IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING THE BOTTOMS OF SHIPS OR OTHER SUBMERGED STRUCTURES FROM FOULING."
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Cowper Phipps Coles, of Mountfield, Bon-
church, Isle of Wight, Captain in the Royal Navy, Companion
of the Bath, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING
THE BOTTOMS OF SHIPS OR OTHER SUBMERGED STRUCTURES FROM FOULING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Cowper Phipps Coles
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th January 1869).
I, COWPER PHIPPS COLES, of Mountfield, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight,
Captain in the Royal Navy, Companion of the Bath, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MEANS OF PROTECTING THE
BOTTOMS OF SHIPS OR OTHER SUBMERGED STRUCTURES FROM FOULING," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in improved means of protecting the bottoms of
ships or other submerged structures from fouling by the employment of
copper or other appropriate metal filings or dust, or a solution of copper
or other metals applied to the surface of cements, paints, glues, or other
adhesivo substances with which the vessel or structure may be coated.

page_text: I propose to apply the copper or other metal filings by sprinkling or
dredging them on to the soft surface of the cement or paint, and after-
wards, if necessary, rolling or pressing them on to that surface, and I
propose to apply the solution when used with a brush or otherwise. By
this means I attain in an economical manner the object of coating the 5
vessel with a film of copper or other metal isolated from the surface of
the ship or structure to which it is applied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Cowper Phipps Coles, in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 10th July 1869..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, COWPER
PHIPPS COLES, of Mountfield, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, Captain in the
Royal Navy, Companion of the Bath, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of January, in the year 1]
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,' give
and grant unto me, the said Cowper Phipps Coles, Her special licence that
I, the said Cowper Phipps Coles, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Cowper Phipps Coles, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED MEANS OF PRO-
TECTING THE BOTTOMS OF SHIPS OR OTHER SUBMERGED STRUCTURES FROM
FOULING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Cowper, Phipps Coles, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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
Palent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Cowper Phipps Coles, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the samo
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in improved means of protecting the bottoms of
ships or other submerged structures from fouling by the employment of
copper or other appropriate metal filings or dust, or a solution of copper
or other metals applied to the surface of cements, paints, glucs, or
other adhesive substances with which the vessel or structure may be
coated.
I propose to apply the copper or other metal filings by sprinkling or
dredging them on to the soft surface of the cement or paint, and after-
wards, if necessary, rolling or pressing them on to that surface, and I
propose to apply the solution when used with a brush or otherwise.
By this means I attain in an economical manner the object of coating
the ship or structure with a film of copper or other metal isolated from
the surface of tho ship or structuro to which it is applied.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-,
First. Applying copper or other appropriate metal filings or dust to
the surface of cements, paints, glues, or other adhesive substanco with
which the ship or structure may be coated in the manner and for the
purpose herein-beforo described.
And, second. I claim applying a solution of copper or other metals
to the cements, paints, glues, or other adhesive substance with which
the ship or structure may be coated in the manner and for the purpose
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Cowper Phipps Coles, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of July. One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.