AN IMPROVED PAVEMENT
Year: 1849

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HOSKING, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, Engi-
neer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Sixth day of September;
One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in the thirteenth year of Her
reign did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Hosking, my exors, adñors, and assigns, Her especial license,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I; the said John Hosking, my
exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Hosking,
my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time, and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "AN IMPROVED
PAVEMENT;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the
said John Hosking, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal to be inrolled in Her Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereunto had, will mare fully and at large appear.

page_text: hewn stone or loose stone and cements, or with asphalte, or any of the
materials well known in road making, and.used in a semi-fluid state.
In Figure 2, b, b, are blocks similar to those described in Figure 1 of either
wood, brick, or any other suitable material with openings in them for drainage;
and d, d, are blocks of wood, which, when combined with those of b, b, form a
pavement with a number of teeth or cogs on its.surface and channel surround-
ing them, which are to be filled with similar materials and in a similar manner
to those described in Figure 1.
In Figure 3, e, e, are blocks of the same shape, arranged together for a
pavement so as to have projecting-teeth or cogs on its surface- and channels
surrounding them, which are to be filled with similar materials and in a
similar manner to those described in Figure 1.
In Figure 4, b and c represent a section of the blocks shewn in Figure 1,
arranged together and combined by the filling in and subsequent covering of
asphalte f, according to my Invention.
When such foundations for pavements have been made for roadways, streets,
or floors, and the filling in between and covering over the teeth in the manner
described has been accomplished, the projecting teeth prevent the superimposed
material from being shifted about, or from becoming broken into loose frag-
ments, and it is thereby secured against that continually grinding action which
is the principal cause of wear and dust; pavements made in the manner I have
described are productive of less noise when travelled over than those made
entirely of mineral products, and have the advantage also of being less slippery
than those which have a surface formed wholly or almost wholly of wood.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner
I carry the same into effect, I declare that I do not claim any of the parts
separately, nor the precise form or dimension of the blocks I have shewn.
But what I do claim as of my Invention is, the construction of a pavement
having a foundation made wholly or in part of wood, having teeth projecting
upwards from the general surface, and surrounding and covering those teeth
with asphalte, or any of the materials I have described, or which are in general
use for the surface of pavements of a like kind.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hosking, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of March, One thousand eight hundred
.— 1 ԸՐ
JOHN (L.S.) HOSKING.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fifth day of March, in the year
of our Lord 1850, the aforesaid John. Hosking came before our said Lady
the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written.
And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty.