaller that the outer circumference of the hose.
Unless the inner curve be quite concentric with the outer, the proper action of
the coil and delivery of the liquid through it is interfered with. Now, to
ensure concentricity between the curves of the outer and inner diameter, I
place the two edges of the material, which, when united, are to form the

page_text: smaller circle, or inner or concave side of the hose, upon points rising from a
frame, composed of a series of laths or scutcheons united crosswise, but in
such manner, that each lath shall be free to move radially. The bottom of
the frame is furnished with guides, which guides bear against and travel round
a fixed plate, bent to whatever curve is desired to be given to the finished
hose. While travelling round this curve, the edges may be united by sewing,
machine sewing, or otherwise.
Although I have only described my Invention with reference to the manu-
facture of hose, yet it will be evident the apparatus will apply to the gathering
and puckering of all other articles which are desired to be gathered or
puckered.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Dunne Kyle at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd November
1858.
I, DAVID DUNNE KYLE, of Albany Street, Regent's Park, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
A method of adjusting boots and shoes to the instep and adjoining parts of
the foot, according to any degree of pressure that may be required by the
wearer, and at any time, either when they are on or off the feet.
This is effected by means of screws attached to or inserted in the heels or
soles, which screws (working or not as may be required, in nuts, pinions, or
other gearing) are connected with the uppers or sides of the boots or shoes by
thongs, straps, or wires passing over or through pins, pulleys, or grooves in the
heels or soles, thus communicating a tightening or loosening action or effect,
when the screws or apparatus are actuated or adjusted. Some of the above
parts may be elastic or inelastic, as required. Springs may be connected with
them, or cushions attached; india-rubber or other elastic waterproof material
is inserted in the sides or uppers, where necessary.
Boxes or cases are placed in the heels or soles when required, through
which to apply the screwdriver or key, and plugs or stoppers can be inserted
in these after adjusted, such for instance as are used for spurs in riding boots.
The keys or screwdrivers could be carried about as ordinary keys, and in

page_text: some cases would be available for other uses, such as the application of watch
keys to ladies boots.
Other arrangements, such as ratchet wheels, wedges, or rollers on which to
coil the thongs, may be applied to the heels or soles, but not with the same
effect or advantage as the screws herein described.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN LATHES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Fairbairn, of Leeds, in the County of York,
Machinist, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN LATHES."-A
communication.
Sealed the 22nd September 1858, and dated the 15th July 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Fairbairn at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th July 1858.
I, PETER FAIRBAIRN, of Leeds, in the County of York, Machinist, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
LATHES, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement on what are known as "dead
centre lathes," the object being to adapt them to the turning of articles on
their own journals without torsion on the axle when the journals (or one of
them) are outside of the article to be turned. The advantage derivable from
this Invention is turning the articles true to their own bearings, and pre-
venting their true circular motion from being affected by the irregularity of
fitting or derangement or wear of the working parts of the lathe. To the
front of the driving head dead centre (upon which the face plate revolves as
on a stud or pivot) a seat is fitted to receive change bushes, bearings, or other

page_text: contrivance capable of being used as a fixed support for the outside journals
of the axle of the article to be turned. The axle of any article required to
be turned being thus supported, it will be free to revolve. The article itself
is to be driven at or near its circumference from the face plate by a pin,
Clement driver, or other well-known means, the arrangement permitting of
the driver turning round without interfering with the axle carrier..
MENTS IN LUBRICATORS
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Henry Rogers at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th May
1858.
I, ALFRED HENRY ROGERS, of Fairfield, near the City of Manchester,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN LUBRICATORS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in certain improved arrangements of parts forming
lubricators or self-acting apparatus for supplying lubricating material to shafts
or other working surfaces. The vessel containing the lubricating material is
attached to a revolving wheel, the boss of which fits on a plug fixed to the cap
or bearing of the shaft to be lubricated; the lubricating material enters through
a hole in the boss, and is delivered into a recess in the plug, from which it
passes through a side passage in the boss to a hole in communication with a
passage running from one end of the plug to the other; this passage admits
air and affords facility for cleaning. The requisite rotary motion is given to
the boss or to the plug by any suitable means, so as to deliver a supply of
Jubricating material at intervals to the shaft to be lubricated. My improve-
ments in lubricators for connecting rods, slides, or other articles having a
vibrating or a to-and-fro motion, consist in the application of a plunger with
recesses; this plunger is raised and lowered by a ratchet wheel or other

page_text: agent, and in descending delivers a portion of the lubricating material to
a chamber (furnished with a set screw to regulate its capacity), and in
ascending the lubricating material in the chamber descends on to the article
to be lubricated.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOCKINGS AND OTHER HOSIERY GOODS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed.
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th March
1858. A communication from Jules Nicolas Poivret, of Troyes, in the
Empire of France, Mechanician.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of 166, Buchanan Street, in the City of Glasgow, North
Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOCKINGS AND OTHER HOSIERY GOODS,"
a communication from Jules Nicolas Poivret, of Troyes, in the Empire of
France, Mechanician, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved system or mode of making stockings,
and hosiery goods of a similar nature, on the circular loom. In the production
of seamless stockings with a calf woven therein, it is proposed to employ two
circular looms of different diameters, the larger one for the mouth of the
stocking, and the smaller one for the leg. The mouth is continued down to
the commencement of the leg. the dimensions being regulated in the ordinary
manner adopted in hosiery weaving. The mouth is turned back over the
second loom, on which the leg is knitted either down to the commencement of
the foot or so as to include the entire length of the foot. The calf is formed
by cutting away the excess of width woven on the first loom after the stocking
has been transferred to the second loom. For stockings having a seam only_

page_text: under the heel and at the point of the foot, or a seam under the sole, it is
proposed to use two, three, four, five, or more small circular looms of different
diameters.
The mouth of the stocking is commenced on the largest loom, and continued
as far as the commencement of the calf, when it is transferred to the next
smaller loom for effecting the narrowing; the leg and sole are then woven
on a third loom for that purpose. The heels are made similar to those of an
ordinary rectilinear loom.
Another portion of this Invention relates to the production of a peculiar
ornamental imitation seam in stockings and hosiery goods of a similar nature.
A certain class of stockings have for some time past been made without a
seam as far as the commencement of the leg upon one single loom, and with a
cord or thread to imitate the seam in the mouth or entrance of the stocking as
far as the leg if they are woven with calves, and along the entire length in the
case of straight stockings; but according to this Invention it is proposed to
produce an imitation seam by means of a cord let in during the weaving.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SMUT MACHINES
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed.
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by Edward Hamlin Kiddle at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
January 1858.
I, EDWARD HAMLIN KIDDLE, of Broad Street, Lambeth, in the County of
Surrey, Miller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SMUT MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My improved smut machine consists of an upright cylindrical chamber
having a central shaft receiving a rapid rotary motion, and on which are
fixed some of the parts which act on the grain and separate the smut there-
from in combination with fixed and stationary parts.
The grain is admitted at the upper part of the machine through a spout,
and enters first into a chamber in which a fan is situate, this fan forces a
current of air up the ingress spout, and thus subjects the corn to a preliminary
blast, which separates any light stuff from it previous to its entering the
machine; it is then received in a conical hopper, which conducts it into and
through the eye of a stationary stone, the under surface of which is cut some-
what like a millstone. A roughened disc is supported on the shaft imme-
diately below the stone, which has a small raised lip around the circumference
to prevent grain flying off too quickly by the centrifugal force. The rotary
motion of the plate carries the grain towards the circumference and between
it and the stone, which are not sufficiently close to crush or injure the grain,

page_text: but nevertheless subjects it to an active rubbing action. Having escaped
from the roughened disc it falls down between a roughened conical surface
and the periphery of the machine; this conical surface depends from the disc,
and is carried round with it, or it may be separately fixed on the shaft. The
roughened conical surface rubs the grain against the circumference, which is
of wire cloth, which not only removes the smut and dirt, but in a great
measure separates it by forcing it through the meshes of the wire cloth, while
the grain falls into a second hopper, which conducts it through the eye or
centre of a disc brush of bass or other suitable material fixed on the shaft,
falling through which it is well brushed on a roughened metal plate with
which the brush is in contact. The grain is carried towards the circumference
of the brush by the rotary motion, and falls into a delivery spout. In the
delivery spout, or in passing thereto, the grain is again subjected to the action
of a blast, which finally separates any smut and dirt therefrom that may be
left, which is thrown upwards, while the clean grain falls below.