IMPROVEMENTS IN BALL CARTRIDGES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Adams, of King William Street, in
the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BALL CARTRIDGES."
Sealed the 8th January 1858, and dated the 1st October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Adams at
the office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his petition, on
the 1st October 1852.
I, ROBERT ADAMS, of King William Street, in the City of London,
5 do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BALL CARTRIDGES " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of affixing a metal chamber to a ball and
wad to contain the charge of powder, the end of the chamber is closed
with paper or other material.

page_text: .
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Robert Adams, in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 30th March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
ROBERT ADAMS, of King William Street, in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Robert Adams, Her special licence that I, the
said Robert Adams, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Robert Adams, 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 BALL CARTRIDGES," upon-
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Robert Adams, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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, I, the said Robert Adams, 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 consists of affixing a metal chamber to a ball and
wad to contain a charge of powder, the end of the chamber is closed
with paper or other material; and in order that my said Invention
may be most fully understood and readily carried into effect I will
proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a ball, a charging chamber, and a wad complete,

page_text: separately; a, is the ball which is formed with a projecting tang b, which
passes through the wad c, and into the metal cup or chamber d, and is
there riveted so as to combine the three parts together. The chamber d,
which I prefer to be raised out of thin sheet copper, is charged with
powder, and a disc of thin paper or other material is pasted or
cemented over the end of the chamber. In order to protect the end
of the chamber d, I employ a cap or cover e, into which the end of the
cartridge is placed, and I form such cap or cover with a shank, as
shown, by which a number of caps can have a wire passed through
them, and thus I prevent their being lost; and for the convenience of
stowing or packing cartridges such as above described I find it con-
venient to have a plate of metal perforated with holes for the passage
of the shanks of the covers e, of the cartridges, so that by passing a
wire through the shanks of several cartridges they will be attached to
the plate of metal, and the cartridges may be removed out of their
end covers or cases e, leaving such end cases or covers attached to the
plate.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise forms of the parts; but what I claim is,
the aflixing a metal chamber (to contain the powder) to a ball
and wad.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Adams, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of March in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
ROBERT ADAMS. (L.S.)
Witness, J. G. TONGUE.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Adams, of King William Street, in
the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BALL CARTRIDGES."
Sealed the 8th January 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Adams at
the office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his petition, on
the 1st October 1852.
I, ROBERT ADAMS, of King William Street, in the City of London,
5 do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BALL CARTRIDGES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of affixing a metal chamber to a ball and
wad to contain the charge of powder, the end of the chamber is closed
with paper or other material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Robert Adams, in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 30th March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
ROBERT ADAMS, of King William Street, in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Robert Adams, Her special licence that I, the
said Robert Adams, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Robert Adams, 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 Mau, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALL CARTRIDGES," upon.
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Robert Adams, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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, I, the said Robert Adams, 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 consists of affixing a metal chamber to a ball and
wad to contain a charge of powder, the end of the chamber is closed
with paper or other material; and in order that my said Invention
may be most fully understood and readily carried into effect I will
proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a ball, a charging chamber, and a wad complete,
figure 2, shows a section thereof, and figure 3, shows the three parts

page_text: separately; a, is the ball which is formed with a projecting tang b, which
passes through the wad c, and into the metal cup or chamber d, and is
there riveted so as to combine the three parts together. The chamber d,
which I prefer to be raised out of thin sheet copper, is charged with
powder, and a disc of thin paper or other material is pasted or
cemented over the end of the chamber. In order to protect the end
of the chamber d, I employ a cap or cover c, into which the end of the
cartridge is placed, and I form such cap or cover with a shank, as
shown, by which a number of caps can have a wire passed through
them, and thus I prevent their being lost; and for the convenience of
stowing or packing cartridges such as above described I find it con-
venient to have a plate of metal perforated with holes for the passage
of the shanks of the covers e, of the cartridges, so that by passing a
wire through the shanks of several cartridges they will be attached to
the plate of metal, and the cartridges may be removed out of their
end covers or cases e, leaving such end cases or covers attached to the
plate.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise forms of the parts; but what I claim is,
the affixing a metal chamber (to contain the powder) to a ball
and wad.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Adams, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of March in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
ROBERT ADAMS. (L.s.)
Witness, J. G. TONGUE.