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AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF GAS STOVE
Year: 1853

page_text: Watkin Wynne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 8th November 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JOHN GARDINER, of Great Marlow, in the County of Buck-
ingham, Ironmonger, and WILLIAM WATKIN WYNNE, of the same
place, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF GAS STOVE" to be as follows:-
The object of the present Invention is to produce a gas stove which
will give off heat by radiation, and also heat and retain at a high tem-
perature a body of water, which may either be caused to circulate
through pipes for the purpose of warming adjacent apartments, or
may be otherwise employed. The case of the stove we prefer to make
cylindrical, with a pierced dome-shaped top. Near the upper part of
the case are shoulders to receive an inverted conical boiler, and hold it
in position. The lower part of this conical boiler is surrounded by a
ring of gas jets, which by playing upon the inclined surface of the
boiler communicate heat thereto.

page_text: At the bottom of the boiler is a draw off pipe, and at its upper end
is a water supply pipe, which permits also of the escape of steam. The
stove thus constructed will possess a great radiating power, and afford a
means of providing a good supply of hot water.
When required, the boiler may be lifted out of the case by merely
removing the top of the case, and disconnecting the draw off' tap from
its pipe..
Without the boiler the stove may be used as an ordinary gas stove.
When using our improved stove we first turn the gas on to, say, its
full strength, and when the water is heated to near the boiling point we
lower the flame just sufficient to compensate for the loss of heat which
the water experiences from radiation.
A REAPING MACHINE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Drummond at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st June 1853.
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(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
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I, JOHN DRUMMOND, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Mechanic, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A REAPING MACHINE
to be as follows:-
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My Invention consists of a simple framework, mounted on two.
wheels, similar to a single horse cart, with the exception that the axle
is made moveable with the wheels. An upright or vertical shaft is
attached to the back or hindermost part of the framework to which
the cutter or cutters are attached with a moveable joint and pin, so as
to enable it to be adapted to every kind of surface, and thus cut the
crop at any height found necessary. Motion is communicated to the
shaft and cutters from the axle and driving wheels. There is a guard
or jointed mould or soil board (similar in its effect to the "mould
board of a plough) attached to the framework, extending over the
driving wheels and against the crop. The object of this board is to

page_text: gather the corn and get it upright, and hold it whilst being cut, &
press it over against the standing corn into a position in which it is to
lie until bound into sheaves. A friction roller or wheel is attached to
the front joint or fore part of the guard or mould board to conduct it
over the ground. This part of the mould board is only attached and
employed when the corn is very much laid or beaten down. When the
crop is but partially laid the fore part of the mould board is taken off
and dispensed with.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND BOATS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Chaplin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ALEXANDER CHAPLIN, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND BOATS" to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of ships and boats of iron
and wood combined in such manner as to present many of the advan-
tages of vessels made wholly of wood or iron. The vessel is built of
iron plates with the frames outside, so that the interior is flush and
clear. Then the spaces outside the vessel between the frames, as well
as the spaces or hollows of the franics themselves, are filled up with
wood planking to the depth of the frames so as to produce a flush surface
externally. Such vessels may be sheathed over all with copper or other
sheathing, or the wood may be left uncovered. With this system of
construction the rivet heads of the inside plating may be left, projecting

page_text: as the wood covers all up flush. Lighter plates may be used for this
plating than at present; the vessel will have superior buoyancy, will be
stronger, and less liable to external injury, either from concussions or
chemical agencies, than ships as at present built. By another modifi-
cation the shell or main plating of the vessel may be built as at present,
with the frames inside, whilst wooden frames are put on outside and
well attached to the plates, and the spaces between these timber frame
pieces filled up with timber as before. A very strong joint may be
made under this system by rivetting the plates with butt joints, covering
over the line of joint in the inside of the vessel with a flat plate or strip,
the connection being formed by rivets put through on each side the
joint linc, and riveting on the external frame pieces at the same time.
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Plant at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1, JOHN PLANT, of Beswick, in the County of Lancaster, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to methods of producing novel patterns upon
fustians, velveteens, and other looped fabrics which undergo the opera-
tion of cutting.
The first method consists in causing the same floating weft thread
to pass across the warp twice in the same shed, and in order to bind
the said weft after the first of the picks I employ a catch thread. For
this part of my Invention a single rising box loom is employed.
The second method consists in the employment of a rising box at each
side of the loom, by which arrangement I am enabled to prevent two
weft threads of the same color being placed in two distinct and consecu-
tive sheds, and thereby I obtain patterns when the fabrics are cut of a
novel character.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY LAMPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS OR PARTS THEREOF ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER LAMPS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Fife at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE FIFE, of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY LAMPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
OR PARTS THEREOF ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER LAMPS," to be as follows:-
These improvements consist in the use of double gauze for the
chimney so as to render the passage of flame impossible. The glass,
which is similar to that used in Clamp's lamps, is effectually protected
by an outer casing of "tale" or "mica," which does not interfere
materially with the light thrown out. The lamp is supplied with air
from below, as in Stephenson's lamp, and all chance of firing through
the perforations above the oil vessel is obviated by the use of a gauze
disc. In order to prevent the glass from cracking an elastic ring or
washer of vulcanized india-rubber is interposed between the end of the

page_text: glass and the metal surface, so that any expansion or contraction of
the glass may be allowed for. In the construction of lamps for
binnacles or signals, perforated copper, instead of wire gauze, might be
used, and internal reflectors employed, so arranged as to throw the light
wherever it might be required.
Ax ENGINE METER, OR INSTRUMENT FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF STROKES OF AN ENGINE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Peddie How at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 30th June 1853.-A communication.
I, ANDREW PEDDIE How, of Mark Lane, in the City of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ax
ENGINE METER, OR INSTRUMENT FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF STROKES OF
AN ENGINE," to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in constructing an apparatus for indicating
the number of strokes of a steam or other engine, in which the numbers
are read off in a straight line. Inside a box a series of wheels are
mounted, each wheel being marked with Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 0, and so connected that the unit wheel is caused to move ten times
to one motion of the "tens" wheel, while that moves ten times for one
motion of the "hundreds" wheel, and so on up to any required
number in the series. These registering wheels are worked by a
ratchet or other suitable contrivance connected to some moving part of
the engine. The front of the box is closed by a plate with a slot or
aperture to each wheel, through which the Figures on the wheel are
read off in a straight line.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1853

page_text: 1, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of 82, Fetter Lane, in the City of London,
Patentee of Electric Telegraphs, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a peculiar construction of pointing electric
telegraph instrument; for this purpose a tube, made partly of soft iron
and partly of brass, is coiled round with insulated wire. Within the
tube is an axis having fixed thereto two bent magnets, the poles of
which are reversed. One such magnet is near one end of the tube,
and the other magnet is near the other end of the tube, and on the axis
is fixed a pointing hand. By this arrangement according as the elec-
tric current is caused to pass in one or other direction so will be the
pointing of the pointing hand; or, when pointing in only one direction
is desired, the magnets may be dispensed with, and soft iron used on
the axis in place thereof.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LEVELLING
Year: 1853

page_text: the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd November 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM ARMAND GILBER, of the English and Foreign Patent
Office, 4, South St., Finsbury, London, & 39, Rue de l'Echiquier,
Paris, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LEVELLING" to be as follows:-
The invention communicated to me consists in an improved mode of
constructing levels. Reference being had to the Drawing, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon. T, T, glass tubes placed in a
vertical position, and fixed on the stands F 1, F 2, at equal distances
from their sockets B, B. These sockets are of cast iron or other heavy
substance not liable to be overturned. Each stand is provided with a
graduated scale the divisions of which must begin at the bottom of the
glass tubes. The tubes are closed air-tight at top by the stoppers
A, A; they are made to communicate by a flexible pipe C made of
caoutchouc or other suitable elastic water-tight material fixed to the

page_text: lower part of the tubes; coloured liquid being poured into one of the
tubes so as to fill up the flexible pipe, the level of the liquid will be
visible in both tubes, as at o, o, and the scale will show the difference
of level of surfaces to be measured.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
F', side view of the stand for the level.
F2, front view of the other stand.
A, A, the hollow stoppers with their copper fittings and bolt screw.
B, B, iron sockets or supports.
C, flexible tube of caoutchoux of any required length.
T, T, are the glass tubes.
O, O, represent the level of the water in the tubes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Jackson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th November 1853.
I, THOMAS JACKSON, of Commercial Road, Pimlico, in the County
of Middlesex, Contractor for Public Works, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF HATS to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in applying the fabric or material of
which the "nap," "pile," or flexure surface is composed, so that
such surface, in place of inclining around the body of the hat, may
incline vertically, or nearly so, that is, from the crown towards the rim.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DYEING."
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Dalglish, of the City of Glasgow,
Calico Printer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DYEING."
in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Dalglish at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 30th March 1853.
I, ROBERT DALGLISH, of the City of Glasgow, Calico Printer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN DYEING" to be as follows:-
This improvement consists in exposing the substance or substances
from which coloring matter or matters are obtained to the repeated
action of the water used in the process of dyeing, without bringing the
bulk of the insoluble matter in contact with the material to be dyed.
The water of the dye bath is alternately employed to extract coloring
matter and give it up.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PLOUGHS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Southan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
August 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
lime prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY SOUTHAN, of Glocester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PLOUGHS" to be as
follows, that is to say :-
My improvements consist in forming that portion of a plough
known as the "sock" or share (and which is situated immediately
in front of the "mould board ") in the form of a screw, having any
sufficient number of blades or "worms," which blades may be of any
desirable pitch to suit the soil through which they are to work. In
some cases I may make the blades of such a size & pitch that a
mould board will be unnecessary, as in the progress of the screw the
blades will sufficiently throw over the soil. I also form that part
termed the "beam" more curved than in ordinary ploughs. This
plough may be driven by either steam or horse power.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN CONTROLLING AND REGULATING THE FLOW OR PRESSURE OF GAS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Hazard Huntly
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th March 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, SAMUEL HAZARD HUNTLY, of Marylebone Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONTROLLING AND REGULATING THE FLOW
OR PRESSURE OF GAS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a simple arrangement for the regulation of
the pressure of
of gas,
either in the street mains or at the burners, so as
to effectually prevent the existing objectionable variation so seriously
affecting the lights. It consists of a pressure apparatus in the form
either of a small gasometer or hydraulic valve, or a flexible diaphragm
chamber, or other adjustable receptacle, placed in communication with
the gas thoroughfare, the opening into that thoroughfare being at a
point behind the regulating valve, or, in other terms, between that valve
and the service pipe or the burners. The rising or moveable portion of
the pressure chamber is connected to this regulating valve in the gas
pipe, so that as the gaseous pressure causes the elevation of the pressure

page_text: chamber apparatus, it closes the regulating valve more or less accord-
ingly. Then the communication between the service pipe, or the actual
exit thoroughfare of the gas, is formed by a separate pipe opening from
such service pipe into the pressure chamber. In this way it is the
actual pressure at or near the burners which correspondingly adjusts
the regulating valve; for, if many burners are lighted, the consequent
diminution of pressure in the service pipe permits the moveable portion
of the pressure apparatus to fall, and thus open the valve to let more
gas through. On the other hand, if fewer burners are lighted, then the
increased pressure elevates the valvular portion of the pressure appara-
tus, and retards the gaseous flow. Thus the essential feature of the
Invention consists in the placing the communicating pipo of the pres-
sure or valve regulating chamber between that chamber and the actual
service side of the regulating valve.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1853

page_text: J, EDWARD RODGERS, of Livsey Street, in the City of Manchester and
County of Lancaster, Machine Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING " to be
as follows:-
In an improvement in that part or apparatus in looms known as the
"taking up motion," where that is effected by friction, that is, where
the roller upon which the woven cloth is wound is driven by contact
with the surface of another drum or roller, which is covered with a ma-
terial to give it adhesion to the cloth, the cloth either passing partly
round the last-mentioned roller and then on to the cloth roller, or
directly on to the cloth roller; and it consists in mechanism, by which
the friction or sand roller and the cloth roller are pressed together,

page_text: namely, by spiral or other springs acting directly, instead of apparatus
hitherto in use, so that as the cloth roller increases in diameter
by winding on of the cloth the springs effect a greater pressure, which
I find of advantage in weaving; and, added to this, the mechanism is
simplified, having fewer parts, besides possessing other advantages.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN BLEACHING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert William Sievier, of Upper Holloway,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, and Robert William
Waithman, of High Bentham, in the West Riding of the
County of York, Gentleman, for the Invention of." IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BLEACHING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FIBROUS MATERIALS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert William
Sievier and Robert William Waithman at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 25th January
1853.
We, ROBERT WILLIAM SIEVIER and ROBERT WILLIAM WAITHMAN,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BLEACHING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FIBROUS MATERIALS " to
be as follows:-
These improvements consist in the use of certain chemical
matters in different combinations, according to the material operated
upon, and other existing circumstances, which are too various to be
described in this Provisional Specification. Suffice it to say, that

page_text: the acetates, muriates, and sulphates, or the salts of metals, are to be
applied to the matters, which are afterwards to be treated with
chlorine or chlorides, and next to this they are treated with sul-
phurous acid gas, or sulphuric, nitric, or muriatic acid.
These chemical materials apply to the bleaching of vegetable
fibrous matters, and may be performed in some cases in open
vessels, but in others in close vessels, in vacuo or under pressure.
For the bleaching of animal fibrous materials (such as wool,
hair, &c.) we employ ammonia or other alkaline substance for ex-
tracting the grease, and then treat them with oxalates or borax, and
then with sulphurous acid gas, or the acids as above.
We do not in all operations follow the exact routine as described,
different bodies require a little different treatment.
In acting upon both the vegetable and animal substances,
as above described, we occasionally assist the process by the aid of
electricity.
We would further remark, that some of the above materials
may be bleached by the use of chlorine, and afterwards treated
with sulphurous acid gas, or with sulphates of soda, magnesia, and
acids.
A NEW MODE OF ORNAMENTING STUFFS AND PAPER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Armand Gilbee at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
+ 10th Tuna 199 A communication
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th June 1952
A communication
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM ARMAND GILBEE, of the Office for Patents, 4, South
Street, Finsbury, London, and 39, Ruc de l'Echiquier, Paris, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare that the nature of the Invention for "A
NEW MODE OF ORNAMENTING STUFFS AND PAPER" to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in cutting out designs of different sorts of
tissues, such as wool, silk, thread, cotton, and paper, and applying
the same, by means of an adhesive composition consisting of gutta-
percha dissolved in a sand bath and kept in a liquid state, either
above other stuff's or paper or underneath, in which latter case a
part of the material corresponding with the form of the design has to
be cut out so as to produce ornaments and new designs, superseding
embroidery and serving for various purposes.
The adhesion is effected by means of a hot iron passed lightly over
the different pieces to be united. The superposed tissues are joined by
placing them between two plates, one of marble, the other of copper

page_text: (sheet iron and zinc may also be employed), but with less success.
The copper plate should be heated and placed on the reverse side of
the stufl' in order to heat the coating more equally.
The marble plate is placed on the right side of the stuff, and kept in
a cool state to prevent the coating penetrating through the stuff's or
paper. This operation finished, the united tissues are submitted to a
strong pressure, which completes their adhesion and renders them
inseparable without altering or modifying their colours or brilliancy.
This process is the same for every sort of fabric, with this exception,
that the paper and ornaments of paper or stuffs being prepared are
placed in their right side between the plates of marble and copper.
If sheet iron or zinc be employed, they should be placed on the wrong
side, and the plates should be warmed in order to heat equally the
adhesive coating.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT FOR BAKING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gray at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN GRAY, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT FOR BAKING" to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the use of heated air for heating the ovens
or receptacles in which bread, biscuits, and other articles are placed
for being baked. Instead of using the direct heat of ordinary fuel,
wherein the smoke and dust from the fuel has liberty to mingle with
the articles under treatment, it is intended, by this Invention, to heat
a current of air in a separate apparatus, and then force the air so
heated through pipes or ducts into the oven. By this system a great
heat can easily be secured, without any objections from the presence
of smoke and dust, and the baking operation is more effectively con-
ducted than heretofore.
IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CHIMNEYS OF GAS BURNERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benoist Marie Adolphe
Langlois at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 27th April 1853.-Partly a communication.
I, BENOIST MARIE ADOLPHE LANGLOIS, of Rue du Faubourg Pois-
soniere, Paris, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CHIMNEYS OF GAS
BURNERS" to be as follows:-
This apparatus consists of a disc or ring of metal having an opening
in the centre, which is surrounded by a circle of small holes. It is so
constructed as to enter a short distance into the chimney, and has a
flange at its upper part, which rests on the top of the chimney, so as to
retain the apparatus in its place. The object of the arrangement is to
secure the perfect combustion of the gas.
IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adolphe Drevelle at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st October 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ADOLPHE DREVELLE, of Halifax, in the County of York, Merchant,
Agent for Messieurs Ryo and Praxel, of Roubaix, France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS TO
BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH LOOMS FOR WEAVING," being a communica-
tion from Messieurs Ryo and Praxel, of Roubaix, France, to be as
follows:-
This improved apparatus is employed for the purpose of giving
motion to the healds of looms for weaving, either upwards or down-
wards, so as to obtain with a single treadle the same effect as is now
produced by the employment of several treadles, when the ground
weaving requires many healds to be used. The apparatus consists of a
cylinder pierced with holes like the usual jacquard cylinders, but
round instead of square, having screws to fill up the holes according to

page_text: the ground or pattern required. The wires, instead of being connected
with the harness, as in jacquard looms, serve to give motion to the
healds both up and down through the intervention of jacks under
them.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ROASTING Coffee, COCOA AND CHICORY
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Berry, of No. 19, Buttesland Street,
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ROASTING Coffee,
COCOA AND CHICORY."
Scaled the 28th June 1858, and dated the 17th May 1853!
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Berry at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 17th May 1858, pursuant to the 9th section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
I, GEORGE BERRY, of No. 19, Buttesland Street, St. Leonard's,
Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ROASTING
COFFEE, COCOA, AND CHICORY," to be as follows:-
I exhaust out of the vessel in which I roast coffee, cocoa, and
chicory the air contained therein previous to commencing the process
of roasting; and during the process of roasting I exhaust out of the

page_text: said vessel the steam, gas, and æriform products generated therein,
whereby the coffee, cocoa, and chicory so roasted retains those aromatic
products which are dissipated along with the steam, gas, and æriform
products separated from coffee, cocoa, and chicory by the methods
heretofore in use for roasting coffee, cocoa, and chicory.
Dated this Sixteenth day of May One thousand eight hundred
GEORGE BERRY. (L.s.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS AND PORCELAIN
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis Steigewald, of Munich, in the
Kingdom of Bavaria, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS AND PORCELAIN."
Sealed the 27th August 1853, and dated the 4th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Steigewald
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th April 1853.
I, FRANCIS STEIGEWALD, of Munich, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS AND PORCELAIN " to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improved means of preparing flint,
spa, quartz, and other similar materials to cleanse them from metals
and thus to render them more suitable for use in the manufacture of
glass and porcelain. And the improvements consist of causing the
above mentioned materials, after being reduced to powder and dried, to

page_text: be made up in heaps of about a ton on a wood floor, and on every heap
from 5 to 6 lbs. of concentrated muriatic acid are to be sprinkled, care
being taken to turn the materials of a heap during the process, so that
the acid may be equally distributed. After which the matters are to
be well turned by means of wooden shovels, and such turning is to be
repeated daily for some days till the mass becomes of a yellow color;
the materials are then to be well washed with water and dried, when
they will be ready for use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Turiff at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.).
I, ALEXANDER TURIFF, of Paisley, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the so arranging railway breks and
apparatus in connection with trains on railways, that the bad effects
of accidental collisions may be prevented by annihilating the momentum
of the carriages, and bringing the whole moving mass to a dead stop.
This is effected by so combining a wedge-action with an effective
friction brake, such as an embracing strap on the running wheels, that,
when the engine comes up against any body in its path, the momentum
of the train will drive home the wedge, and put the brakes into the
most powerful action. The actuating wedge may be connected with
the buffer movement, and the brakes may be arranged in any con-
venient and suitable manner, the special object of the improvements

page_text: being the causing the momentum of the train to wedge the retarding
brakes into powerful frictional stopping action, so that the whole train
will be almost instantaneously stopped on the occurrence of any
casualty which necessitates the bringing the brakes into play. Such
apparatus may be fitted to all classes of trains and rolling stock, and
may obviously be rendered capable of preventing fatalities and injuries
to stock and apparatus under many varieties of circumstance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUBJECTING SUBSTANCES TO THE ACTION OF HEAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARBONIZING, CALCINING, OR COMBINING SUCH SUB- STANCES, OR FOR SUBJECTING SUCH SUBSTANCES TO THE PROCESS OF DISTILLATION
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Lavender, of Deptford, in the County
of Kent, General Trader, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SUBJECTING SUBSTANCES TO THE ACTION OF HEAT, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CARBONIZING, CALCINING, OR COMBINING SUCH SUB-
STANCES, OR FOR SUBJECTING SUCH SUBSTANCES TO THE PROCESS OF
DISTILLATION."
Sealed the 8th March 1854, and dated the 5th December 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Lavender
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 5th December 1853.
I, EDWARD LAVENDER, of Deptford, in the County of Kent, General
Trader, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ix-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUBJECTING SUBSTANCES TO THE ACTION OF
HEAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARBONIZING, CALCINING, OR COMBINING SUCH

page_text: SUBSTANCES, OR FOR SUBJECTING SUCH SUBSTANCES TO THE PROCESS OF
DISTILLATION" to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists of a retort and apparatus connected there-
with, for the purpose of subjecting substances to the action of heat for
the purposes above named, and other useful purposes. The retort I
prefer to make of a cylindrical or conical form, and I mount it upon
suitable bearings, a portion of its length being within or passing through
a furnace, flue, or other proper heating apparatus. The retort has a
shaft passing through the centre of it in a longitudinal direction, and
this shaft is furnished with a screw, or portions of a screw, blades, or
arms, by means of which the materials contained in the retort may be
mixed together or stirred, so as to subject them more uniformly to the
action of the heat, the shaft being mounted in suitable bearings, so that
may have rotatory motion given to it, and thus carry round the screw,
screws, blades, or arms fixed upon it. The blades or arms may be
either fixed or made moveable, so as to be feathered, or for any other
purpose.
it
I also introduce a scraper into the inside of the retort for the purpose
of preventing the adhesion of the substances to be operated upon to the
interior of the retort. This scraper I mount upon arms fixed upon the
shaft which passes through the retort, each of the arms being placed at
an angle with the shaft, different from a right angle, so as to cause
them more readily to yield to any inequalities in the interior of the
retort as the scraper passes round.
The retort and shaft passing through it may be both moved at the
same time in the same or opposite directions, or one may be moved and
the other remain at rest.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF SETTING-UP AND ADJUSTING SHIPS' RIGGING OF ALL TONNAGE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Long at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES LONG, of Gorleston, in the County of Norfolk, Master
Royal Navy, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF SETTING-UP AND ADJUSTING SHIPS' RIGGING OF
ALL TONNAGE" to be as follows:-This Invention has for its object a
more ready and efficient mode of setting-up and adjusting ships' rigging
to that hitherto employed, which is effected in the manner and by the
means hereafter described and represented by the illustrative drawing
hereunto annexed, upon which letters of reference are placed, explana-
tory of the combinations and arrangements of the parts employed for
effecting the above-mentioned purpose as follows.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1, exhibits a side elevation of certain portions of a ship,
shewing the application of this Invention thereto; Fig. 2, a detached
view of one of the parts hereafter referred to. A, A, mark the rails of

page_text: the ship through which the shrouds are rove; B, B, the shrouds double
and passed through the stauncheon Z, under the sheave C, and from
thence to the screw D, which is connected thereto; this screw passes
through a hole in the lower rail E, and is connected thereto by a screw
nut F, upon which fits a spanner or key G, shewn detached at
Fig. 2. H, I, mark the outside planks of the ship; K, K, bolts for
fastening an iron clamp or brace to the ship's side to support the
stauncheon Z, throughout its entire length. L, marks a metal eye,
securely fixed to the upper end of the stauncheon Z, for attaching
tackle to when rigging or fitting out new ships. M, the bulwark
inside the ship. This part may be boarded up to the lower rail E, so
as to enclose the screw and shrouds, and thereby protect them from
injury. Belaying pins N, may also be attached to the upper rail A, for
the running rigging. And in this manner and by these means ships'
rigging may be readily set up in a short space of time, and a regular
strain maintained thereon. And further, by the use and application of
this Invention a great saving will be effected in cordage, spars, and
other fittings, besides improving the sailing of the ship.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING OR GOVERNING THE SPEED OF STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Wainwright: at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOSEPH WAINWRIGHT, of Heap, near Bury, in the County of Lan-
caster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING OR GOVERNING
THE SPEED OF STEAM ENGINES" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a simple hydraulic apparatus placed above
the "crank shaft" of the engine, and connected to the "throttle valve"
for the purpose of increasing, diminishing, or shutting off the supply of
steam as the speed of the engine varies. A small cistern containing
water is placed upon a suitable frame above the crank shaft. In the
interior of this cistern is a small cylinder also containing water, and
communicating with the cistern by means of a valve at the top of the
cylinder opening downwards. At a convenient distance outside the
cistern is another cylinder also full of water, and communicating with

page_text: the interior cylinder by means of a pipe, which pipe is provided with a
valve allowing the water to flow from the interior to the exterior
cylinder, but not back again. The exterior cylinder communicates
with the cistern by means of a pipe, which is furnished with a regulating
tap. Through a stuffing box in the bottom of the interior cylinder a
ram or plunger works, which is connected to a lever, and is actuated
by means of a cam keyed upon the crank shaft of the engine. The
exterior cylinder is provided with a piston, the rod of which passes
through a stuffing box in the top of the same, and is connected with the
throttle valve-of- the-steam-engine. It will be evident. that the action
of the ram in the internal cylinder will constantly cause a current of
water to flow from the internal to the external cylinder, thence through
the pipe to the cistern, and through the valve again into the internal
cylinder; but as soon as the increasing speed of the engine pumps the
water into the external cylinder quicker than the tap will allow it to
return into the cistern, the water will raise the piston in the external
cylinder, and thus close the throttle valve. When the speed of the
engine decreases, the piston falls by its own weight and opens the valve.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING, REAPING, AND GATHERING MACHINES
Year: 1853

page_text: (Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JAMES PUDNEY TRACY, of Salisbury, in the County of Wilts, and
JOHN HART TRACY, of Old Street, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CUTTING, REAPING, AND GATHERING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
In Our machine consists of a frame depending from an axle supported
by two main wheels. The cutter consists of a series of segments of
circles serrated at their edges, and bolted or fixed all round the circum-
ference of a wheel placed horizontally in front of the main supporting
wheels. Rotary motion is communiented-to-the-cutter-wheel-by-means
of-chain or strap driven by-a-chain-wheel-or-drum, which receives its
motion from a bevil wheel fitted the axle nf-the-main-wheels: The
gatherer consists of two, three, or more horizontal wheels, which are
placed over the cutter wheel, and the spokes of which project beyond
the front and part of the sides of the frame. A semicircular finger
plate is bolted to the framework immediately over the cutter wheel.

page_text: The fingers hold the corn or other crop while being ent by the cutters,
the gathering wheels then take hold of the corn, and deposit it at the
side of the machine clear of the main supporting wheels. The whole-
✓ the fore part of the machine can be raised or lowered e-required
by means of a lever" whose fulcrum is in a standard rising from the
bottom frame of the machine. On the axle are two bevel wheels, and
the chain wheel or drum can be made to gear into either of these so as
to cause the cutter to rotate, from left to right, or vice versa. When
moving along a road the chain wheel or drum can be put out of gear
with both bevel wheels hon mm motion will be communicated to the
entters or to the gatherers. The machine may be drawn by horses
from the side, or may be pushed by horses harnessed behind
emachine.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING FUSTIANS, VELVETS, AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: 7th July 1858.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES CHEETHAM, the younger, of the City of Manchester, Cotton
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING FUSTIANS, VELVETS, AND OTHER
SIMILAR FABRICS" to be as follows:-
The principal feature or improvement upon which the present Inven-
tion is based is the employment of circular discs or knives as the
cutting instruments in place of the ordinary straight knives. These
circular knives are mounted on a rod or spindle, at suitable distances
apart, according to the quality or fineness of the fabric to be operated
upon.
The discs or circular knives may be either held immovable while
cutting, or they may have a slow rotary motion communicated to them
in the proper direction. The edges of the discs rest in narrow troughs
or boxes, the ends of which are to be inserted into the ends of the loop
to be cut.

page_text: The cutting discs may be cleaned and sharpened while on the spindle
by causing them to rotate in contact with suitable dises, which be
pressed up against their sides in some convenient manner.
may
The way in which this may be done is not, however, of very material
importance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THRASHING MACHINES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1853

page_text: Ию
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
6th October 1858.-A communication.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THRASHING MACHINES, AND
IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," being communicated to me by Germain
Sommeiller, of Turin, Engineer, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates, first, to a mode of applying the power directly to
the machine; secondly, to an improved system of cleaning the grain; and,
thirdly, to the mode of removing the dust thrown off during the process of
thrashing.
The thrasher or beating cylinder is driven by suitable multiplying gear,
which is actuated at once from the main horse drag lever, or from a driving
pulley, if steam power be employed. Beneath the thrashing drum is fitted a

page_text: perforated plate to receive the thrashed straw and grain, the latter falling
through on to an endless travelling apron, which conducts it into a channel
leading to a suitable receptacle.
Immediately beneath the grating or perforated plate before mentioned and
the thrashing drum, is fitted a vibrating double wire frame for the reception of
the grain and husks which fall through before reaching that part over the
endless apron. From this double wire frame the grain falls into the same
channel or conductor, and the husks and dust, &c. are carried off up a
suitable ventilator, by means of a revolying fan for that. purpose.
Two oblique boards are fitted above the thrashing drum, to prevent the 1
straw from following a wrong direction; but in case any should be carried
round, a box is placed above to receive any grains which may be brought
with it.
AN IMPROVED SAFETY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OR MEANS OF SIGNALLING, TO BE USED ON RAILWAYS IN CASES OF DANGER OR EMERGENCY
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Connell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 22nd October 1853.
I, THOMAS CONNELL, of the City of Cork, Solicitor, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SAFETY APPARATUS,
AND METHOD OR MEANS OF SIGNALLING, TO BE USED ON RAILWAYS IN CASES
OF DANGER OR EMERGENCY," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in an arrangement or contrivance to be placed
or otherwise suitably attached within or proximate to the line of rails
on which an engine or train is expected to travel, which contrivance
will act upon a lever or other mode of communication upon or attached
to the engine, so as to actuate a signal upon the said engine, and may
also so act upon the steam valve as to shut off the steam. And this
contrivance consists in the employment of a roller or bar raised some-
what from the ground, by means of iron spikes or frame of any descrip-
tion, and suitably fastened or secured to the ground, or the sleepers, or
rails of the line, or in some other convenient method.
*
This contrivance is intended to be portable and to be fixed or placed
on the line when occasion requires; it may in some cases be permanent.

page_text: Other contrivances may be used, for instance, a triangular frame of
metal, or block of stone or other material, or any other suitable
obstruction.
To the engine is attached a lever or other means of connection placed
at such an elevation that the contrivance heretofore mentioned shall act
upon such lever. or other apparatus. The movement of this lever is
intended to open a valve or other communication to a steam whistle so
as to give an alarm. This contrivance can act upon any suitable signal
or mode of alarm other than a steam whistle.
This lever or other mode of communication similarly acted on by
means of the foregoing contrivance on the line may be employed to
close the main steam valve by the intervention of suitable gear so as to
shut off the steam.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROUS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING THE QUANTITY OF MOISTURE CONTAINED THEREIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th May 1858.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROUS AND
OTHER SUBSTANCES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING THE QUANTITY OF MOISTURE
CONTAINED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to treat such substances as cotton, flax, silk,
and other fibrous materials, or madder and various kinds of vegetable or other
dyeing materials, for the purpose of extracting the moisture contained therein,
thereby enabling the purchaser or other person to ascertain the real commercial
value of the article offered for sale.
It will be understood that the above and various other substances may con-
tain a varying quantity of moisture which will add considerably to the weight,
and therefore, unless or means is provided of ascertaining what the weight of
the moisture is, a purchaser may be deceived to a very great extent.
Plans
have been heretofore devised for effecting this purpose, but they have hitherto
been found objectionable, principally for the length of time required to arrive
at a result, whereas, by means of the present Invention, the commercial value

page_text: of any of these articles may be ascertained in a comparatively short space of
time. The improved process consists in drying the substance (to be operated
upon) by means of a current of hot and dry air, the action of which will be
quiet and enegetic, and will quickly carry off the moisture contained therein,
leaving the material perfectly dry. By means of this process all kinds of
fibrous substances, and in fact most kinds of raw materials used in the arts and
manufactures, may be dessicated entirely, leaving only the dry or valuable part
of the material, which may then be weighed or afterwards tested in any way
that may be thought proper.