IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GARDEN ENGINES, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO FIRE OR OTHER ENGINES."
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Goode Messenger, of High Street, Lough-
borough, in the County of Leicester, Horticultural Builder and Plumber,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GARDEN
ENGINES, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO FIRE OR OTHER ENGINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Goode Messenger
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th August 1858.
I, THOMAS GOODE MESSENGER, of High Street, Loughborough, in the County
Leicester, Horticutural Builder and Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GARDEN ENGINES,
WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO FIRE OR OTHER ENGINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of improvements in the manufacture of garden
engines, which are also applicable to fire or other engines, and are as follows:-
Heretofore the cylinder or cylinders of garden engines has or have been
placed perpendicularly, whereas in this my Invention the cylinder or cylinders
is or are placed horizontally, which enables me, by the employment of a long
lever or handle, greatly to facilitate the working of the engine. The levers
heretofore in use work horizontally, whereas in this my Invention they work
perpendicularly, and the apparatus altogether is not so liable to become
deranged or get out of order as those now in use, being less complicated. The
engines are made of more durable material, and are produced for less expense.
I propose to use a jet and spreader to be combined, which will regulate at
pleasure the discharge of water from the garden or other engine, in lieu of the
separate jet and rose heretofore used.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Goode Messenger in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th February 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
GOODE MESSENGER, of High Street, Loughborough, in the County of Leicester,
Horticultural Builder and Plumber, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Goode Messenger, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Goode Messenger, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thercafter 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GARDEN ENGINES, WHICH ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO FIRE OR OTHER ENGINES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, 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 Thomas Goode Messenger, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manuer the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Draw-
ings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of "Improvements-in-the-Manufacture_of_Garden
Engines, which are also applicable to Fire or other Engines," and is as
follows: Heretofore the cylinder or cylinders of garden engines has or have
been placed perpendicularly, whereas according to this my Invention the
cylinder or cylinders is or are placed horizontally, which enables me, by the
employment of a long lever or handle, greatly to facilitate the working of the
engiue. The levers heretofore in use were placed horizontally, whereas
according to this my Invention they are placed perpendicularly, and the

page_text: apparatus altogether is not so liable to become deranged or get out of order as
those heretofore in use, being less complicated, and it is made of more durable
material, though yet produced at a less expense. I use a combined jet and
spreader, instead of a separate jet and rose, as heretofore employed, so as
to regulate at pleasure the discharge of water from the garden or other
engine.
Although I have particularly mentioned a garden engine, I do not confine
myself to the application of my improvements to garden engines only, as the
same principle may also be applied to fire or other engines for discharging
fluid or semifluid matters.
The accompanying Drawings exemplify a garden engine constructed
according to my Invention.
Figure 1 is a side view of the engine, shewn as fixed on a tub ready for
use; Figure 2 is a sectional view of the working parts. A is the handle;
B, the discharge pipe; C, an air chamber; D, D, are the cylinders placed
horizontally instead of perpendicularly; E is the valve box; and F, the rod
which works the pistons.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my "Improve-
ments in the Manufacture of Garden Engines, which are also applicable to
Fire or other Engines,"-
First, the placing or arranging of the cylinder or cylinders horizontally
instead of perpendicularly (thereby allowing for the employment of a long
lever or handle), and also the placing or arranging of the lever or levers
perpendicularly instead of horizontally.
Second, the employment or application of a combined jet and spreader,
instead of a separate jet and rose, for the better regulation of the discharge.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Goode Messenger, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Agent,
Nottingham.
THOS G. MESSENGER. (L.S.)