IMPROVEMENT OF A PUMP OR ENGINE FOR RAISING OF WATER
Year: 1784

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, MARK
NOBLE, of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, Gentleman, sends greeting.
WHEREAS the said Mark Noble did, by his petition, humbly represent
unto His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third that he
had, after much labour, trouble, and expense, found out a new Invention or
"IMPROVEMENT OF A PUMP OR ENGINE FOR RAISING OF WATER;" he therefore most
humbly prayed His said Majesty that He would be graciously pleased to grant
unto him, his executors, administrators, and assigns, His Majesty's Royal Letters
Patent under His Great Seal of Great Britain, for the sole use, benefit, and
advantage of his said Invention, within that part of His Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, and also within all His Colonies and Plantations abroad, for the term of
fourteen years; and His said Majesty, being willing to give encouragement to
all arts and inventions which might be for the public good, was graciously
pleased to condescend to his request, and therefore by His Royal Letters
Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the
twenty-fourth year of His reign, of His especial grace, certain knowledge, and
meer motion, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did give and grant unto the
said Mark Noble, his executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them,
by himself and themselves, or by his and their deputy or deputies, servants or
agents, or such others as he, said Mark Noble, his executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times hereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should and

page_text: lawfully might use, exercise, and vend his said Invention within that part
of His said Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His Dominion
of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, also His Colonies and Plantations
abroad, in such manner as to him, the said Mark Noble, his executors,
administrators, and assigns, should, in his or their discretion, seem meet; and
that he, the said Mark Noble, his executors, administrators, and assigns, should
and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity and
advantage from time to time coming, growing, accruing, and arising by reason
of the said Invention, for and during the term of years therein mentioned, to
have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers, priviledges, and advan-
tages therein-before granted, or mentioned to be granted, unto him, the said
Mark Noble, his executors, administrators, and assigns, for and during and
unto the full and term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters
Patent next and immediately ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended,
according to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided; in which
said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that if the said Mark Noble should
not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed. by an instrument in writing under
his hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four calendar months next after the date of the said
Letters Patent, then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages
whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void,
any thing therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwith-
standing, as in and by the said Letters Patent, reference being thereunto had;
may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, he, the said
Mark Noble, doth hereby describe and ascertain the nature of his said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed by a plan or Drawing
hereunto annexed; that is to say:-
A, A, two cylinders or chambers. B, B, two fixt or stop boxes. C, C, C, C,
four working boxes, two in each chamber, wherein the whole of the improve-
ment consists, two boxes continually working alternately in the same chamber.
D, D, D, D, are little ring bolts, one to one valve of each box, to be opened
by a small hook to enable the boxes to be drawn with more ease. E, E, two
round spears, to which the middle boxes are fixt, which traverse through a hole
in the foot of the spears F, F, which foot crosses the middle of the upper
boxes. F, F, the two spears to the two upper boxes. G, G, G, G, four center
bars, with a hole in the middle for the spears of the boxes to pass through to
keep the boxes perpendicular. H, H, H, H, four crank irons fastened to each

page_text: of the spears E, E, and F, F, by four little bolts and keys, as I, I, I, I. K, the
crank with four throws, two opposite the other, two also opposite each other,
but crossing the former two in direct angles. L, L, the handles or winches.
M, M, the trees. 0, 0, the bearings. Motion may be effected with any other
BAIFOR