A NEW OR IMPROVED Tox."
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Jewitt, of Kentish Town, in the County
of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED Tox."-A.
communication from abroad by William W. Rose, of New York,
United States of America.
Scaled the 1st July 1873, and dated the 4th January 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Jewitt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th January 1873.
I, HENRY JEWITT, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
Tor," a communication to me from abroad by William W. Rose, of New
York, United States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement upon an Invention for
which Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date the 29th day of
June 1872, No. 1971; and the improved toy which forms the subject of
the present Invention consists of a series of blocks of wood or other
material, each block having upon its upper surface a portion of a picture
or representation, and on the reverse or under side an alphabetical letter,

page_text: the alphabet serving as a key to the proper disposition of the blocks,
which when placed in order edge to edge form a complete picture or
representation. The child necessarily learns his letters while seeking to
gratify his curiosity.
The letters, pictures, or designs are printed, painted, or otherwise pro-
duced upon the surfaces of the blocks, or upon paper or other suitable
substance, which is then gummed, pasted, or otherwise made to adhere
to the said surfaces, which are coated with varnish of any transparent
description to render them waterproof.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Jewitt in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
JEWITT, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, 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,
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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED
Tox," 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
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.

page_text: 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, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to
say):-
This Invention relates to an improvement upon an Invention for
which Letters Patent were granted to me, the said Henry Jewitt,
bearing date the 29th day of June 1872, and numbered 1971; and the
improved toy which forms the subject of the present Invention consists
of a series of blocks of wood or other material, each block having upon
its upper surface a portion of a picture or representation, and on the
reverse or under side an alphabetical letter, the alphabet serving as a
key to the proper disposition of the blocks, which when placed in
alphabetical order edge to edge form a complete picture or repre-
sentation, and "the child necessarily learns his letters while seeking to
gratify his curiosity."
The letters, pictures, or designs are printed, painted, or otherwise pro-
duced upon the surfaces of the blocks, or upon paper or other suitable
substance, which is then gummed, pasted, or otherwise made to adhere
to the said surfaces, which are then coated with varnish or other
preparation of any transparent description to render them waterproof.
In order that the nature of this Invention may be clearly understood,
I have illustrated the same by the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in
which Fig. 1 represents a picture which is produced upon the upper
surface of a set of blocks, and which picture may be of any required
design other than that shown, the rectangular lines intersecting the
picture representing the edges of the several blocks, and those blocks of
the upper row are lettered A¹, A³, A³, A*, for further reference.
In Fig. 2 are shown the four blocks forming the upper row of blocks
of Fig. 1. At A', A³, is shewn the upper surface of two of the said
blocks, and at A³, A*, is represented the reverse or under side of other
two of the said blocks, with their serial letters C and D exposed. Upon
the reverse or under side of the blocks, the upper surfaces of which are
shewn in Fig. 1, is an alphabetical letter placed respectively so as to
form a key to the proper disposition of the blocks for forming a complete
picture or representation.

page_text: Having thus described the nature and particulars of the said Inven-
tion, as communicated to me from abroad, I claim, the new or improved
toy, substantially such as is herein described and shown on the
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Jewitt, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of Junc, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.