CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOEING HORSES AND IN HORSE SHOES
Year: 1849

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
PARRY, of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Esquire, 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 date at Westminster, the Third day of
April, One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in the twelfth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Parry, my exors, adñors, and assigns, Her especial licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William Parry, my
exors, admiors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Parry,
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, in the Islands of
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, and also in all Her said
Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad, my Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOEING HORSES AND IN HORSE SHOES;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said William Parry,
should 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 hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court
of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the

page_text: recess of the shoe, and the twisting of the ends of the wire will draw the shoe
to the foot very tightly, and the bending or embedding of the wire (after
twisting) into the fullering groove or recess will prevent its wearing, excepting
as the shoe wears away; and when recesses are made I prefer to intro-
duce iron cement to fill them after the twisted wire has been placed
therein. The wire used should be of the best and strongest manufacture, and
annealed. The shoe in its construction is similar to those heretoforo made
except that the holes are round and are made in pairs, as shewn, to correspond
with the holes drilled in the foot, and when not so made should have the
recess. I would state that, although I believe that the mode of fastening the
wire by twisting to be the best, yet other means may be resorted to so long as
the holes in the feet are drilled, and wire is used for fixing the shoes, and the
shoes modified so as to suit them for this mode of applying and fixing them.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would wish it to be understood, that what I claim are
the means herein described of applying and affixing horse shoes, and also the
modification of horse shoes to render them suitable for such means of applying
and affixing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Parry, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
WILLIAM (L.S.) PARRY.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of
September, in the year of our Lord, 1849, the aforesaid William Parry 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 Third day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand