CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN HATS;
Year: 1845

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ESPRIT.
GALIBERT, of Bridge Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Hatter,
send greeting.
WHEREAS IIer present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventh day of April, in the eighth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Esprit
Galibert, Iler especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,,
the said Esprit Galibert, my exors, admors, and assigns, as such others as
I; the said Esprit Galibert, my exors, adiñors, or assigus, 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,
Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN HATS;" in which said Letters Patent
is contained a proviso, that I, the said Esprit Galibert, shall cause a particular,
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said 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 bad, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Esprit Galibert, hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully ascertained and
described in and by the present Specification thereof, that is to say :-
My said improvements in hats are as follows:-
First, instead of forming the foundation of the brim of silk hats of two
pieces of cotton cloth cemented together, as is now the ordinary practice in
this country, I form the same of a single texture of cotton of about three or
four times the ordinary thickness of English cottons. I am not aware that a
single texture of this thickness is manufactured in England, but it has been
for some time made in France, and used there for children's clothing, and in
the manufacture of what are called spring hats, and such as I have hitherto
used in this country has been imported from France.
Second, I introduce into the body of both silk and beaver hats at those parts
where they come into contact with the head, and also into the brim for the
space of about an inch or so all round the orifice, a layer, and in some cases
two layers of the membrane, which is formed from the intestinum rectum of
animals, and is commonly used by gold beaters for the purposes of their trade,
which prevents any grease or oil from the head passing through the hat.
In the case of silk hats this membrane may be introduced between the two.
pieces of calico of which the body is formed, or between that body and the
leather, or other interior lining, or immediately under the silk, shag, or plush
on the outside of the body. In the case of beaver hats the membrane is
inserted between the body of the hat and the leather or other lining.
And such my Invention being, to the best of my knowledge and belief,:
entirely new, and never before used within that part of Her said Majesty's;
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called England, Her said;
Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, I do hereby declare
this to be my Specification of the same, and that I do verily believe that this,
my said Specification, doth comply in all respects fully and without reserve or.
disguise with the proviso in the said herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent contained; wherefore, I do hereby claim to maintain exclusive right
and privilege to my said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Esprit Galibert, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
ESPRIT (L.S.). GALIBERT..

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventh day of October, in
the year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid Esprit Galibert came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, 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 Seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and forty-five.