IMPROVEMENTS IN GRADUATED CHEMICAL, MEDICAL AND OTHER LIQUID MEASURES OR GAUGES OF CAPACITY AND PRESSURE, AND IN OTHER GRADUATED TUBES, BOTTLES, JARS, SYRINGES AND ARTICLES MADE OF GLASS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JAMES JOSEPH HICKS of 8 Hatton Garden in the County of Middlesex,
Meteorological Instrument Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN GRADUATED CHEMICAL, MEDICAL AND OTHER
LIQUID MEASURES OR GAUGES OF CAPACITY AND PRESSURE, AND IN OTHER
GRADUATED TUBES, BOTTLES, JARS, SYRINGES AND ARTICLES MADE OF GLASS, to be
as follows:›
Heretofore, such descriptions of articles have been made of clear glass of one
uniform colour around their entire circumference and the divisions and figures have
been engraved, etched or painted on the surface thereof but by such method of
manufacture the divisions and figures are not so readily visible as is desirable.
According to my present Invention I render the divisions and figures readily.
visible whilst the liquid contents can at the same time be clearly seen.
For this purpose I apply to such descriptions of articles one or more longitudinal
widths of white or coloured enamel or glass or I almost completely surround the
articles with such white or coloured enamel or glass leaving a space of clear glass
sufficiently wide between the edges of such white or coloured enamel or glass to
enable the contents of the article to be readily seen. I engrave, etch or paint the
divisions and figures over the white or coloured enamel or glass as near the edge
thereof as is necessary for ease in reading.
The white or coloured enamel or glass may be on the exterior or interior surface
of the article or it may be embedded within the thickness thereof and the divisions
and figures when engraved or cut are filled in with black or other enamel of sufficient
contrast to the white or coloured enamel of the article to render the divisions or
figures clearly visible.

page_text: Measures or Gauges of Capacity and Pressure, and in other
Graduated Tubes, Bottles, Jars, Syringes, and Articles made
of Glass.
I JAMES JOSEPH HICKS of 8 Hatton Garden in the County of Middlesex,
Meteorological Instrument Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in'and by the following statement:-
Heretofore graduated chemical, medical and other liquid measures or gauges of
capacity and pressure and other graduated tubes, bottles, jars, syringes and articles
have been made of clear glass of one uniform color around their entire circumference
and in some cases they have had a longitudinal width of white or other colored
enamel or glass at the back thereof and the divisions and figures have been engraved,
etched or painted on the surface of clear glass but by such method of manufacture
the divisions and figures are not so readily visible as is desirable.
According to my present invention I render the divisions and figures readily
visible whilst the liquid contents can at the same time be clearly seen.
For this purpose I apply to such description of articles one or more longitudinal
widths of white or colored enamel or glass or I almost completely surround the
articles with such white or colored enamel or glass leaving a space of clear glass
sufficiently wide between the edges of such white or colored enamel or glass to
enable the contents of the article to be readily seen.
In the accompanying drawings which represent articles constructed according to
my invention a represents the body of clear glass and 6 the longitudinal width or
widths of white or colored enamel or glass.
At Figure 1 I have represented one width of enamel b embedded in the body of
clear glass a, at Figure 2 I have represented two of such widths b, at Figure 3
I have represented the article nearly completely surrounded by two widths b of
enamel leaving spaces c of clear glass respectively at the front and back of the
tube, at Figure 4 I have represented the tube with one width or strip of enamel
nearly surrounding the same, at Figure 5 I have represented an elevation of a
raiu-gauge jar of a section similar to that shown at Figure 4; at Figure 6 I have
represented an elevation of a hypodermic syringe of a section similar to Figure 4;
at Figure 7 I have represented an elevation of a minim jar of a section similar to
Figure 3 and at Figure 8 I have represented an elevation of a gas gauge of a
section similar to Figure 3.
I engrave, etch or paint the divisions and figures over the white or colored
enamel or glass b as near the edge thereof as is necessary for ease in reading as
shown at Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8.
The white or colored enamel or glass may be on the exterior or interior surface
of the article or it may as shown by the drawings and as I prefer be embedded
within the thickness thereof and the divisions and figures when engraved etched or
cut are filled in with black or other enamel of sufficient contrast to the longitudinal
widths of white or colored enamel to render the divisions or figures clearly visible.

page_text: For articles which are to be used in a vertical position or through which light
can pass I provide a space c of clear glass at the back thereof in addition to that
at the front as shown at Figures 3, 7 and 8 to permit the passage of light there-
through to enable the level of the liquid to be readily seen.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The manufacture of graduated chemical, medical and other liquid measures or
gauges of capacity and pressure and other graduated tubes, bottles, jars, syringes
and articles made of glass with one or more longitudinal widths 6 of white or
colored enamel or glass on the exterior or interior surface or embedded within the
body a thereof and with one or more spaces c of clear glass between such widths b
of white or colored enamel or glass, the divis.ons or figures being engraved etched
or painted over the white or colored enamel or glass all substantially as berein
shown and described and for the purpose stated.