AN IMPROVED FERTILIZING COMPOSITION
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED FERTILIZING COMPOSITION."-A communica-
tion from abroad by John M°Auley Gallacher, of Roxbury, County of
Norfalle Meccechusetts Limited States of A
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 23rd April 1862.
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 "AN IMPROVED FERTILIZING COMPOSITION," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in a composition made by mixing animal charcoal,
sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol, and the liquid animal matter which is obtained
by condensing the vapours eliminated in the process or charring or burning
bones, which composition is a superior fertilizer, consisting of superphosphate->
of lime, and usually about six per cent. of pure ammonia. The animal..
charcoal is obtained by charred bones ground to a fine powder. The sul-
phuric acid or oil of vitriol is that usually found in the market.
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page_text: The above named ingredients may be mixed in the following proportions:-
Animal charcoal, 100 parts; sulphuric acid, 46 parts; liquid animal matter,
9 parts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 22nd October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66; Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and-sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special license that I, the
said William Edward-Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Edward Newton, 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, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED FERTILIZING COMPOSITION," being
a communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said William Edward Newton, 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 William Edward Newton;, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say):
This Invention of "An Improved Fertilizing Composition:" consists of a
composition made by mixing animal. charcoal, sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol;
and the liquid animal matter, which is obtained by condensing the vapors..
eliminated in the process of charring or burning bones in about the
proportions herein-after specified, or in such. other proportions as, may, be

page_text: desirable for the purpose proposed. This composition will be found to be a
superior fertilizer containing superphosphate of lime and usually about six per
cent. of pure ammonia. The animal charcoal which is to be used should be
obtained by charring bones which are to be ground to a fine powder. The
sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol to be employed is that usually found in the
market.
The above-named ingredients may be mixed in about the following propor-
tions, namely:-Animal charcoal, one hundred parts; sulphuric acid, forty-six
parts; liquid animal matter (obtained as above), nine parts.
I do not, however, intend to confine myself to those proportions, as they
may be considerably varied without materially affecting the character of the
compound. In charring or burning bones, the gases and vapors arising or
expelled during the operation are generally allowed to escape into the atmo-
sphere, thereby rendering it impure and unhealthy, and causing a nuisance.
All this will be avoided by passing the gases and vapors through pipes, or
through a worm immersed in water, and into which pipes or worm a jet of
steam is injected. The steam, gases, and vapors will be condensed by the
cold water into a liquid containing ammonia and animal matter. Of this.
liquid, called above liquid animal matter, I propose generally to use sufficient
to give the superphosphate six per cent. of pure ammonia. The several
ingredients require to be thoroughly mixed in a suitable vessel, and the
composition when properly mixed will produce a cheap and superior fertilizer.
Having now described the Invention that has been communicated to me,
as aforesaid, I claim the fertilizing composition made of animal charcoal,
sulphuric acid, and liquid animal matter, substantially as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward 'Newton, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Eighteenth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
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Witness.
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.s.)