IMPROVEMENTS IN SLABS OR BLOCKS FOR ERECTING TOY HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Jewitt, of Kentish Town, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SLABS OR BLOCKS
FOR ERECTING TOY HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS."-A communication
from abroad by William W. Rose, of New York, United States of
America..
Scaled the 4th May 1869; and dated the 5th November 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Jewitt at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th November 1868.
I, HENRY JEWITT, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN.
SLABS OR BLOCKS FOR ERECTING TOY HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS," a com-
munication to me from abroad by William W. Rose, of New York,,
United States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of slabs or blocks for
crecting toy houses and other buildings, and consists in forming mortice

page_text: joints at either end of such slabs or blocks so that they may fit into one
another, by which means more varied styles of architectural buildings,
such as castles, churches, arches, and many others may be constructed,
and in a more substantial character than with the present form of plain
blocks. I also form mortice joints at the base or other suitable part of
pinnacles, towers, chimneys, and other similar adornments, the said
mortice joints fitting into corresponding joints in the roof or other part
or parts of such buildings, and forming most elegant and tasteful
edifices.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Jewitt in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 5th May 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
JEWITT, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Henry Jewitt, Her special licence that
I, the said Henry Jewitt, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Henry Jewitt, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN SLABS OR
BLOCKS FOR ERECTING TOY HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS," a communication
to me from abroad by William W. Rose, of New York, United
States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Henry Jewitt, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals,
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 Scal Patent Office within six

page_text: calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Jewitt, 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 and accompanying Sheet of Drawings (that is to
say):
This Invention relates to the construction of slabs or blocks for
crecting toy houses and other buildings or structures, and consists in
forming such slabs or blocks with mortice joints at one or both ends,
sides, or margins thereof so that the said joints may fit into each other,
by which means various styles of architectural buildings or structures
such as castles, churches, arches, temples, and many others may be
constructed, and in a more substantial and secure manner than with the
present form of plain blocks. These slabs are preferably oblong or
square, but they may be made of any shape to suit the style of building
or crection for which they are intended. I also form mortice joints at
the base or other suitable part of pinnacles, towers, chimneys, and other
similar adornments, the said mortice joints fitting into corresponding
joints in the roof or other part or parts of such buildings or structures,
and forming most elegant and tasteful edifices or mortice joints may
be formed at the ends of slabs of suitable length and width, which when
placed together form borders for croquet and other in-door and out-
door games.
In order that the Invention may be clearly understood I annex hereto
a Drawing, shewing in Fig. 1 a building constructed of these improved
slabs, and in Fig. 2, two of the slabs separate, and in position for being
united, and it will here be seen that the projections on the end a of the
block or slab are opposite to the recesses in the end b, so that when the
slabs are placed together the sides thereof may be in a straight line with
one another as shewn, but the projections in one end may be opposite
the projections in the other end if desired.
From these illustrations it will be evident that many descriptions of
architectural and other buildings or designs may be erected by the most
unskillful hands, thus combining both instruction and amusement for
the young.

page_text: Having now described the nature and particulars of the said Inven-
tion, I claim the improved slabs or blocks for erecting toy houses and
other buildings or structures, as herein described and illustrated in the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Jewitt, have hereunto set my
hand and cool this 4th day of May 1860