PANORAMIC APPARATUS FOR TEACHING READING AND OTHER BRANCHES OF LEARNING BY OBJECTS, DESIGNS, LETTERS, OR FIGURES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Aaron Perley Morse Jeffers, of Allegan, in the
State of Michigan, United States of America, for the Invention of
"PANORAMIC APPARATUS FOR TEACHING READING AND OTHER BRANCHES OF
LEARNING BY OBJECTS, DESIGNS, LETTERS, OR FIGURES."
Sealed the 5th December 1871, and dated the 13th October 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Aaron Perley Morse
Jeffers at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his'
Petition, on the 13th October 1871.
I, AARON PERLEY MORSE JEFFERS, of Allegan, in the State of
Michigan, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for " PANORAMIC APPARATUS FOR TEACHING READING AND
OTHER BRANCHES OF LEARNING BY OBJECTS, DESIGNS, LETTERS, OR FIGUBES," to be
as follows:-
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A panoramic curtain is mounted upon two rollers, and contains
pictures, letters, words, numbers, sentences, or other matter to be
employed in instructing in rudimentary learning. This said curtain and

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rollers are introduced in a box and provided with cranks or handles, by
which the curtain can be wound upon one roller as it is unwound from
the other. In the box there is an opening of a width adapted to allow
the largest letters, pictures, or other articles on the curtain to be seen,
thoreby directing the attention of the pupil only to the object, the rest
of the curtain being out of sight.
The most important feature however of my Invention consists in
moveable slides or covers applied to the said opening in the box, whereby
it can be contracted to show only the desired portion and prevent any
confusion that might arise to the learner if more than one object aț a
time was visible. This device gives an opportunity for testing the
memory of the learner by showing a part and requiring the rest to be
given, by showing a name, and then a picture of the article, and so on.
.
I find that a vertical moving frame is the most convenient for con-
tracting the width of the opening vertically, and that screens sliding to
the right and left cover the entire opening for closing the apparatus, or
they may be opened to show any desired portion of the panoramic
curtain behind the opening in the box.
This apparatus occupies only a small space, but the curtain can contain
a great variety of subjects and designs, and the teacher can select from
the same and present only one at a time to the view of a learner or a
class of young children.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Aaron Perley Morse Jeffers in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 10th April 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AARON
PERLEY MORSE JEFFERS, of Allegan, in the State of Michigan, United
States of America, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of October, in the year a
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Aaron Perlcy Morse Jeffers, Her special

page_text: licence that I, the said Aaron Perley Morse Jeffers, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Aaron Perley
Morse Jeffers, 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 "PANORAMIC APPARATUS FOR TEACHING READING AND OTHER BRANCHES OF
LEARNING BY OBJECTS, DESIGNS, LETTERS, OR FIGURES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Aaron Perley Morse Jeffers, 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
same 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.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Aaron Perley Morse Jeffers, 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, reference being made to the Drawing.
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that
is to say):-
A panoramic curtain is mounted upon two rollers, and contains.
pictures, letters, words, numbers, sentences, or other matter to be.
employed in instructing in rudimentary, learning. This curtain and
rollers are introduced in a box and provided with cranks or handles by.
which the curtain can be wound upon one roller as it is unwound-
from the other. In the box there is an opening of a width adapted to
allowing the largest letters or pictures or other articles on the curtain to
be seen, thereby directing the attention of the pupil only to the object,
and the rest of the curtain being out of sight.
I!.
The most important feature however of my Invention consists in
movable slides or covers applied to the said opening in the box, whereby
it can be contracted so as to show only the desired portion and prevent
any confusion that might arise to the learner if more than one object at,
a time was visible. This device gives opportunity for testing the
memory of the learner, by showing a part and requiring the rest to be
given, by showing a name and then a picture of the article and so on.
!

page_text: I find that a vertical moving frame is the most convenient for con-
tracting the width of the opening vertically, and that screens sliding to
the right and left to cover the entire opening for closing the apparatus,
or they may be opened to show any desired portion of the panoramic
curtain behind the opening in the box.
This apparatus occupies only a small space, but the curtain can con-
tain a great variety of subjects and designs, and the teacher can select
from the same, and present only one at a time to the view of a learner or
a class of young children.
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In the Drawing, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus; Fig. 21
is a sectional plan at the line 2, 2; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section at
the line y, y.
The pictures, letters, numbers, words, sentences, or other objects for
instruction are printed, painted, or affixed to a panoramic curtain a that
is wound upon rollers b and c, and extends across in front of a plate d, 1
and this plate d and the rollers b, c, are sustained within the box formed
of the top e, bottom f, back g, ends h, and front k; and the projecting
ends of the rollers b, c, are provided with milled heads or handles, by
which they may be turned to draw the curtain from one roller upon the
other.
The face of the plate d is preferably covered with Canton flannel to
slightly hold the curtain and prevent its falling by gravity if the upper
roller should be turned the wrong way. The intention is that only the
upper roller shall be turned in drawing up the curtain, and the lower
roller in drawing it down, in order that slackness in the curtain may ba
prevented; hence, by the operator noticing that the curtain does not
move when the rollers are turned, attention will be directed to the fact
that the roller is being turned the wrong way.
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The front k is made with an opening in front of the curtain of a size
sufficient to show the largest objects on the said curtain, and a frame is 3
employed behind this opening that is hung by straps from a roller m;
hence said frame can be lowered so as to lessen the width through which
the curtain is visible, or else lowered entirely as in Fig. 1, so that the
object will be seen through the contracted opening in the frame.
The sliding screens 7 and 8 are shown as made of wooden slats upon a 3
canvas back, and they are manipulated so as to leave between them the

page_text: proper opening for showing the letters, numbers, pictures, or characters
as required in teaching primary classes or scholars. These horizontal
screens may be constructed in any desired manner, such as folded
flexible screens or fans, or the screens may be wound upon spring rollers
and held to place where drawn out by spring catches or similar devices.
What I claim as my Invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent
is,—
First. The panoramic curtain a mounted upon rollers 6 and c, in
combination with the screens moving horizontally to cover portions of the
panoramic curtain, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Second. The panoramic curtain and vertically moving frame in
combination with the box containing the apparatus and the horizontal
moving screens, as and for the purposes set forth..
Third. The plate d covered with Canton flannel or equivalent material
in combination with the panoramic curtain, for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Aaron Perley Morse Jeffers, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of March,
A.D. 1872.
A. PERLEY M. JEFFERS. (L.S.)
20 Witnesses,
CHA. H. SMITH,
121, Nassau St., New York.
GEO. D. WALKER,
∙121, Nassau St., New York,