In- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Allen Turner, of the City of Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Starch Manufacturer, and Henry Louis Lilley,
of Stand Lane, in the said County, Manager, for the Invention of "In-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH."
Sealed the 28th February 1860, and dated the 2nd September 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Allen Turner,
and Henry Louis Lilley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,.
with their Petition, on the 2nd September 1859.
We, WILLIAM ALLEN TURNER, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Starch Manufacturer, and HENRY LOUIS LILLEY, of Stand Lane, in
the said County, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH," to be as follows:-
We mix in about equal quantities starch made from sago flour, indian corn,
wheat, or similar substances, with starch made from rice, and we add to the
starch so mixed, isinglass, gum, and liquid perfume.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Allen Turner and Henry Louis Lilley in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 1st March 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
ALLEN TURNER, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Starch
Manufacturer, and HENRY LOUIS LILLEY, of Stand Lane, in the said County,
Manager, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said William Allen Turner and Henry Louis Lilley, Her special licence that
we, the said William Allen Turner and Henry Louis Lilley, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Allen
Turner and Henry Louis Lilley, 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STARCH," upon the condition. (amongst
others) that we, the said William Allen Turner and Henry Louis Lilley, by
an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and
seal of one of us, 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 we, the said William Allen Turner and Henry Louis
Lilley, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement (that is to say) :-
We mix starch made from sago, flour, indian corn, wheat, or similar sub-
stances, with starch made from rice, and we add to the starch so mixed,
isinglass, gum, and liquid perfume as follows:-We take about twelve pounds
weight of isinglass, and scald it with drained boiling water, to which we add
about one pint of crystal pectic acid, and one pint and a half of acetic acid,
and allow the said mixture to remain for about six hours. We then add
about twenty-four gallons of boiling water, and stir or agitate the mixture
until it forms a thick jelly, one half of which mixture will be sufficient for a
ton of starch; we add to the said half quantity nine gallons of boiling water,
and allow it to remain until it is cool, when the blue or coloring matter may
be put in. About twenty pounds weight of gum may then be added if neces-
sary, or about one pound weight to the gallon made into a solution of cold
water. We then add about three or four pounds weight of any suitable
liquid perfume to each ton of starch so made, if it is desirable to perfume it.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of our said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be

page_text: distinctly understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise proportions
of the materials herein set forth, as such may be varied or modified without
departing from the principle thereof, but we claim,―
Firstly, the mixture of starch made from sago flour, indian corn, wheat, or
similar substances with starch made from rice.
Secondly, the mixture or combination of such starch with isinglass or gum,
or both isinglass and gum.
And, thirdly, the admixture of any of the above starches with suitable
perfumes to make perfumed starch.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Allen Turner, for and on
behalf of myself and the said Henry Louis Lilley, have hereunto set
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
my
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named William Allen Turner in the
presence of
WILL. A. TURNER. (L.s.)
E. J. HUоHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.