IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR COMPOSITION OF PAINTS OR SUBSTANCES FOR COVERING OR COATING VARIOUS SURFACES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lorenzo George Lysons, of Gloucester, in the
County of Gloucester, Captain and Adjutant, First Administrative
Battalion, Gloucester Rifle Volunteers, and Henry Villiers Forbes,
of the same Place, Captain Royal Marines, Light Infantry, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR COMPOSITION OF
PAINTS OR SUBSTANCES FOR COVERING OR COATING VARIOUS SURFACES."
Scaled the 26th November 1872, and dated the 30th May 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lorenzo George Lysons
and Henry Villiers Forbes at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 30th May 1872.
We, LORENZO GEORGE LYSONS, of Gloucester, in the County of
5 Gloucester, Captain and Adjutant, First Administrative Battallion,
Gloucester Rifle Volunteers, and HENRY VILLIERS FORBES, of the same
Place, Captain Royal Marines, Light Infantry, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR

page_text: COMPOSITION OF PAINTS OR SUBSTANCES FOR COVERING OR COATING VARIOUS SURFACES,”
to be as follows:-
This Invention, which is very useful as a substitute for the old
mixture for the colouring used for targets, is also useful for painting,
coating, or covering every kind of wood, iron, plaster, bricks, and so forth.
It can be applied during wet weather without running, it dries rapidly
and has scarcely any smell, is not easily rubbed out, and can be worked
up again with brush and water after the surface to which the paint has
been applied has undergone exposure to the most severe weather.
The mixture contains the following ingredients and is made as
follows:
The white. To white lead, say ¾ of pound, best Paris whiting, say
one pound, add milk according to thickness required.
The black. To drop black say one pound, Japan stain, say one quart,
or wood varnish, say ½ pint, or Berlin black, say ½ pint, add Dryer's
patent fluid, say ½ pint.
The above to be well ground together and mixed with a little gum if
required for outdoor use.
Many additions may, if desired, be made to the above, such as soft
soap or soaps of any kind, white of egg, beer, spirits, starch, arrowroot,
isinglass, and so forth. Lime or any kind of whiting, turpentine, or any
kind of oil or oils may be used, if desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Lorenzo George Lysons and Henry Villiers Forbes
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 30th November 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, LORENZO
GEORGE LYSONS, of Gloucester, in the County of Gloucester, Captain and
Adjutant, First Administrative Battalion, Gloucester Rifle Volunteers,
and HENRY VILLIERS FORBES, of the same Place, Captain Royal Marines,
Light Infantry, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give

page_text: and grant unto us, the said Lorenzo George Lysons and Henry Villiers
Forbes, Her special licence that we, the said Lorenzo George Lysons
and Henry Villiers Forbes, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said Lorenzo George Lysons and Henry
Villiers Forbes, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR COMPOSITION OF PAINTS OR
SUBSTANCES FOR COVERING OR COATING VARIOUS SURFACES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Lorenzo George Lysons and Henry
Villiers Forbes, 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 Lorenzo George Lysons and Henry
Villiers Forbes, 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:-
This Invention, which is very useful as a substitute for the old.
mixture for the colouring used for targets, is also useful for painting,
coating, or covering various kinds of wood, iron, plaster, bricks, and
so forth. It can be applied during wet weather without running, it
dries rapidly and emits scarcely any odour, is not easily rubbed out,
and can be worked up again with brush and water after the surface
to which the paint has been applied has undergone exposure to the most
severe weather.
The mixture contains the following ingredients and is made as
follows:-
The white. White lead, say three-quarters of a pound; best Paris
whiting, say one pound, with the addition of milk according to thickness
required.
The black. To drop black, say one pound; Japan stain, say one
quart; or wood varnish, say half a pint; or Berlin black, say half a
pint, add Dryer's patent fluid, say half a pint.

page_text: The above are to be well ground together and mixed with a little
gum if required for outdoor use.
Many additions may, if desired, be made to the above, such as soft
soap or soap of any kind, white of egg, beer, spirits, starch, arrowroot, or
similar farinaceous substances, isinglass, and so forth. Lime or any
kind of whiting, turpentine, or any kind of oil or oils, and cream or milk
may be used, if desired and white lead may be mixed with the material
or any equivalents for the above substances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and
object of our said Invention, and in what manner the same may be 1
performed or carried out in practice, we hereby declare that we claim the
herein-described Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture or
Composition of Paints or Substances for Covering or Coating various
Surfaces," as the same is herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Lorenzo George Lysons and Henry 1
Villiers Forbes, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
J. MONOY,
Dock House,
Gloucester.
LORENZO G. LYSONS. (L.S.)
Captain & Adjt.
H. VILLIERS FORBES. (L.S.)
Capt. R.M.L.I.