AN IMPROVED DESCRIPTION OF PLOUGH
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Evans, of Sherston, Malmesbury, in the
County of Wilts, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED DESCRIPTION OF
PLOUGH."
Sealed the 14th November 1856, and dated the 14th May 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by. the said William Evans at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th May 1856.
I, WILLIAM EVANS, of Sherston, Malmesbury, in the County of Wilts, do
hereby declaro the nature of the said Invention of "AN IMPROVED DESCRIPTION
OF PLOUGH," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved agricultural implement, and is
designed to be employed for the same purpose that a breast plough is now
employed for, performing the operation of paring; and the peculiar features of
novelty of this Invention are as follows:-
1st, the share of the implement (which is somewhat similar to a plough) has
a share on the land side thereof.
2nd, the point of the said share is placed as far forwards as the center of the
two fore wheels.
3rd, the turn-furrow springs immediately from tlie point of the share, and is
of such shape as to leave the furrow hollow on the ground, in the form of a

page_text: half tube, for drying, instead of leaving it flat, as is the case with ordinary
ploughs and breast ploughs.
4th, both the arm, which holds the share, and the under edge of the turn-
furrow are arched, so as to run clear of the ground from the edge of the share
to the heel or tail of the parer, and serve also to prevent them being thrown
out of the ground when coming into contact with a stone, and also prevents
choking by an accumulation of couch, stubble, or rubbish.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Evans in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th November 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EVANS, of Sherston, Malmesbury, in the County of Wilts, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Evans, Her special licence that I, the said William Evans, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Evans, 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 DESCRIPTION OF
PLOUGH," 'upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Evans,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 per-
formed, 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 Evans, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to an improved agricultural implement (which I call
"parer "), designed to be employed for the same purpose that a breast

page_text: adjustment in a vertical direction by pins or screws a, a, taking into holes
respectively formed in the pieces b, b, and framing: A, or by tightening said
screws against the pieces b, b. I is a crank, securely fixed upon the axle
of the wheel H; said crank is connected by a rod c to a scraper K, for
removing any mould which may adhere to the broad share. L is the coulter.
The above-described parer may be readily and easily converted into an ordinary
plough. M is an arm for connecting the share E, coulter L, and turn-
furrow G to the framing of the plough.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my said Invention of
"An Improved Description of Plough," together' with the best means I am
acquainted with for carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark, in
conclusion, that what I claim as my Invention is, the mode above particularly
described, set forth; and represented, of constructing an improved description
of plough, and more especially the placing of the coulter L on the land side of
the plough, and forming the turn-furrow hollow; and this mode of forming the
turn-furrow applies to ploughs generally.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Evans, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Witness,
STEPHEN GOSSLING,
Sherston, Malmesbury,.
Wilts.
WILLIAM EVANS. (L.S.)