IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING AND POLISHING THE SURFACES OF METALS, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES."
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Printy Wheeler, of Abinghall, in the County.
of Gloucester, Engineer, and John Fox Gloyn, of the City of Mau-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Agent and Accountant, for the
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING AND POLISHING THE
SURFACES OF METALS, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Printy Wheeler
and John Fox Gloyn at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 26th September 1864.
We, GEORGE PRINTY WHEELER, of Abingball, in the County of Gloucester,
Engineer, and JOHN FOX GLOYN, of the City of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Agent and Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING AND POLISHING THE SURFACES
OF METALS, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
We take the slag, dross, or cinder produced from the smelting of iron,
copper, and silver, and subject it to a suitable action of crushing, grinding, or
pulverizing by any suitable machinery or apparatus, and when it is sufficiently.
crushed or pulverized we sift it into suitable degrees of fineness to suit the
various purposes to which it is to be applied. The material thus produced is
suitable for cleaning and polishing metal, sharpening knives, razors, and other
cutting instruments, and may be used in the same manner as sand, emery, and

page_text: similar materials are now used for the said purposes, and will be found very
superior and 'more economical than sand, emery,. or similar articles. This
material is also applicable to filtering machines, as it makes an excellent
filtering medium, and will supersede the use of charcoal, felt, and similar
articles used for filtering water and other liquids. It also makes an excellent
cement for covering the outsides of buildings, covering the surfaces of roads
or streets, either used alone or mixed with other cements.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Printy Wheeler and John Fox Gloyn in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 25th March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
PRINTY WHEELER, of Abinghall, in the County of Gloucester, Engineer, and
JOHN FOX GLOYN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Agent and Accountant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said George Printy Wheeler and John Fox Gloyn, Her special license
that we, the said George Printy Wheeler and John Fox Gloyn, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said George Printy
Wheeler and John Fox Gloyn, 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 Invention for "IM
PROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING AND POLISHING THE SURFACES OF METALS WHICH ARE
ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said George Printy Wheeler and John Fox Gloyn, our executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of
our or their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per
formed, 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

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said George Printy Wheeler and John
Fox Gloyn, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement (that is to say):-
We take the slag, dross, or cinder produced from the smelting of iron,
copper, and silver, and subject it to a suitable action of crushing, grinding, or
pulverizing by any suitable machinery or apparatus, and when it is sufficiently
crushed or pulverized, we sift it into suitable degrees of fineness to suit the
various purposes to which it is to be applied. The material thus produced is
suitable for cleaning and polishing metals,sharpening knives, razors, and other
cutting instruments, and may be used in the same manner as sand, emery, and
similar materials are now used for the said purposes, and will be found very
superior and more economical than sand, emery, or similar articles. This
material is also applicable to filtering machines, as it makes an excellent
filtering medium, and will supersede the use of charcoal, felt, and similar
articles used for filtering water and other liquids. It also makes an excellent
cement for covering the outsides of buildings, covering the surfaces of roads
or streets, either used alone or mixed with other cements. As a cement for
the foundations of houses or other buildings, roads, walks, or similar purposes,
we mix the said powder with lime or other suitable material. It may also be
used alone or otherwise as a tooth powder. This said powder mixed with
soap makes an excellent material for scouring floors, decks of ships, or other
places; and it also makes an excellent hand soap, which may be used as a
substitute for the ordinary sand soap.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Fox Gloyn, for and on behalf of
myself and the said George Printy Wheeler, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named John Fox Gloyn,
in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
J. F. GLOYN. (L.S.).