AN IMPROVED HYDRAULIC SYPHON
Year: 1851

page_text: MOUATIS SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
CLARK MOUATIS, of Earlstown, in the County of Berwick, Builder, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing dato at Westminster; the Thirty-first day of
December, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, in the fifteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Francis Clark Mouatis, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Francis Clark
Mouatis, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Francis
Clark Mouatis, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Inven-
tion of "AN IMPROVED HYDRAULIC SYPHON;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso that I, the said Francis Clark Mouatis, shall cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my band
and seal, to be enrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same. reference being thereunto had,
will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Francis Clark Mouatis, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
Figure 1 is a section of this improved syphon on a small scale, as applicable
to dwelling houses; Figuro 2, a section on a more extended scale, fit for
raising a large body of water. A, A¹ (Figure 2), are two air-tight cylinders,
provided with two pistons B, B', which are moved up and down by the rods
m, m, attached to the lever O, which may be moved by a crank or any suitable
means, but I prefer the apparatus shown in Figure 3. The piston B' may be
of wood or any lighter substance, in order to assist in balancing the beam O.
C, C, are the pipes connecting the apparatus to the water intended to be raised;
these pipes ought not to be less than twenty-four feet, and not to exceed
thirty-three feet in height; they are provided at the top with two double
valves a, a, opening inwards into the boxes L, L. These pipes may also
have a valve c opening downwards, which will act as a safety valve in case of
accident to the valves a, a; dis a grainer fixed above the valve c to prevent
obstructions getting into the pipes; E is the receiving tank connected with the
boxes L, L, by the ascending pipes D, D; these ascending pipes are also
provided with double valves b, b', similar to the before described valves a, a',
opening upwards. The lever o which moves the rods m, m, is so poised on
its fulcrum at G that very little power is required to work the pistons.
Figure 3 shows the machinery I prefer for working the pistons. I is a wheel
to which is attached the handle K and cranks L, L, and P, P, connected to
the rods of the pistons at m, m. This wheel may be moved by any suitable
power, either by hand or machinery, as may be required. Q, Q, are stuffing
boxes into which the rods fit tightly.
Should this apparatus be used on a small scale, as in Figure 1, two cylinders
might be connected to one upright pipe below the valve a.
And having now described my Invention, I wish it to be understood that I
do not confine myself to the precise details, forms, or proportions herein-
before described, provided the general features be retained for the carrying out
my Invention; but what I claim as new, and intend to be protected by the
said Letters Patent, is,-
First, the connection of the forcing pump and syphon for the purpose of
raising water, as herein-before described.

page_text: g, Figure 2.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Clark Mouatis, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
FRANCIS CLARK (L.S.) MOUATIS.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-sixth day of June, in
the year of our Lord 1852, the aforesaid Francis Clark Mouatis came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.