A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARTICLE COMMONLY CALLED STICK SEALING WAX
Year: 1828

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PETER RIGBY
WASON, of the Middle Temple, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth,
by Iis Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Twenty-fifth day of September, in the ninth year of His
reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Peter Rigby Wason, His especial licence that I, the said Peter Rigby
Wason, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Peter Rigby Wason, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARTICLE COMMONLY
CALLED STICK SEALING WAX;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso, obliging me, the said Peter Rigby Wason, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
and to cause the same to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being there-
unto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Peter
Rigby Wason, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention to consist
in the introduction of a wick into the manufacture of what is commonly
called stick sealing wax, whereby it is more casily kept lighted when in use.

page_text: And in further compliance with the said proviso, I, the said Peter Rigby
Wason, do hereby describe the manner in which my said Invention is to be
performed by the following description thereof (that is to say):-
Take of shelllac one part, of vermillion one part, and of Venice turpentine
one part; reduce these substances to a mass over a slow fire, frequently
stirring the ingredients. When sufficiently warm, and yet not too hot to be
handled, take from the mass a piece the size of an egg, roll it on a warm
copper plate to the size desired; then make a longitudinal groove, in which
lay a straw, or any other substance that will answer for a wick; roll the wax
in the usual manner and. let it cool, previous to which, while yet warm, give
any impression or device you please by means of a mould, press, or otherwise.
Now, whereas I claim as my Invention the introduction of a wick into the
article commonly called stick sealing wax, and such my Invention being, to
the best of my knowledge and belief, entirely new, and never before used
within that part of His said Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland called England, Ilis said Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, I do hereby declare this to be my Specification of the same, and
that I do verily believe this my said Specification doth comply in all respects
fully and without reserve or disguise with the proviso in the said herein-before
in part recited Letters Patent contained, wherefore I hereby claim to maintain
exclusive right and privilege to my said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Rigby Wason, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, the Sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine