A NEW OB IMPROVED TOOTH POWDER
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Lewin Mosely, of 10, Norfolk Street,
Sheffield, in the County of York, for the Invention of "A NEW OB
IMPROVED TOOTH POWDER."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Lewin Mosely at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd February 1865.
I, BENJAMIN LEWIN MOSELY, of 10, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, in the County
of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED TOOTH POWDER," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a new compound of tooth powder, and consists of
powdered orris root, about one-sixth part; permagnate of potassa, about ten
grains; powdered chalk, about two-sixth parts; powdered cuttle fish, about one-
sixth part. These ingredients are to be mixed under a slow heat, and by
degrees about one-sixth part of powdered wheat starch is to be added, after
which the powder may be scented or perfumed at pleasure.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benjamin Lewin Mosely in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 3rd August 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENJAMIN
LEWIN MOSELY, of 10, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, in the County of York, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Benjamin Lewin Mosely, Her special licence that I, the said Ben-
jamin Lewin Mosely, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Benjamin Lewin Mosely, 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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED TOOTH POWDER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Benjamin Lewin Mosely, 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 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 Benjamin Lewin Mosely, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My Invention relates to a new compound of tooth powder, which consists
of the following ingredients, viz., powdered orris root, about one-sixth part;
permanganate of potassa, about ten grains; powdered chalk, about two-sixth
parts; powdered cuttle fish, about one-sixth part. These ingredients are to
be mixed under a slow heat, and by degrees about one-sixth part of powdered
wheat starch is to be added, after which the powder may be scented or perfumed
at pleasure.
In the above proportions it is evident that the limit of one-sixth part
would be under the usual proportion, but I do not limit myself to any exact
proportions, as the same may be slightly varied or modified to suit the taste

page_text: or requirements of the public, the proportions being somewhat in excess of
one-sixth part I find the best, the ten grains of permanganate of potassa being
the proportion in each box of powder.
I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters
Patent the composition or amalgamation of the ingredients specified, in or
about the proportions mentioned, constituting a new or improved tooth
powder.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Lewin Mosely, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
BENJAMIN LEWIN MOSELY. (LS.)
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross.