A NEW METHOD OF MAKING ALLON OUT OF DROSS OR DREGGS (COMONLY CALLED SETTLER SLAN, AND SLAM-PAN SLAK) OF THE LIQUOR OUT OF WHICH OTHER ALLON IS MADE, WHICH HATH HITHERTO BEEN ESTEEMED OF NO USE OR SERVICE
Year: 1743

page_text: NEWTON'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, AMBROSE
NEWTON, of Ketheness, in the County of York, Gentleman, sendeth greeting.
WHEREAS His most Sacred Majesty King George the Second, by the
grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, &c., by His Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Fourth.
day of April, in the sixteenth year of His reign, reciting that the said Ambrose
Newton had, by his Petition, humbly represented to His Majesty that he had,
by great expence and long study, found out "A NEW METHOD OF MAKING ALLON
OUT OF DROSS OR DREGGS (COMONLY CALLED SETTLER SLAN, AND SLAM-PAN SLAK) OF
THE LIQUOR OUT OF WHICH OTHER ALLON IS MADE, WHICH HATH HITHERTO BEEN
ESTEEMED OF NO USE OR SERVICE;" and that the said Ambrose Newton was, by
his said Invention, able to convert such dross, or dreggs, or slam, into the most
perfect and fine allom, and at much less expence than any made in England
before, which Invention the said petitioner apprehended would be of great
use and benefit to His Majestie's subjects, and therefore humbly prayed His
Majesty to grant unto him, his exors, admors, and assigns, under the Great
Seal of Great Britain, a Patent for the sole use, benefit, and advantage of the
said Invention within that part of Great Britain called England, the Dominion
of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of fourteen years;
His said Majesty, of His especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere močon,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said
Ambrose Newton, his exors, adñiors, and assigns, especial licence, full power,
sole priviledge and authority, that he, the said Ambrose Newton, his' exors,
admors, and assigns, by himself and themselves, or by his or their deputy or

page_text: deputys, servants or agents, or such others as he, the said Ambrose Newton,
his exors, adors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time and at all times thereafter during the term of years in the said
Letters Patent expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within that part of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to him, the
said Ambrose Newton, his exors, adññors, and assigns, or any them,
should in their discretions seem meet, and that he, the said Ambrose
Newton, his exors, adiñors, and assigns, should and lawfully might have and
enjoy the whole profitt, 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 menconed, to have, hold, exercise, and
enjoy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages therein-before
granted or menconed to be granted unto the said Ambrose Newton, his exors,
adñors, and assignes, for and during and unto the full end 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 Statute in that case
made and provided: and whereas, amongst divers other clauses and provisoes,
there was a clause or condicon in the said Letters Patent contained, that the
same are to be void if the said Ambrose Newton should not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand and
seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery
within three calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advan-
tages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become
utterly void, anything therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in
anywise notwithstanding.
NOW KNOW YE, that in pursuance and performance of the said clause
or condicon in the said Letters Patent, I, the said Ambrose Newton, do
hereby declare that the following is an exact and particular descripcon of the
nature and method of my said Invention (that is to say):
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Slam is dissolved in water, and boyled in a leaden pan for the space of two
or three hours, untill it comes to a state of forty-five pennyweight, after which
give the pan one eak of water. When boyled down two inches, the liquor
is drawn of into a settler, intermixt with lees made from kilp and slam, and
stands thero three or four hours, untill the dross or slanı be settled. The clear
liquor is drawn off into a cooler, and intermixt and brought down with urine
to twenty-seven pennyweight, and stands there four days, and strikes into

page_text: small allom, and after melted and roached into casks, which stands fourteen
days to coole, and are taken down, and the allom is finished.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ambrose Newton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and forty-three
small allom, and after melted and roached into casks, which stands fourteen
days to coole, and are taken down, and the allom is finished.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ambrose Newton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and forty-three
AMBR NEWTON.
AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the Twenty-fifth day of June the
before-named Ambrose Newton came before our Lord the King in His
Chancery, and acknowledged the abovesaid Writing, and all and every thing
therein contained and specifyed, in form above said. And also the said
Writing was stamped according to the form of the Statute made and provided
in the sixth year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, and so forth.
Inrolled the Thirtieth day of June, in the seventeenth year of King
George the Second.