IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF REAPING HOOKS AND SICKLES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Booth, of the Firm of Thomas Booth and
Sons, of Conisbro Mills, near Rotherham, in the County of York,
Manufacturers of Reaping Hooks, Sickles, and Machine Knives, Timber
Merchants, and Wood Turners, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF REAPING HOOKS AND SICKLES."
Sealed the 11th September 1866, and dated the 13th March 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Booth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th March 1866.
I, GEORGE BOOTH, of the Firm of Thomas Booth and Sons, of Conisbro
Mills, near Rotherham, in the County of York, Manufacturers of Reaping
Hooks, Sickles, and Machine Knives, Timber Merchants, and Wood Turners,
do bereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF REAPING HOOKS AND SICKLES," to be as follows:-
Heretofore in the manufacture of such implements the edge part has
generally been of sheer steel welded to a back of wrought iron, which was
then reduced to proper form by hammering; or in some cases cast steel alone
has been used for the purpose, which was also reduced to the form required by
the hammer.

page_text: My improvements consist in the employment of cast steel, which I first
reduce by means of rollers into bars, with thick and thin edges, to the breadth
and thickness required, afterwards the bars are cut into suitable lengths,
and bent to the form required by either hammer or other mechanical means.
By this Invention a superior implement is produced at less cost than
heretofore
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Booth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th September 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
Booтn, of the Firm of Thomas Booth and Sons, of Conisbro Mills, near
Rotherham, in the County of York, Manufacturers of Reaping Hooks,
Sickles, and Machine Knives, Timber Merchants, and Wood Turners, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said George Booth, Her special licence that I, the said
George Booth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as 1, the said George Booth, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF REAPING HOOKS AND SICKLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Booth, 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 saine 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 George Booth, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
that is to say •

page_text: Heretofore in the manufacture of such implements the edge part has
generally been of sheer steel welded to a back of wrought iron, which was
then reduced to proper form by hammering, or in some cases cast steel alone
has been used for the purpose which was also reduced to the form required by
the hammer.
Now my improvements consist in the employment of cast steel, which
I first reduce by means of rollers into bars, with thick and thin edges,
to the breath and thickness required; afterwards the bars are cut into
suitable lengths, and bent to the form required by either haminer or other
mechanical means.
By means of this Invention a superior impliment is produced at less cost
than heretofore.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Booth, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of September, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named George Booth, in
the presence of
WM. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax.
GEORGE BOOTH. (L.s.)