A NEW MACHINE TO MAKE CHOCOLATE," WHICH IS DONE IN A VERY CLEAN AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER
Year: 1763

page_text: BILL, of the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS I. the said William Bill, did, by my petition, humbly represent
unto His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, that I had,
from much application, labour, and at a great expence, invented and brought to
perfection "A NEW MACHINE TO MAKE CHOCOLATE," WHICH IS DONE IN A VERY CLEAN
AND EXPEDITIOUS MANNER;" that the said Invention will greatly contribute to the
accomodation of said Majesty's subjects, as by this new method of making the
chocolate it will be sold at a more moderate price than had been usual; and
I, therefore, having most humbly prayed Ilis said Majesty to grant unto me.
my executors, administrators, and assigns, His Royal licence for the sole benefit
of my said Invention for such term of years as by law I might be entitled to,
His said Majesty, being willing to give encouragement to all arts and inventions
which might be for the public good, was graciously pleased to condescend to
my request; and therefore His said Majesty, by His Royal Letters Patent,
bearing date at Westminster, the Third day of November, in the fourth year of
Ilis reign, of His especial grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion. for Him.
His heirs and successors, did give and grant unto me, the said William Bill,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, is especial licence. full power, sole
priviledge and authority, that I. the said William Bill. my executors, adminis-

page_text: trators, and assigns, and every of us, by myself and ourselves, or by mine and
our deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said
William Bill, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend my said Invention within that part of His said Majesty's Kingdom of
Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, in such manner as to me, the said William Bill, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or any of us, should in our discretion seem meet,
and that I, the said William Bill, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity,
and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and arising by
reason of the said Invention, for and during the term of years therein mentioned;
to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers, privileges, and advan-
tages therein-before granted or mentioned to be granted, unto me, the said
William Bill, my executors, administrators, and assigns, for and during and
unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters
Patent next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended,
according to the Statute in such case made and provided; in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso, that if I, the said William Bill, should not
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four kalendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and
all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease,
determine, and become void, anything therein-before contained to the contrary
thereof in anywise notwithstanding, as in and by the said recited Letters
Patent more fully and at large appears.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Bill, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, as follows (that
is to say)-
It is done by the help of an horse, which works a large wooden wheel, and
a long tumbling shaft from the large wheel to the head of three small wheels,
which three wheels turn two iron spindles; one spindle turns a fine culling
or French stone, fixed in a large round iron cockle, with a stone and a small
charcoal fire fixed in the bottom of the said cockle; the other spindle turns
an iron roller, as fixed in a large iron tub, with a slow charcoal fire under the

page_text: same iron tub. All the above works are fixed in one motion, and makes the
neat cocoa nutt into as fine a chocolate as anything ever before invented.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Bill, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Twelfth day of January, in the fourth year of the reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God, of Great
Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty-four.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twelfth day of January, in the
said fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, the
aforesaid William Bill came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery,
and acknowledged the Writing aforesaid, and every matter and thing therein
contained, in form abovesaid. And the said Writing was stamped according to
Statute made in the sixth year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary.
Inrolled the Twelfth day of January, in the fourth year of the reign of
His Majesty King George the Third, One thousand seven hundred and