AN ARTIFICIAL ADDEFOLDED DO MUN KUDLING OF FIRES" COMBUSTIBLE, CHIEFLY APPLICADO 1713 KINDLING AR RIDESBLE TO THE
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Elias Weisskopf, of Pesth, in Hungary, and 4, South
Street, Finsbury, London, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN ARTIFICIAL
ADDEFOLDED DO MUN KUDLING OF FIRES"
COMBUSTIBLE, CHIEFLY APPLICADO
1713
KINDLING
AR RIDES
"
Sealed the 6th January 1857, and dated the 22nd July 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Elias Weisskopf, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd July 1856.
I, ELIAS WEISSKOPF, of Pesth, in Hungary, and of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention of "AN ARTIFICIAL COMBUSTIBLE, CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO THE KINDIING
OF FIRES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
The Invention consists in producing an improved composition, chiefly appli-
cable for kindling fires. I take two hundredweight of resin or its equivalent,
which I place in a boiler, and heat it until its complete liquefaction; I then
add about 70 lbs. of refuse gall-nut dust, which has already been employed for
other purposes, or an equal quantity of sawdust, and 25 lbs. of pitch or its equi-
valent, & 25 lbs. of powdered red earth. This mixture is stirred up until
thoroughly incorporated, and afterwards poured into moulds, over which a
cylinder is passed. The moulds are then plunged into cold water to discharge
them.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Elias Weisskopf in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th January 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ELIAS
WEISSKOPF, of Pesth, in Hungary, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Elias Weisskopf, Her special license that I, the said Elias Weisskopf,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Elias
Weisskopf, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exer.
cise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN ARTIFICIAL
COMBUSTIBLE, CHIEFLY APPLICABLE TO THE KINDLING OF FIRES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Elias Weisskopf, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Elias Weisskopf, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in producing an improved artificial combustible,
chiefly applicable to kindling fires, but which, when modified, can be employed
for perfuming and fumigating apartments, churches, and other places, where
required.
To prepare the combustible for kindling fires, I take about two hundred,
weight of colophany or other substance having analogous properties, and heat
in a suitable vessel until it is reduced to a fluid state; I add to it about
seventy pounds (avoirdupois) of gall-nut dust, which, for the purpose to which
I apply it, may already have been, used for other purposes, or in lieu of gall-
nut dust, an equal quantity of sawdust may be used; I then add about twenty-

page_text: seven pounds of pitch or of its equivalent, and afterwards twenty-seven pounds
of powdered red clay or earth. The whole of the substances should be stirred
up until they are thoroughly incorporated, and when the mixture is complete
it
may be poured into moulds, which are afterwards covered by cylinders. To
facilitate the removal of the moulded combustible, the moulds should be
plunged into cold water. The whole operation occupies about one hour.
Besides the substances above named, other materials possessing inflammable
properties may be employed with the colophany, such as refuse tan, after it
has been used by the tanners. If refuse tan be employed, it is first necessary
to dry it and afterwards to reduce it to very fine powder.
With the substances above named, and the addition of perfumes, as desired,
I manufacture articles of a pyramidal and other shape, suitable for perfuming.
or fumigating apartments; torches can also be made of the same materia's.
A cylinder worked by steam can be employed for the manufacture of the
perfumed pyramids.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details berein laid down of materials or quantities, as
they may be varied according to circumstances; but what I claim is,-
First, the employment of resinous substances such as colophany, combined
with gall-nut dust, sawdust, refuse tan, and other inflammable substances, for
the manufacture of an artificial combustible, applicable for kindling fires, as
herein-before described.
Secondly, the addition to the said substances of perfumes, for the manu-
facture of a combustible applicable to perfuming or fumigating apartments,
churches, and other places, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Elias Weisskopf, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.