, MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATIONS
Year: 1841

page_text: DE NORMANDY'S SPECIFICATION, DISCLAIMER, AND
MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATIONS.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALPHONSE
RENÉ LE MIRE DE NORMANDY, Doctor of Medicine, de Rouen, Department
de la Seine Inferiewre, France, now residing at No. 8, Red Cross Square,
Cripplegate, in the City of London, send greeting.
"
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighth day of September, in the fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, Her, especial licence that I, the said
Alphonse René le, Mire de Normandy, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, 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..
my Invention of," CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SOAP;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso,
obliging me, the said Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
and to cause the same to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of

page_text: 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 more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, do hereby declare that the nature of
my said Invention consists in adding or introducing into soap, made or manu-
factured in the usual way known to soap manufacturers, certain substances, the
effect of which is to render such soaps cheaper, and of such consistency as may
be required.
The substances just alluded to are the compounds or salts of potash and of
soda in general, but more particularly the sulphates and carbonates of potash
and of soda; each of these substances employed singly or conjointly. The mode
of employing these substances consists in introducing into the mass of the soap
while in progress of manufacture, when the saponifying process is complete,
and it is ready to be cleansed, the above-named substances in the solid state,
or in the state of amorphous, but pulverized masses, or in the state of crystals,
or in the state of crystals melted in their water of crystallisation, or even
melted or dissolved in water or steam.
My process, or Invention and improvements, consist, in effect, not in the
saponifying process, but in treating soaps either in process of making or when
made in the usual way, and remelted by adding the above-named substances,
either or any of them, with a view to obtain the results aforesaid, that is to say,
hardening or softening, and economy.
The doses and substances which I have found to answer best are for eighty
pounds avoirdupois of soap, twenty-eight pounds of sulphate of soda, and four
pounds of carbonate of soda or of potash, or two pounds of each of the two
last-mentioned substances; or, if the substances are used singly, then thirty-
two pounds only of sulphate of soda for eighty pounds of soap, or fifteen
pounds only of sulphate or of carbonate of potash for eighty pounds of soap,
or ten pounds only of carbonate of soda for eighty pounds of soap.
I would not, however, be understood as giving these doses or proportions
strictly, considering that is introducing the substances after or without reference
to the process of saponification, and for the purposes aforesaid, as well as
the forms in which they are exhibited, which constitute the Invention, and
not the exact proportions in which they may be used, nor the particular
modus operandi, herein-after described.
In order to apply my said Invention, the following directions I consider the
best to be attended to:-Soap, being in process of manufacture in the ordinary
way,
when the soap maker judges that it is ready to be taken away from the

page_text: boiler, in consequence of the process of saponification being complete, and
what is technically called turned over into the cleansing copper, I throw into
it, while in a liquid and hot state, for every eighty pounds avoirdupois of soap
twenty-eight pounds avoirdupois of sulphate of soda, and four pounds avoir-
dupois of carbonate of soda, or of carbonate of potash, or two pounds of each
of the said two last-mentioned substances, in a solid state, or in a lumpy
amorphous state, and pulverized, or in the state of crystals, or any other pro-
portions of each ingredient, as may suit the purpose of the manufacturer, the
soap being harder or softer in proportion as the quantities of carbonate and
sulphate of soda or of potash predominate. This being done, you stir, or
crutch, or mix the whole together until the mass be quite homogeneous. The
soap having been thus treated is then to be removed from the copper in which
the operation has taken place, and is to be poured as usual in the frames or
reservoirs to cool, and when cold it may be cut into bars, as ordinarily done
for sale.
When the sulphate and carbonate of soda or of potash are to be used in a
liquid state, that is to say, dissolved, the following directions should be attended
to Suppose the quantity of soap to be operated upon to be three tons: first
of all, if the crystals are to be dissolved in their own water of crystallisation,
put into the pot or lower part of the cleansing copper all the quantity of sul-
phate and of carbonate of soda wanted, in the proportions of twenty-eight
pounds of the first and four pounds of the second for every eighty pounds of such
soap, and the fire being lighted, let them fall therein into deliquium. When
thus melted, transfer from the boiler into the cleansing copper the whole of the
soap, crutching all the materials with it, whilst the soap is in the process of
being transferred, until the whole be quite homogeneous. If the crystals or the
carbonate of potash are to be dissolved in steam, put also the whole quantity
as just directed in the pot or lower part of the cleansing copper, and steam
being admitted therein, let them be dissolved or liquified by it; after which
transfer also from the boiler to that cleansing copper the whole of the soap,
crutching it with the aforesaid melted sulphates and carbonates until perfect
homogeneity be obtained; or, lastly, if the crystals, or the carbonate of potash,
or any part of them, are to be dissolved in water, three hundredweight of boiling
water are to be poured into what is technically termed the pot or lower part
of the cleansing copper, and two hundredweight of sulphate of soda, and one
hundredweight of carbonate of soda or of potash, or half a hundredweight
of each of the two last-mentioned substances are to be thrown into that water.
Then the soap being transferred from the boiler into that cleansing copper, the
fire being lighted, and the soap thus kept quite hot, the rest of the materials

page_text: in the proportions before mentioned, that is to say, twenty-one hundredweight
more of sulphate of soda, and three hundredweight more of carbonate of
soda or of potash, or one hundredweight and half a hundredweight of each
of the two last-mentioned substances are thrown in, and the whole stirred
together until perfect homogeneity is obtained.
•
Instead of introducing my said improvements into soap during the process
of its original manufacture, it may in certain cases prove advantageous to
operate upon soap already made, and to remelt it for that purpose. In this
state, the sulphate and the carbonate of soda or of potash, in the proportions
before mentioned, are to be thrown into it, and the whole is to be well stirred
together until it is quite homogeneous, then the mass may be taken out and
poured into the frames to cool.
With respect to the soaps with base of potash, that is, soft soaps, the same
treatment is to be applied to them which was described for the soaps with base
of soda, that is to say, by introducing into such soaps the same salts, separately
or conjointly, in the solid, pulverized, or liquified state, as described for the
other sorts of soaps, and in the same proportions, the mode of operating being
the same as before mentioned.
Having thus concluded the description of the manner of performing my
said improvements, I would observe, that if at any time it should be desirable
to alter the character of common soaps, or to reduce an over dose of my added
materials which may have been given to any soap manufactured on my improved
principle, it will only be necessary to remelt them together in the ordinary way,
and reframe them for that purpose.
.
And whereas I claim as my Invention only the introducing into soap already
manufactured, or in process of manufacture, the salts and compounds of potash
and of soda, herein-before mentioned, independently of and without reference
to such trifling portions of the said substances as may accidentally, perhaps,
at times be found, as unintentional impurities in the leys used for the process
of saponification, and for the purpose of mixing and incorporating the same
with soap in substantial quantities, so as eventually to form a part of the mass
itself, whereby I am enabled to give at pleasure what consistency I require to
the soap, and to sell it at a much cheaper rate without for that purpose
deteriorating its quality; and such improvements being, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, entirely new, and never before used within that part of
Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England,
Her said Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, I do hereby
declare this to be my Specification of the same, and that I do verily believe
my said Specification doth comply in all respects fully and without reserve
this

page_text: A. LE MIRE DE (L.s) NORMANDY.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eighth day of March, in the
year of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid Alphonse Rene le Mire de Normandy
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.
Inrolled the Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-two.

page_text: All 414 Seat of Letters atent granted to Alphonse Rene le Mire
de Normandy, Doctor of Medicine, of Rouen, Department, of the
Seine Inferieur, France, lately residing at No. 8, Red Cross Square,
Cripplegate, in the City of London, but now of No. 16, Park Road,
Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, for his Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP," and bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighth day of September, One thousand eight
hundred and forty-one.
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATIONS entered by the
said Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, pursuant to the provisions of
an Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty
King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to amend the Law touching
Letters Patent for Inventions."
I, the said Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, do hereby declare that,
since the inrollment of the Specification of my said Invention, I have been
advised that it is doubtful whether the expence of manufacturing some of the
substances named in the said Specification as substances to be added to or
introduced into soap would not be such as to prevent their being used profitably,
and that it would be better to confine the substances so to be added or intro-
duced as aforesaid, and the adding or introduction of which constitutes the
subject matter of my said Invention, to sulphate of potash and sulphate of soda;
and for these reasons I, the said Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy, do hereby
disclaim the following parts of my said Specification; that is to say, in the first
part of my said Specification, where I state in what the nature of my said Inven-
tion consists, and before the words "the substances just alluded to are," I disclaim
the words "of such consistency as may be required," and substitute in place
thereof the word "harder;" and after the words "the substances just alluded
to are," I hereby disclaim the words "the compounds or salts of potash and
of soda in general, but more particularly the sulphates and carbonates of
potash and of soda, each of these substances employed singly or conjointly,"
and hereby substitute in licu thereof by way of alteration the words "sulphate
of potash and sulphate of soda;" and a few words further on in my said
Specification, immediately after the words "in the solid state," I hereby
introduce by way of alteration the words "or in the state;" and at the begin-

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ning of the next paragraph of my said Specification, after the word "
hereby disclaim the words "process or;" and a few words further on in the
same paragraph I hereby make the following alteration, that is to say, instead
of the word "substances," which I hereby disclaim, I hereby introduce the
words "sulphates or;" and immediately after the next word "either," I hereby
disclaim the words "or any;" and at the conclusion of the same paragraph I
omit the words "or softening." And I hereby further disclaim the whole of
the next following paragraph of my said Specification, beginning at the
words "The doses," and ending with the words "80 lbs. of soap," and by way
of alteration I hereby substitute in lieu thereof the following words (that
is to say):-"The doses and substances which I have found to answer
best are for 80 lbs. avoirdupoise of soap 32 lbs. of sulphate of soda, or
15 lbs. only of sulphate of potash," and in the beginning of the next
following paragraph I hereby disclaim the word " introducing," and
hereby substitute in lieu thereof the words "the introduction of;" and after
the three next following words I hereby disclaim the words "or without
reference to;" and after the eight next following words I hereby make
the following alteration (that is to say), I introduce the words "of hardening
and economy;" and a little further on in the same Specification, where I state
the directions which I consider the best to be attended to in order to apply my
said Invention, after the words "80 lbs. avoirdupoise of soap," I hereby
disclaim the following words (that is to say), "28 lbs. avoirdupoise of sulphate
of soda, and 4 lbs. avoirdupoise of carbonate of soda, or of carbonate of potash,
or 2 lbs. of each of the said two last-mentioned substances," and by way of
alteration I hereby substitute in lieu thereof the words "32 lbs. avoirdupoise
of sulphate of soda, or 15 lbs. avoirdupoise of sulphate of potash;" and a few
words further on in this part of my said Specification, after the words "quan-
tities of," I hereby disclaim the words "carbonate and sulphate of soda or of
potash," and by way of alteration I hereby substitute the words "either of the
sulphates aforesaid;" and a few words further on in my said Specification,
where I describe the mode of using the aforesaid substances in a liquid state,
after the first two words of that paragragh, namely, the words "when the,"
I hereby disclaim the words "sulphates and carbonates" of soda or of potash
are," and by way of alteration I hereby substitute the words "sulphate of
soda is;" and further on in the same paragraph, after the word. "sulphate,"
I hereby disclaim the words "and of carbonate;" and after the 'seven next
following words of my said Specification, I hereby disclaim the words "28 lbs.
of the first, and 4 lbs. of the second," and hereby substitute in lieu thereof
32 lbs. of the sulphate of soda;" and a few words further on in the said

page_text: Specification, I hereby disclaim and omit the word "therein;" and a few words
further on in my said Specification, after the word "crutching," I hereby
disclaim the words "all the materials," and substitute in lieu thereof the words
"the sulphate of soda ;" and a few words further on in my said Specification,
after the word "chrystals," I hereby disclaim the words "or the carbonate of
potash;" and a few words further on in my said Specification, after the word
"melted," I hereby disclaim the words "sulphates and carbonates," and
substitute in lieu thereof the word "sulphate;" and ten words further on in my
said Specification, after the word "chrystals," I hereby disclaim the words "or
the carbonate of potash, or any part of them;" and a few words further on in
my said Specification, after the words "cleansing copper and," I hereby
disclaim the words "two cwt." of sulphate of soda and one hundredweight of
carbonate of soda, or of potash, or half a hundredweight of each of the two
last-mentioned substances," and I hereby substitute in lieu thereof the words
"three cwt. of sulphate of soda;" and a few words further on in my said
Specification, after the words "quite hot," I hereby disclaim the words "the
rest of the materials in the proportions before mentioned," that is to say, 21,"
and I hereby substitute the words "twenty-four;" and six words further on in my
said Specification, I hereby disclaim the words "and three cwt. of carbonate of
soda, or of potash, and one cwt. and half cwt. of each of the two last-mentioned
substances;" and eight words further on in my said Specification, after the word
'together," I hereby disclaim the word "with," and hereby substitute in lieu
thereof the word "until ;" and a few words further on in my said Specification,
after the word "sulphate," I hereby disclaim the words "and the carbonate;"
and a few lines further on in my said Specification, after the words "introducing
into such soap the same," I hereby disclaim the words "salts separately or con-
jointly," and hereby substitute in lieu thereof the word "sulphates;" and a few
words further on in my said Specification, after the words "Having thus con-
cluded the description of the manner of performing my," I hereby disclaim
the word "improvement," and substitute in lieu thereof, by way of alteration,
the word "Invention;" and further on in my said Specification, in the
claiming clause thereof, after the words "And whereas I claim as my Inven-
tion only the," I hereby disclaim the words "introducing into soap already
manufactured, or in process of manufacture, the salts and compounds of potash
and of soda, herein-before mentioned," and I hereby substitute in lieu thereof,
by way of alteration, the words "introduction into soap already manufactured,
or in process of manufacture, of the sulphate of soda and the sulphate of
potash, herein-before mentioned;" and further on, in the said claiming clause,
after the words "whereby I am enabled to give at pleasure," I disclaim
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page_text: he words "what consistency," and hereby substitute in lieu thereof, by way
Falteration, the following words, namely, "the degree of hardness."
In witness whereof, I, the said Alphonse René le Mire de Normandy,
have hercunto set my hand, this Fifth day of June, One thousand
eight hundred and forty-three.
This is to certify that the above-named Alphonse Rene le Mire de
Normandy, Doctor of Medicine, of Rouen, Department of the Seine Inferieur,
France, lately residing at No. 8, Red Cross Square, Cripplegate, in the City
of London, but now of No. 16, Park Road, Dalston, in the County of
Middlesex, has applied to me for leave to enter with you the above-written
Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration of part of the Specification of a
certain Invention, for which Letters Patent were granted to him under the
Great Seal of Great Britain, dated at Westminster, the 8th day of September
1841, and to which a Specification was duly enrolled; and having considered
of the said application, and the said Alphonse Rene le Mire de Normandy
having advertized the said Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration in the
London Gazette and in the Times and Morning Chronicle newspapers, and
no objection having been made to the same, I have accordingly granted leave
to the said Alphonse Rene le Mire de Normandy to file his said Disclaimer
and Memorandum of Alteration, pursuant to the Statute passed in the fifth &
sixth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entituled
An Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions.
Temple, June 6th, 1843.
FRED. POLLOCK.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirteenth day of June, in the
year of our Lord 1843, the aforesaid Alphonse Rene le Mire de Normandy
came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the Disclaimer aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Disclaimer aforesaid was