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AN IMPROVEMENT IN JOISTS AND LATHS USED FOR SUPPORTING HAIR AND OTHER PERVIOUS FLOORS IN OAST HOUSES
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Croft Plomley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th August
1858.
I, JOHN CROFT PLOMLEY, of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
JOISTS AND LATHS USED FOR SUPPORTING HAIR AND OTHER PERVIOUS FLOORS IN
OAST HOUSES," to be as follows:-
The joints and laths as now made, upon which the pervious floors of oast
houses for the drying of malt and grain are laid, occupy a very large portion
of the surface of the floor. The laths are square, or nearly so, and the joists
are of the same thickness at top and bottom. Now, my Invention consists in
making them taper off towards the top on which the floor rests, whereby
much less of the floor will be covered, and consequently an extended floor
surface will be exposed to the rising currents of heated air and other drying
and evaporating agents.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CRAVATS, BRACES, BELTS, AND WAISTBANDS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by August Stenger at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st December
1858.
I, AUGUST STENGER, of 4, Gresham Street, in the City of London, Commission
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CRAVATS, BRACES, BELTS, AND WAISTBANDS," to be
as follows:-
My Invention, which relates to improvements in the manufacture of cravats,
braces, belts, and waistbands, consists in manufacturing those articles in a
braided form instead of weaving them as heretofore. I manufacture them of
silk, cotton, or other suitable material in an ordinary braiding machine, and in
the manner of braid, making them of colours and widths suitable for the several
purposes mentioned.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPIRATORS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Domenico Tomasini at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd November
1858.
I, DOMENICO TOMASINI, of Store Street, Bedford Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Upholsterer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPIRATORS," to be as follows:-
My improvements in respirators consist, firstly, in constructing them in such
a manner that they shall be concealed from view. For this purpose when the
respirator is intended to be worn by a man, I attach it to the inside of a false
beard and moustache in such manner that free passage shall be left for the
air, and yet the respirator shall be hidden from view by the false beard and
moustache, the foundation of which I make of leather or some other flexible
material capable of adapting itself to the form of the mouth. Besides con-
cealing the respirator the air forming the false beard and moustache will be
found materially to assist in warming the air, and rendering it more fit for
respiration. In some cases I propose to adapt false lips, in order to give the
apparatus a more natural appearance.
When the respirator is intended to be worn by females instead of the false
beard, I propose to cover it with a false mouth, imitating as nearly as possible
the natural color and appearance of the skin and lips. This false mouth may
be constructed of fine linen, thin skin, leather, gutta percha, or any other
appropriate flexible material, stained or painted in a suitable manner.
These improved respirators may either be tied or fastened on by strings or

page_text: cords as usual, or by means of wires passing across the cheeks, and bent so
as to pass over the tops of the ears, by which means the attachment would
be concealed by the whiskers of men or the bonnet strings of women.
My next improvement consists in applying the loose fur or hair of animals
to the inside of respirators, either in addition to or as a substitute for the
ordinary materials employed for that purpose, which will be found materially
to increase their beneficial effect.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING CHLORIDE OF SODIUM FOR OBTAINING THEREPROM CERTAIN USEFUL PRODUCTS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Nicolas Augustin Drouet and
Pierre Philippe le Coq at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 23rd January 1858.
We, NICOLAS AUGUSTIN DROUET, Chemist, PIERRE PHILIPPE LE COQ,
Gentleman, both of Paris, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING CHLORIDE OF SODIUM FOR OBTAINING
THEREPROM CERTAIN USEFUL PRODUCTS," to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in certain modes of treating chloride of sodium for
obtaining therefrom salts which may be employed in many instances instead
of the nitrate or chlorates.
An aqueous solution of chloride of sodium of suitable strength is saturated
with ammonia, after which a current of oxygen gas is caused to pass through
it, crystalization takes place, and the crystals thus obtained may serve,
instead of nitrate of potash, for manufacturing gunpowder or other purposes,
or instead of other nitrates.
Or, after the solution of chloride of sodium has been saturated with ammonia,
a suitable quantity of nitric acid is added to the solution, and finally a current
of oxygen gas caused to pass through it; the crystals obtained may be
employed instead of chlorate of potash or other chlorates for many manu-
facturing purposes, such, for instance, as for dyeing and others.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO WHEELS, TO FACILITATE THEM IN TRAVELLING ON COMMON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1858

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the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Whytock at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th March
1858.
I, ANDREW WHYTOCK, of 12, Little St. Andrew St., Upper St. Martins
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO WHEELS, TO FACILITATE THEM
IN TRAVELLING ON COMMON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus to be applied to
wheels to facilitate them in travelling on common roads and other surfaces.
Heretofore apparatus has sometimes been applied to wheels to prevent them
from sinking into the surface on which the wheel is travelling, and to provide
a more uniform surface for the wheel to run on, and this apparatus has usually
consisted of a series of sleepers or supports laid continuously in front of the
wheel, and on to which the wheel runs.
In arrangements of this description the wheel bears only on one of the sleepers
or supports at a time, except just when it is in the act of passing from one
sleeper or support to another; consequently, when these happen to be placed
on different levels (as must be frequently the case when the wheel is passing
over a rough road) the wheel passes with more or less suddenness from one
level to another. Now, according to my Invention, the apparatus is so

page_text: arranged that the wheel does not run directly on the supports, but upon links
by which the supports are connected together; thus the wheel is at all times
supported by two neighbouring sleepers or supports (except when it is just
over the centre of one of them), so that it, by a gradual incline, passes from
the level of one to the level of the other. I arrange the apparatus according to
my Invention in the following manner :-The wheel is made with a double
flange, and round it are arranged the sleepers or supports; these are formed of
✓ iron, of which the width of the bottom flange will vary according to
the nature of the road or surface; these sleepers or supports are connected
together into a chain by lengths of ☐ iron, which are pin-jointed at each
end to the vertical flange. of the 1 : iron, at points near the centres of the
sleepers or supports. In this manner an endless chain of sleepers or supports
is made up, and it passes round the wheel, and also over a small carrying
pulley fixed to the carriage, and as the wheel travels it runs over the upper
AN IMPROVED WIRE CONDUCTOR FOR ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MACHINES
Year: 1858

page_text: Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Fréderic Vasserot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
July 1858. A communication from Louis Barthelemy Suzanne Charrier
de Sainneville, of La Fréta, near Lyons, in the Empire of France.
I, CHARLES FREDERIC VASSEROT, of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED WIRE CONDUCTOR FOR ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MACHINES," (a communication
from Louis Barthelemy Suzanne Charrier de Sainneville; of La Fréta, near
Lyons, in the Empire of France,) to be as follows; and consists in using a cord
made either of hemp, cotton, wool, flax, horsehair, cloth, cane, or any other
material capable of being twisted, plaited, or rolled, and offering at the same
time resistance and suppleness, and in surrounding the said cord with a wire
of copper, or any other conducting metal.
This mode of conducting electricity presents a greater economy than all the
conductors hitherto known or used, and it may be employed for electro-
maguets of any size whatever.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF MANUFACTURING THE BLADES OF TABLE AND OTHER KNIVES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Horrabin Greaves at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
September 1858.
I, SAMUEL HORRABIN GREAVES, of Radford Street Works, Sheffield, in the
County of York, Manufacturer of Table Cutlery, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF MANUFACTURING
THE BLADES OF TABLE AND OTHER KNIVES," to be as follows:-
Knife blades are ordinarily made at present by forging the steel for the
cutting part, or blade proper, until it approaches the size and shape required,
before it is welded to the part which forms the bolster and tang, or both blade
and bolster are forged or rolled from one piece of metal.
My improvements consist in cutting the bar steel into short lengths, and
before reducing it to shape welding it to the iron which forms the bolster; the
blade and tang are then drawn out, and the knife finished in the usual way.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES, MOPS, OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING AND CLEANING
Year: 1858

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app! tion for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Reuben Baxendale at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th August
.1858.
I, REUBEN BAXENDALE, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRUSHES, MOPS, OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING
AND CLEANING," to be as follows:-
I make the head of the brush or mop hollow, and of any suitable size or
shape, to which I attach bristles, rags, ropes, sponge, or any material suitable
for the purpose of washing or cleaning. To this hollow head I attach a
flexible tube, through which water or any required liquid shall pass, and by
means of a valve in the said hollow head the flow of the liquid is regulated, so
as to supply the necessary quantity for the purpose required; for instance, in
washing railway carriages at a station, there is generally a tank of water fixed
in an elevated position; to the said tank of water I attach a flexible tube of
sufficient length to be used by the person washing or cleaning the carriages;
to the other end of the tube I fix the aforesaid apparatus, then the person
using it has only to adjust the valves, so as to allow the necessary quantity of
liquid to flow through, and he may continue to wash the carriages without
having to dip his brush or mop continually in a bucket of water. If it is
necessary to have a handle or pole attached to the hollow head, it may also

page_text: be made hollow if desirable, in that case the flexible tube may be attached to
the end of the said handle. It will be evident that in using this apparatus
the water or liquid must have a certain amount of pressure, which may always
be obtained by raising the vessel containing it a little above the position of the
operator.
This apparatus is applicable to many purposes, as railways, coach establish-
ments, washing the outsides of windows, &c., &c. It may also be used for
whitewashing or colouring the inside walls of mills, farm houses, &c., by
placing the supply of coloring matter in a room
coloring matter in a room or storey above the
operator.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER BY MEANS OF HEAT
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Robert Napier at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th November
1858.
I, JAMES ROBERT NAPIER, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER BY MEANS OF HEAT," to be as
follows, that is to say :-
The said Invention relates to the working of engines by means of steam or
other vapour or gas generated or obtained and applied in any known way,
and consists in heating the steam or other vapour or gas after it has been
generated or obtained by subjecting it to the heating action of pipes or other
passages through which currents of hot liquid are made to circulate. These
currents are not intended to form any part of any body of liquid from which
the steam or other vapour or gas may be generated or obtained as before
mentioned.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN BRACELETS, NECKLETS, AND RINGS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adolf Friedmann at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
November 1858.
I, ADOLF FRIEDMANN, of Frankfort on the Maine, Manufacturer of
Jewellery, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN BRACELETS, NECKLETS, AND RINGS," to be as follows:-
My Invention applies to such of those articles above enumerated as are
formed of or with a strap or straps, bands or belts, and consists in the means
of fastening and fixing the same on the wearer at the desired degree of tightness.
The strap or straps is or are first run through a slide or clip (one or more),
from the centre of which there rises a threaded pin; a button or stud, or stone,
set in a suitable mounting, screws down upon the threaded pin, and fixes the
strap. Or the pin may be connected to the button or mounting, and may
be made to fix the strap by being turned or screwed down through the upper
part of a slide upon it.
A NEW GRUBBING AND HARROWING LAND ROLLER
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Campbell, at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the 26th June
1858.
I, DANIEL CAMPBELL, of Wemyss Castle, Kirkaldy, in the County of Fife,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW GRUBBING
AND HARROWING LAND ROLLER," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of an agricultural implement calculated to do the
Work of both grubbing and harrowing in one machine.
The machine I propose to employ for this purpose consists of a strong
wooden or metal framing, having shafts attached thereto, either for one or
more horses, the lower part of the framing being made V-shaped. At the
bottom of the framing and between the sides thereof is placed a roller, the
axes whereof are inserted in the lower part of the framing, revolving therein.
On the outer surface of the roller are placed at intervals metal spikes running
in a straight line from end to end of the roller; between each row of spikes
are placed rows of small spade-shaped pieces about the same length as the
spikes.
It will appear by the foregoing that as this roller revolves, it has the effect
of grubbing and harrowing at the same time, as well as saving a great deal
of labor in cross ploughing. For the purpose of easy conveyance, a pair of
wheels are to be placed on the ends of the roller.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING COVERED WAYS FOR THE PASSAGE OF SEWAGE ON THE BANKS OF RIVERS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Baker at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th June 1858.
I, WILLIAM BAKER, of 8, Albert Villas, Seven Sisters' Road, Holloway, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING COVERED WAYS FOR THE PASSAGE OF SEWAGE
ON THE BANKS OF RIVERS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in constructing covered ways
for the passage of sewage on the banks of rivers. For these purposes a
covered way is constructed along the sides of a river by means of cast-iron
plates. A row or rows of piles are driven parallel with the bank, which is
either protected by a wall or by cast-iron plates. On the piles a top or bearing
plate is fixed, on which the lower ends of the cast-iron plates are fixed. The
upper part of the channel or way is covered over with cast-iron plates, which
rest on the bank; and on the upright cast-iron plate, where the width is con-
siderable, a row of cast-iron pillars are employed to support the covering
plates of the covered way. Near the upper part of the upright plates are
doors to admit of an overflow and other doors to admit of the flow of water
from the river into the covered way at high tide when it is desired so to do.
The ends of the several sewers along the banks enter the covered way, and
the sewage therefrom passes from the sewers into and flows off by the covered
ways. Provision is made for passing the ends of canals, docks, and other
navigable places.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRON SHIPS OR VESSELS
Year: 1858

page_text: This Invention received Provisional Protection,
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Simous at the Office of
the Commissioners of l'atents, with his Petition, on the 13th May
1858.
I, WILLIAM SIMONS, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Shipbuilder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRON SHIPS OR VESSELS," to be as follows, that
is to say:
This Invention relates to the arranging of the deck beams of ships diagonally,
or with the reverse inclines, so as to gain superior strength. Each line of beams
is disposed so that the individual beams lie at an angle with the keel line of
the ship, and in every deck the direction of the angle is reversed.
The Invention also relates to the diagonal disposition of the stantions, each
stantion or hold-fast beam or bar being inclined or set diagonally in one
or more lines, the lines being reverse to each other, and the bars being attached
at the intersections, and at their upper ends, where they join the beams. In
constructing the actual shell of the ship no filling-up pieces are used, but what
may be called long filling-up plates are adopted. These plates are rolled in
long lengths, with central projecting ribs, which form the filling-up pieces, and
abut against the frames, and they are interposed between the ordinary short
plates of the shell framing.

page_text: In commencing to build a ship in this way, the "floor" is laid with
diagonal plates, in the first instance, and the beams of each deck all the way
up are then reversed in each case; and in building iron steamers according to
this Invention, a sufficient number of plates are left out of the side of the ship,
which is otherwise finished up in the ordinary way. The engines and boilers
are then put into the hull through the opening, and the latter is then closed
up and the ship completed.
This Invention also comprehends the inverting or reversing the knees of the
ship, that is to say, the knees are disposed above instead of below the deck,
and iron plates are laid above or over the lines of knees throughout the ship,
fore and aft.
AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Hanson Mellor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd November 1858.
I, CHARLES HANSON MELLOR, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in combining that peculiar description of weaving
known as honey-comb weaving, with plain, twilled, fancy, or double weaving,
in order to produce woven fabrics of an improved description suitable for
petticoats and other garments for women.
When steels or cords are required, the fabric may be made with double
portions, into which the steels or cords are inserted. These improved fabrics
may be made of cotton, wool, silk, or other fibrous material, or of any suitable
combinations of fibrous materials.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with
the application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Shaw at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th June
1858.
I, JAMES SHAW, of Cheapside, Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of
the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-ARMS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in fire-arms, and consists in
the application of a safety bolt, so arranged as to lock the hammer, except
when pressure is applied to the end of the stock as when it is pressed against the
shoulder previous to firing. For this purpose, I arrange the metal cap at the
end of the stock to turn on a hinge or other joint at its upper end, so that
the other end of the cap is free to move backwards and forwards for a short
distance. When the fire-arm is brought to the shoulder for firing, the cap
is pressed inwards against the action of a spring which tends constantly to
keep it in its extreme position in the other direction. This motion of the cap
actuates a rod, having at its end a head or enlargement on which (when the
cap at the end of the stock is not pressed upon) a tail fixed to the sear rests,
so as to prevent the sear from being raised by the trigger out of the notch of
the tumbler, but when the rod is pushed forward by the motion of the cap
(caused as before explained by pressing the stock to the shoulder) the
head of the rod passes away from the tail of the sear and allows it to be with-
drawn by the action of the trigger in the usual manner from the notch of the
sear.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF GLASS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Bower at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th May
1858.
I, JOSEPH BOWER, of IIunslet, near Leeds, Manufacturing Chemist, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF GLASS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of glass.
For these purposes, sulphate of barytes reduced to powder, silica, or fine sand,
and muriate of soda are calcined together at a strong red heat till they
become a dry powder consisting of silicate of barytes and sulphate of soda;
this compound, with the addition of the proper proportion of lime, is then
converted into glass. When the glass is required free from color, the sulphate
of barytes and sand are first purified with acid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MOVABLE APPARATUSES FOR RECEIVING FECAL AND SEWAGE MATTERS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th July 1858.-A communication from G. M. Legé.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOVABLE APPARATUSES FOR RECEIVING FECAL AND
SEWAGE MATTERS," (a communication from G. M. Legé,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment and construction of vessels for
the reception of fecal and sewage matters, in which the solid matters are
retained, while the liquid portions only are allowed to flow into the drains and
sewers.
The apparatuses consist of a cask or vessel, in the side of which is a screw
plug or stopper, protected on the inside of the vessel with a rose wire gauze
or perforated plate; a cover is luted or cemented on to the vessel; an out-
flow pipe is caused to enter the side of the cover and to extend down into the
vessel for a short distance, where it terminates in a rose or box formed of per-
forated.plate
forated plate or wire gauze. When placed for use the vessel is filled with water
sufficiently to enable the outflow pipe to act; then upon any solid or liquid matters
entering through the inlet pipe, liquid will flow through the rose and outflow
pipe into a drain, sewer, or other outlet, while the solid matters will be retained
either upon the surface of the liquid in the vessel or upon the bottom of the
vessel. The apparatus will continue to work until the rose or perforated box
becomes clogged by the solid matters. The screw stopper must next be

page_text: removed from the side of the vessel, when the liquid contents will run out
into a drain or otherwise, leaving only solid matters in the vessel.
The apparatus has to be removed to be emptied of its solid contents, and
another similar apparatus put down to supply its place.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING SEWAGE MATTER
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas James at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th July
1858.
I, THOMAS JAMES, of Saint George's in the East, in the County of Middle-
sex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING SEWAGE MATTER," to be as follows:-
My Invention embraces a system which I proceed to describe. At the
mouth or outlet of a drain or sewer I provide a receiving vessel hermetically
closed to the atmosphere, but communicating through perforated sides and
bottom with an air-tight well, into which the liquid portions of the sewage
will flow through the perforated sides and bottom of the receiver. I pump
this liquid portion up into covered filtering vessels, through which the liquid
in a filtered and purified state is allowed to flow into the river. I remove
the more solid contents from the perforated vessel through tubes or pipes
opening into exhausted tanks, in barges, boats, or vessels, which are brought
alongside of the first receiving vessel. The barges convey away the tanks
charged with the more solid matters to be applied as manure or otherwise as
required. Thus, the separation, filtration, and removal of sewage matter will
be inexpensively and effectually performed without the liability of any noxious
effluvium escaping during the operations.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION OF POTATOES AND OTHER AMYLACEOUS VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Elijah Slack at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd January
1858.
I, ELIJAH SLACK, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION OF POTATOES AND OTHER
AMYLACEOUS VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates, more or less, to an Invention for improvements in
the treatment, application, and use of wheat and other grains and amylaceous
vegetable substances, for which Mr. Slack has already obtained Provisional
Protection, bearing.date on or about the Third day of December 1857, and it
consists in the so treating or preparing potatoes and other vegetables as to
effect their preservation from decay. According to this Invention the potatoes
or other vegetables to be treated for preservation are primarily subjected to
the action of acids and alkalis, as well as to that of diastase in solution and
other saccharine matters. This treatment has a powerful preservative action,
arresting disease, and enabling the owner to keep the potatoes or other articles
for a lengthened period, the routine of operations being varied, if necessary.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TIME-KEEPERS
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th August 1858.-A communication from F. P. Vaglica, of Palermo.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TIME-KEEPERS," (a communication from F. P.
Vaglica, of Palermo,) to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the regulation of time-keepers put in motion by
weights, springs, or otherwise, and consists in the construction and employ-
ment of pendulums formed and fitted as follows:-Each pendulum consists
of two horizontal or nearly horizontal arms, carrying discs, each arm being
formed of a metal or other material of different expansibility to the other,
and the two being so combined that as their lengths are caused to vary by
variations of temperature the angles which they form with each other or with a
vertical line shall also vary in such manner that the distance of their common
centre of gravity below the point of suspension may be constant, and therefore
the times of oscillation of the pendulum be constant. The discs before-
mentioned may be furnished with indicators to indicate the variations in the
dilatations of the arms, and the corresponding variations in the angles made
by them.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUSES FOR EXHIBITING DAGUERREOTYPE, PHOTO- GRAPHIC, AND OTHER STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS AND PICTURES
Year: 1858

page_text: This Invention received Provisional Protection, out notice to proceed
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
March 1858.-A communication.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUSES FOR EXHIBITING DAGUERREOTYPE, PHOTO-
GRAPHIC, AND OTHER STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS AND PICTURES," (communicated to mo
by a foreigner residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
These improvements consist in arranging inside a box, case, or chamber an
endless belt or apron having a series of frames or slides to receive views and
pictures attached to it, in such manner as to stand perpendicular to its face.
By moving the belt through a handle outside the box the pictures are
presented successively in a vertical or other suitable position opposite to
magnifying glasses, or other transparent media, or to suitable openings. By
arranging the pictures at right angles to the face of the endless belt or chain,
a larger number of pictures may be contained and exhibited in a box or caso
of a given size than by the arrangement of the same parallel with the face
of the belt, as is usual in moving panoramas. I secure the pictures in
the slides by means of elastic bands and notches formed in the ends of the
grooved portions of the slides.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS AND OTHER FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edwards and Thomas Love-
ridge at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 24th May 1858.
We, JOHN EDWARDS, of No. 77, Aldermanbury, and THOMAS LOVERIDGE, of
74, Aldermanbury, in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS AND
OTHER FASTENINGS FOR ARTICLES OF DRESS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to the making of double shell trowser buttons. The
front shell is so made that the back shell may be brought over the front and
thereby form a rim round the button. Parts of this button is lackered or
coated with varnish to protect the metal from the action of the atmosphere,
and the lackering or coating with varnish is also applicable to the ordinary
trowser buttons and other articles for the fastening of articles of dress.
MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE SPRINGS OF SURGICAL TRUSSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Francis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th October
1858.
I, HENRY FRANCIS, of No. 456, West Strand, Westminster, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "MACHINERY FOR MAKING THE SPRINGS OF SURGICAL TRUSSES," to be as
follows:-
To produce a truss spring I take a strip of hot steel, and instead of forging
it by hand roll it in the following manner :-I use a pair of rollers, arranged so
as to admit the passing between them a strong iron plate supported on friction
rollers, on which plate I affix the various steel moulds, shaped so as to give
the required forms of the different kinds of truss springs, or I pass the moulds
between the rollers without a bed plate. I take the springs so rolled and
give them the required shape to fit the human body by passing them between
three rollers, adjusted so as to produce the required forms in the following
manner: Two of the rollers revolve in the same direction; the third roller,
which bends the strip of steel, is elevated or depressed by a lever or other
known means. The distance between the rollers is varied to produce the
different curves required by passing between rollers patterns of the requisite
shapes, or by guides of the necessary undulating forms which raise or depress
the levers; or other means acting on the rollers or cams may be attached to
the rollers to give them the requisite irregular motion required to produce the
necessary curves.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING WORSTED AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Bentley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st April
1858.
I, HENRY BENTLEY, of Horton, near Bradford, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN PREPARING AND
SPINNING WORSTED AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a mode or method of covering the top rollers or
pressing rollers employed in apparatus for preparing and spinning worsted and
other fibrous substances with leather or other suitable material. And the
improvements consist in having such rollers formed with a web plate or arms
in the middle of the rim, or so that the rim projects on each side thereof, and
which rim is beviled on the inner edges. I also have plates or rings which
are beviled on the outer edge, so as to fit into and between the rim on each
side of the roller, the said plates or rings being roughed or toothed on the
bevil edge. The leather or other material for covering is provided wider
than the rim of the roller, so that besides covering the periphery or surface,
the edges of which are turned over the edges of the said rim, a plate or ring is
pressed in on each side of the roller, and screws passed through both plates
and roller, the rough or toothed edges thus drawing the leather tightly over or
around the rim, which holds the same securely thereon.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STANDS FOR TELESCOPES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1858

page_text: on for
by the Act.)
atent was not given wunin the time prescribed
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Warren at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th May
1858.
I, FREDERICK WARREN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STANDS FOR TELESCOPES AND OTHER
INSTRUMENTS," to be as follows:-
I form of iron or other suitable material discs or plates, and to manipulate
their surfaces and centres as that they shall work freely, steadily, and smoothly,
upon or into each other; and of these plates or liscs coupled together I form
the various movements required for the telescope or other instrument, and after
the following manner:-I take a plate or disc, which, for the purpose of
description, shall be No. 1, placing it horizontally, it having at the centre a
tube boss or pin, upon or into which, as well as upon or into the surface
thereof, another plate No. 2 shall rotate, if required, and so give the horizontal
motion. Upon this second plate I build an arrangement for receiving and
holding firmly another plate No. 3 and perpendicular to No. 2; upon or into
this I cause a fourth plate to move, and this forms the vertical movement also
required; I place upon this plate (4) a cradle or support for holding the
instrument. For the equatorial motion I attach a fifth plate or disc to No. 4;
upon or into this fifth plate I cause a sixth to work like the others described,

page_text: and upon this sixth plate I fix the cradle or support for the instrument; it
can work all these motions by band simply or by worm and wheel motions
or friction rollers.
To sustain the foregoing and support it at any required elevation, I attach
to the under side of plate No. 1. plates or discs similar to those herein
described; and upon or into these plates I cause other plates to move as
already mentioned. To the latter moveable plates I attach sockets or pro-
jections, and into or on these I fasten or insert metal or other tubes or any
kind of suitable prop; the tubes or props form the legs, and the plates to which
they are attached together, with those attached to the plate one, form the joints
on which they move.
I do not confine myself to the precise arrangement herein described, but to
the formation of stands as aforesaid, the movements of which shall be made
with plates or discs working as aforesaid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SHIPS' BOATS
Year: 1858

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Mortimer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd August
1858. A communication.
I, CHARLES MORTIMER, of South Carolina, in the United States of America,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SHIPS' BOATS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for raising and
lowering ships' boats. For this purpose the lower blocks of the ordinary davit
tackles have attached to each of them a metal ball or globe, which fits into a
corresponding socket fixed to the boat; and these sockets are so placed, that
whilst the weight of the boat is on the tackles, the balls remain firmly held by
the sockets; but when the weight of the boat is taken off the tackles by the sea,
the balls fall freely out of the sockets, and the boat goes free; thus the difficulty
that at present exists in unhooking the tackles, and the danger consequent
thereon, is avoided. In order to prevent the balls falling out of the sockets before
it is required to release the boat, each socket is provided with a catch, which
retains the ball in the socket even when the weight of the boat is taken off the
tackles until the catch is withdrawn.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY BRAKES
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edgar Chichester Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
March 1858.
I, EDGAR CHICHESTER JONES, of Caroline Street, Bedford Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the saia
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY BRAKES," to be as follows:-
I propose, without dispensing with the ordinary brake now used on railway
vehicles, to apply an extra braking power; I propose to carry the power or
pressure to the inner side, and partially upon the top of the rails, by means of
apparatus composed of connecting rod, cog wheel, and chain connecting the
brake wheel with the guard's wheel, and other mechanical parts, to sustain
them or confine their action; the whole to be worked by the ordinary brakes,
or to be so intimately connected thereto as to work simultaneously therewith..
AN IMPROVED NECK CLOTH OR TIE, MEANS OF CONNECTING TIES TO COLLARS, AND AN IMPROVED COLLAR
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Paul Michel at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th April 1858.-
A communication from Charles Alfred Jordery, of Paris.
I, PAUL MICHEL, of Paris, in the French Empire, Dyer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED NECK CLOTH OR TIE, MEANS
OF CONNECTING TIES TO COLLARS, AND AN IMPROVED COLLAR," (communicated to
me by Charles Alfred Jordery, of Paris,) to be as follows:-
My improved neck cloth or tie is composed of a band or collar, the ends of
which are brought round to the front of the neck, and terminate in two loops,
by preference of metal, which loops are permanently or otherwise attached to
the band or collar. The tie or band, which is used to form the bow or knot
in front, consists of a strip of silk or other material sufficiently long to form
the required bow or knot; it is passed through the two loops, and the ends
are brought back to tie the bow or knot.
The means of connecting ties to collars consists in fixing permanently or
otherwise two loops, by preference of metal, to the collar or band, through
which loops the tie is to be passed, the two ends being brought towards each
other to tie the bow or knot.
My improved collar is intended to form a turn-down collar. It consists of
three parts:-The central part forms the band round the neck, and has
connected to it near the ends the loops herein-before named, the lower third
is turned up over the central or band piece, while the upper third is turned
down over both the band piece and the lower third. A very neat turn-down
collar is thus produced, and the tie neatly fitted thereto without being carried
round the neck.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RAISING WEIGHTS
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Godet at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th May
1858.
I, AUGUSTE GODET, of 31, Rue St. Hubert, Bordeaux, France, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAISING WEIGHTS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in raising weights. For
this purpose, where a windlass is employed, in place of the windlass being
worked by means of levers worked up and down, the windlass is driven from
a capstan, with which it is put in connection by means of cog wheels or other-
wise. By this means, the windlass is driven by a continuous movement.in
place of by an irregular movement, as heretofore. For this purpose I prefer
to attach to the centre of the windlass a worm wheel, into which a screw on
an axis works, on which axis are attached two cog wheels of different
diameters, which take into cog wheels on the axis of the capstan, which are
also of different diameters. The cog wheels on the axis of the capstan are
fixed on a sliding collar, which is capable of being slid up and down by means
of a lever, and are arranged so that they cannot both take into the cog wheels
on the axis of the screw at the same time. By this means the windlass may
be driven at different speeds from the capstan. The lever may also be moved
into such a position that neither of the cog wheels on the axis of the capstan
gears with the other cog wheels, so that the capstan may be used separately.
Iм- PROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNERS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Carter at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th June 1858.
I, HENRY CARTER, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Gas Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNERS," to be as follows:-
I make the burner of two parts, both being furnished with jets, the upper
one being formed in the usual manner and the lower one having smaller holes
or orifices, the said lower part or jet at its head fitting or slipping into any of
the required pipes, sockets, or elbows. One effect of passing the gas through
the small orifices of the lower jet before arriving at the top or usual jet, is
that a No. One lower jet produces a No. Three upper jet, and a No. Two lower
jet a No. Five upper jet, and so on in the same proportion.
Another effect is, that the aforesaid combination of jets forms a complete
regulator, so that the gas escapes evenly and burns without the starting
common to the jets in ordinary use, and also effects a great economy in the
consumption of gas. I can introduce a chamber between the jets if
found desirable.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING, CHURNING, COLOR MIXING, OR SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Johnson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd September
1858.
I, JAMES JOHNSON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING, CHURNING, COLOR MIXING, OR
SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
I place the peggy or other article employed for washing, churning, &c.,
either in the ordinary tub or any suitable vessel, and give it a to-and-fro
curvilinear motion, by placing its rod or shaft in the boss of a bevil wheel
geared into another bevil wheel, which has an alternate curvilinear motion
imparted to it by fixing on its shaft a lever having a stud placed in a slot of
one of the arms of a double lever working on a fixed stud, the other arm
being connected by a rod to a crank pin on a toothed or other wheel, having
motion given to it by gearing pullies or other suitable manner. The shaft of
the peggy moves to and fro, and also up and down, as required, by means of a
key and slot in the bevil wheel placed upon it.