IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL TALLOW
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Miguel de la Vega of the City and State of New York,
United States of America, Gentleman, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL TALLOW."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Miguel de la Vega at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th December 1880.
MIGUEL DE LA VEGA, of the City and State of New York, United States of
America, Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL
TALLOW."
The object of my Invention is to produce artificial tallow or grease, of which the
principal ingredients are vegetable matters. This artificial tallow is to be used for
lubricating, for the manufacture of soap and candles, and for similar purposes, but
it is not intended to be used for articles of food.
The principal vegetable ingredient which I prefer to use is the oil of the castor
bean, though I do not confine myself to the use of this oil, but may use any other
vegetable oil as the principal ingredient of tallow manufactured according to my
Invention.
In carrying my said Invention into practice for the manufacture of 100 pounds of
tallow I proceed as follows, that is to say :-I take sixty pounds of castor oil, ten
pounds of animal tallow, ten pounds of vegetable oil, and twenty pounds of wheat-
flour. The other vegetable oils that may be used are rape or turnip seed oil,
cotton-seed oil, or any similar oil.
The above ingredients, in the proportions stated, are to be put together in
vessel or receptacle and boiled for about thirty minutes by steam heat.
After the mixture has been treated in the manner above set forth it is cooled
and solidifies or hardens into artificial tallow. The process of cooling can be
accelerated by pouring cold water around the vessel or receptacle which holds the
mixture.
A greater or less quantity than one hundred pounds can be produced at the
same time, as desired, and then the proportions of the said ingredients are to be
varied accordingly, the same relative proportions however being preserved.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Miguel de la Vega in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd June
1881.
MIGUEL DE LA VEGA, of the City and State of New York, United States of
America, Gentleman. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL
TALLOW."
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The object of my Invention is to produce artificial tallow and grease, of which
the principal ingredient is vegetable matter. This artificial tallow is to be used
for lubricating purposes for the manufacture of soap, candles, &c., and for
other similar purposes, but is not to be used for articles of food. The principal
vegetable ingredient which I use is the oil of the castor bean, though I do not
intend or wish to be understood as confining myself to this particular vegetable
oil in producing my artificial tallow, but may use any other vegetable oil as a
principal ingredient of my Invention. The proportions in which the various
ingredients are mixed in producing my artificial tallow are given with reference to
producing one hundred pounds of the same. For this purpose I use sixty pounds
of castor-oil, ten pounds of animal tallow, ten pounds of vegetable oil, and twenty
pounds of wheat flour. The other vegetable oils that may be used are rape or
turnip seed oil, cotton seed oil, or any other similar oil. The above ingredients in
the proportions stated are to be put together in a vessel or other receptacle and
boiled for about thirty minutes by steam heat. After the mixture has been
treated in the manner above set forth it is cooled and solidifies and hardens into
artificial tallow. The process of cooling can be facilitated by pouring cold water
around the vessel or receptacle which holds the mixture. A greater or less
quantity than one hundred pounds can be produced at the same time, as desired,
and then the proportions of the said ingredients are to be varied accordingly, the
same relative proportions however being preserved.
Having thus described my said Invention, what I claim and desire to secure
by Letters Patent is,―
The above described artificial tallow composed of castor-oil, solid animal fat,
and other vegetable oil, and wheat flour in the proportions specified, substantially
as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Miguel de la Vega, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 18th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1881.