AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR PAINTING
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR PAINTING."-A communication from abroad
by Paul Caubet. of Paris, France.
Sealed the 20th March 1863, and dated the 24th September 1862.'
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald
Brooman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th September 1862.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR PAINTING," (communicated to ime
from abroad by Paul Caubet, of Paris, France,) to be as follows:-
This composition, called "néoline," is made by mixing two compounds,
each prepared as hereafter described, and incorporated at the time of

page_text: Dissolve the alkali and the sugar in the distilled water, add alkali, and
agitate until perfect solution; withdraw about one-tenth of the solution, and
dissolve the soap in it; then add this to the first solution, agitate, allow to
settle and filter
Liquid siccative of any kind
Zumatic (zumatique) white siccative in powder
Soft soap
Litharge
250
"
250
"
200
"
50
1000 parts.
Grind down the chalk with the liquid siccative, add and mix the zumatic
and the litharge with the boiled drying oil, and gradually the soap. Beat the
whole until a homogeneous paste results; this paste will be of a yellowish
color. Where desired, in order to get the paste of a whiter color, the litharge
may be dispensed with, and a greater proportion of zumatic may be used.
Again, to obtain the paste quite white both litharge and zumatic may be
dispensed with, and an additional quantity of white lead and soft soap may s
be used.
This second compound is incorporated with the first at the time of using
the paint in the proportion of about one part of the siccative to nine parts of
the liquid compound; or the compounds may be mixed and sold as one
composition.
The composition is applicable to all colors ground down or mixed with oil,
and forms an excellent paint very easily applied.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th March 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our.
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence, that I, the said Richard
Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR PAINTING," (com-
municated to me from abroad by Paul Caubet, of Paris, France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, 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 six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, 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 composition, called "neoline," is made by mixing two compounds,
each prepared as hereafter described, and incorporated at the time of

page_text: Preparation. Dissolve the alkali and the sugar in the distilled water, add
alkali, and agitate until perfect solution; withdraw about one-tenth of the
solution, and dissolve the soap in it; then add this to the first solution, agitate,
allow to settle, and filter.
Instead of employing the soft soap pure, I prefer to mix with it about six
per cent. of silicate of soda or potass, in order to give it greater hardness and
dryness. The soft, soap thus silicated is introduced in small quantities in the
preparation of the siccative compound.
Preparation.Grind down the chalk with the liquid siccative, add and mix
the zumatic and the litharge with the boiled drying oil, and gradually the soap;
beat the whole until a homogeneous paste results; this paste will be of a:
yellowish color. Where desired, in order to get the paste of a whiter color,
the litharge may be dispensed with, and a greater proportion of zumatic may
be used. Again, to obtain the paste quite white, both litharge and zumatic
may be dispensed with, and an additional quantity of white lead and soft soap
may be used.
This second compound is incorporated with the first at the time of using
the paint in the proportion of about one part of the siccative to nine parts of
the liquid compound. Or the compounds may be mixed, and sold as one
composition.
This composition is applicable to all colours ground down or mixed with oil,
and forms an excellent paint very easily applied.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not limit myself to
the exact proportions herein-before given of the constituent parts of the
improved composition; and that I claim the improved composition for painting

page_text: composed of two compounds or preparations, substantially as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of March, One thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-three.
R. A. BROOMAN. (L.8.)