AN IMPROVED SOLE TO BE WORN IN BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Shepherd Rosser, of Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
SOLE TO BE WORN IN BOOTS AND SHOES."
Sealed the 23rd October 1860, and dated the 27th April 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Shepherd Rosser
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on.
the 27th April 1860.
1, HENRY SHEPHERD ROSSER, of Kensington, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED SOLE TO BE WORN IN BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing a sole in which are embedded or
otherwise applied two series of rows of metals relatively electro positive and
negative.
I construct the body of the sole of gutta percha, hardened rubber, or other
suitable material, and prefer to embed therein strips of copper and zinc, or
silver and zinc, so that the metal may be flush with the surface of the water-
proof body. In some cases I cover the inside of the body with a lining of
cotton, silk, or other material, with perforations over the metal strips.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Shepherd Rosser in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 27th October 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
SHEPHERD ROSSER, of Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Shepherd Rosser, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Shepherd Rosser, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Henry Shepherd Rosser, 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 In-
vention for "AN IMPROVED SOLE TO BE WORN IN BOOTS AND SHOES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Shepherd Rosser, 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 Henry Shepherd Rosser, do hereby
declare the nature of my 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, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in constructing a sole in which are embedded or
otherwise applied two series of rows of metals relatively electro positive and
negative.
I construct the body of the sole of gutta percha, hardened rubber, or other
suitable material, and prefer to embed therein strips of copper and zinc, or
silver and zinc, so that the metal may lie flush with the surface of the water-
proof body. In some cases I cover the boily with a lining of cotton, silk, or
other material, with perforations over the metal strips.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan of a sole made as before
described; Figure 2 is a similar view with the outer coating or lining of linen
or other material removed. a is the body of the sole, in which two series of
rows of metals c, d, are embedded, those marked c being for example, copper
or silver, and those marked d zinc. The copper or silver and zinc are
divided by the gutta percha or other material, and the whole is covered with a
perforated lining e, as shown. The metals are fixed in the gutta percha, and
instead of being laid across the sole as shewn, they may be laid lengthwise.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the improved
sole herein-before described formed of a foundation of gutta percha, hardened
rubber, or other suitable material, in which are embedded or otherwise
fixed two series of rows of metals, relatively electro positive and negative,
substantially in manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Shepherd Rosser, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
HENRY SHEPHERD ROSSER. (L.s.)