IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING LENTILS AND OTHER MATTERS FOR FOOD
Year: 1843

page_text: NEVILL'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, ALFRED
HOOPER NEVILL, of Chichester Place, Gray's Inn Road, in the County of
Middlesex; Corn Dealer, send greeting.
.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of March, in the sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Alfred Hooper Nevill, Her especial licence, full power; sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Alfred Hooper Nevill, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Alfred Hooper Nevill, my exors, adñiors,
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING LENTILS
AND OTHER MATTERS FOR FOOD;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso that I, the said Alfred Hooper 'Nevill, shall cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chan-
cery 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 more fully and at large appear..
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance, with the said proviso, I, the said
Alfred Hooper Nevill, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,

page_text: and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):-
My Invention relates,-
First, to preparing lentils by splitting them and separating the husk there-
from, whereby lentils are rendered fit for food for those purposes where split
peas are now used. And, secondly, my Invention relates to manufacturing
flour from lentils, which may be used in soups and other food, and when
desired to heighten the flavor, such flour is combined with a small quantity
of curry powder, which combined preparation will be found very useful in
the making of puddings and other preparations of food. And in order that
the Invention may be fully understood, I will explain the means pursued
by me.
I first wash and then dry the lentils; I then split them with stones in like
manner to that practised when splitting peas. And I would state that I do
not claim the simple act of splitting lentils, as that has heretofore been prac-
tised when preparing food for horses; the first part of my Invention consisting
of separating the lentils from husks, and thus rendering the same fit for
making puddings and other food for man. And I cause the husks to be
separated by means of winnowing or other suitable machines, and it is the
separated product which constitutes the first novelty of my Invention; and
when it is intended to make flour therefrom, I cause the same to be ground
into flour by suitable stones or other grinding machinery, and when curry
powder is to be mixed therewith I apply and intimately mix about one ounce
with about four pounds of the flour of lentils, which will be found to improve
the flavor of the lentils.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I would wish it to be
understood that what I claim is,—
First, the manufacture of a product of lentils separated from the husk,
and thus rendered suitable for food for man.
And, secondly, I claim the manufacture of flour of lentils separated from
the husk thereof, which will be found a valuable material for the making of
puddings, soups, and other articles of food for man.
And I also claim the combining with such flour of lentils a small quantity of
curry powder.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Hooper Nevill, have bereunto set
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
my
ALFRED HOOPER (L.S.) NEVILL.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-third day of September,
in the year of our Lord 1843, the aforesaid Alfred Hooper Nevill 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 Twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand night hundred and fonts thro