A NEW MAGNETIC COMPOUND APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR CURATIVE AND OTHER BENEFICIAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES."
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT. to William Darlow, of Tottenham, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, and Philip William Seymour, of Canning
Town, in the County of Essex,, Electrician, for the Invention of "A
NEW MAGNETIC COMPOUND APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES
SUITABLE FOR CURATIVE AND OTHER BENEFICIAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Darlow and
Philip William Seymour at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,.
with their Petition, on the 7th November 1866.
Wė, WILLIAM DARLOW, of Tottenham, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, and PHILIP WILLIAM SEYMOUR, of Canning Town, in the County
of Essex, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW MAGNETIC COMPOUND APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES
SUITABLE FOR CURATIVE AND OTHER BENEFICIAL AND USEFUL PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the production and application of a magnetic
compound consisting of gummy, resinous, bituminous, glutinous, or other
suitable adhesive substances combined with magnetisable or magnetic

page_text: particles, which are well kneaded together, forming a pliable compound which
may be readily moulded or cut to any desired shapes and rendered magnetic
by any of the well-known methods. This magnetic compound may be applied
to the human body or to those of animals in various ways so as to produce the
beneficial effects of magnetic influence with far greater facility than by the
use of ordinary magnets from the fact that this magnetic composition can be
moulded or shaped to fit any part of the body.
In carrying out our Invention we prefer to employ gutta percha, india-
rubber, or other compounds, owing to their high electrical qualities, thereby
combining superior electrical effects with the magnetic action, and we prefer
to combine steel dust with the above materials as the medium for producing
the magnetic action of the compound. According to a well-known theory
diseases are supposed to enter the human system through the magnetic
emanations or atmosphere of the body being in a negative condition and unable
to repel the causes of disease; the body or any particular organ which is
weak and unable properly to perform its functions should therefore be arti-
ficially supplied with the necessary stamina or element for strengthening or
restoring, the same to a healthy condition.. Owing to the facility with which
this magnetic compound can be applied the subtle force of magnetism may
with the greatest advantage be employed in curing or alleviating every form
of disease.
Among the various forms in which this magnetic compound may be
employed in its application are the following:-It may be rolled into sheets.
of various thicknesses, plain or colors, and formed into any desired shape so
as to be used as horse-shoe or bar magnets in every disease to which
magnetism is usually applied, such as being placed in hats, caps, bonnets, or
any description of head covering for the cure or relief of those maladies to
which the head is subject, chest protectors, compressers, bandages for
bronchial affections, braces, garters, belts, bandages for preventing sea sick-
ness, supporting and strengthening the back and loins, also the spine. 'It
may be shaped to give the magnetic influence to such parts of the body as are
afflicted with gout, rheumatism, neuralgia, scitica, sprains, or other maladies,
or it may be applied to gloves, drawers, underclothing, cravats, collars, or
other articles, or be used in the manufacture of trusses or other contrivances
for strengthening the vital parts; baths may also be wholly or partly con-
structed of this compound.. This magnetic compound may also be employed
in the manufacture, of or be applied to hair or tooth brushes or gum rubbers
for the purpose of stimulating healthily the pores, strengthening the roots,

page_text: and improving the growth of the hair; the teeth are by this means tightened
and the gums refreshed, being also an admirable antidote to toothache. As
a flesh brush it is invaluable, assisting nature in her endeavour to throw off
from the system effete matter. The soothing magnetic action and stimulating
electric friction. opens the pores, and causes them discharge their functions
in a more healthy manner. It is no less applicable to benefit the animal
creation by employing it in the form of horse brushes and curry combs, made
or partly made of this material, having a most remarkably beneficial effect
on the coat and skin of the animal; it may be also introduced into those
parts of the harness which bed upon the horse, such as the saddle, collar,
horse cloth, girths, knee caps, or ancle covers, by these means rendering the
animal less liable to take cold from sudden chills or sweats.
The effects are much enhanced when india-rubber, gutta percha, or their
compounds are employed in carrying out our Invention for rubbing or brushing
surfaces.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
: by the said William Darlow and Philip William Seymour, in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th May 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
D. DARLOW, of Tottenham, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, and PHILIP
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, of Canning Town, in the County of Essex, Electrician,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord
5-One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said William Darlow and Philip. William Seymour, Her special licence
that we, the said William Darlow and Philip William Seymour, our
executors, administrators; and assigns, or such others as we, the said William
Darlow and Philip William Seymour; our 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

page_text: Invention for "A NEW MAGNETIC COMPOUND APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE
OF ARTICLES SUITABLE FOR CURATIVE AND OTHER BENEFICIAL AND USEFUL
"PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said William
Darlow and Philip William Seymour, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, 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 we, the said William Darlow and Philip William
Seymour, do hereby declare the nature of our 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):-
:-
- Our Invention of "A New Magnetic Compound, applicable to the Manu-
facture of Articles suitable for Curative and other Beneficial and Useful
Purposes," relates to the production of a magnetic compound or substance
composed of gummy, resinous, bituminous, or other suitable adhesive substance
and magnetisable or magnetic particles, such particles being kneaded or
worked into the adhesive substance in such a manner as to adapt the com-
pound for its application to various curative and other purposes.
The
proportions of the magnetic element of the compound to the adhesive substance
employed therein will be varied to suit the purpose to which it is intended
to be applied; in some cases a greater degree of elasticity and flexibility will
be required than in others.
. In carrying our Invention into effect we prefer (when the same is applied
to the manufacture of flesh brushes and other similar uses in which friction is
produced) to employ india-rubber or its compounds owing to the high
electrical qualities of these materials or substances, thereby combining elec-
trical effects with magnetic action; and, under all circumstances, we prefer to
combine steel dust with the above materials or other adhesive substances as
the medium for producing the magnetic action of the compound. When it is
required to produce an elastic or flexible compound we employ gums, india-
rubber, gutta percha, or their compounds, and combine with them as large a
proportion of the magnetic element as the composition will bear without
becoming what is termed "rotten." The proportions that have been found
most suitable for this kind of compound are from one and a half to one and
three quarters pound of the magnetic element to each pound of the gum or
"

page_text: adhesive substance, but we do not confine ourselves to these exact proportions,
as they will depend upon the quality or kind of gums used. The gums,
india-rubber, or gutta percha are reduced to a pasty or fluid consistency by
any of the well-known methods used for that purpose, when the steel filings
or other magnetic element of the compound is introduced and well in-
corporated therewith; then after such incorporation of the two elements of
the compound it is either rolled into sheets or moulded into any required
shape, and, if required, then vulcanized. If rolled into sheets these sheets
are cut into the required shape, and then magnetised, either by bringing the
compound in contact with an excited electro-magnet or by any other suitable
method of inducing a magnetic condition of the magnetisable particles con-
tained in the compound.
And when our Invention is applied to the manufacture of magnetic chest
protectors, belts, bandages, and similar uses, we prefer to apply the com-
pound in the shape of bar magnets; for these purposes the sheet is cut into
strips or bars, and applied to any suitable fabric. When it is required to
produce a magnetic compound without elasticity and flexibility, pitch,
asphalte, or other bituminous substance may be used as the vehicle for holding
the magnetic element, and an increased proportion of the latter may be used.
This magnetic compound is applicable to horticultural and agricultural
purposes, and when intended to be so applied it is or may be manufactured
in small pieces or globules. The magnetic compound, whether more or less
elastic and flexible, manufactured as above stated being capable of retaining
and imparting its magnetic influence may be applied to various curative
purposes and other uses, and may be employed in the manner above stated in
magnetic belts, bandages, or similar articles, and in all cases in which magnetic
influence is required to be locally applied, either to human beings, animals, or
vegetables.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we would remark that, we do not claim
the application of our Invention to magnetic plasters for the human body
composed of resinous or bituminous substances or compounds and steel filings,
as such. plasters have been used; but what we do claim as of our Invention
is, the production of a magnetic compound or substance composed of a
gummy, resinous, bituminous, or other suitable adhesive substance, with
magnetic or magnetisable particles incorporated therewith in such a manner
as to adapt it for application to various useful purposes herein-before referred

page_text: to, such magnetic compound when manufactured as above described being
capable of retaining and imparting its magnetic influence.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Darlow and Philip William
Seymour, have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Seventh day of
May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven.
Witness,
WILLIAM SPENCE,
8, Quality Court,
Chancery Lane, W.C.
WILLIAM DARLOW. (L.s.)
P. W. SEYMOUR.
(L.S.)