IMPROVEMENTS OTHER ARTICLES WATERPROOF." IN RENDERING PAPER, FABRICS, AND
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Nicholas Charles Szerelmey, of 90, Belgrave
Road, Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
OTHER ARTICLES WATERPROOF."
IN RENDERING PAPER, FABRICS,
AND
Sealed the 24th July 1868, and dated the 8th February 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Nicholas Charles
Szerelmey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 8th February 1868.
I, NICHOLAS CHARLES SZERELMEY, of 90, Belgrave Road, Pimlico,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RENDERING PAPER, FABRICS,
AND OTHER ARTICLES WATERPROOF," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in rendering paper,
fabrics, and other articles waterproof.
I melt in 10 pints of hot water 30 oz. of glue, or gelatine, or size,
and 3 oz. of gum arabic. In another 30 pints of hot water I melt
20 oz. of soap and 4 lbs. of alum; afterwards I mix together the
whole liquid in one pot. This is composition No. 1,
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page_text: In another pot I heat gallon of benzole and 1 gallon of
paraffin oil, and melt in it 24 oz. of rosin; to these materials, rosin,
oil, and copal or mastic varnish may in some cases be added. This
is composition No. 2.
I first dip the article to be waterproofed into the composition
No. 1 and afterwards dry it; then I apply the second composition
with a brush or in other convenient manner. In some cases the
preparation with the composition No. 1 may be dispensed with.
Also in some cases I mix together the two compositions and apply
them when so combined to the article to be waterproofed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Nicholas Charles Szerelmey in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 7th August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, NICHOLAS
CHARLES SZERELMEY, of 90, Belgrave Road, Pimlico, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Nicholas Charles Szerelmey, Her special
licence that I, the said Nicholas Charles Szerelmey, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Nicholas
Charles Szerelmey, my 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
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RENDERING PAPER, FABRICS, AND OTHER
ARTICLES WATERPROOF," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Nicholas Charles Szerelmey, 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

page_text: six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Nicholas Charles Szerelmey, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in rendering paper,
fabrics, and other articles waterproof.
I melt in 10 pints of hot water 30 oz. of glue, or gelatine, or size,
and 3 oz. of gum arabic. In another 30 pints of hot water I melt 20 oz.
of soap and 4 lbs. of alum; afterwards I mix together the whole liquid
in one pot. This is composition No. 1.
In another pot I heat half a gallon of benzole and 1 gallon of paraffin
oil, and melt in it 24 oz. of rosin. To these materials rosin, oil, and
copal or mastic varnish may in some cases be added, and let it boil
until it attains a moderate degree of consistency. This is composition
No. 2.
I first dip the article to be waterproofed into the composition No. 1
in a heated state and afterwards dry it, then I apply the second com-
position in a cold state with a brush or in other convenient manner.
In some cases the preparation with the composition No. 1 may be
dispensed with; also in some cases I mix together the two compositions
and apply them when so combined to the article to be waterproofed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Nicholas Charles Szerelmey, have
hereunto set my hand and seal this Fifth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.