IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING GAS FOR ILLUMINATING AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: We JOHN FREDERIC SCHNELL of William Street Ardwick in the County
of Lancaster Mechanic and JOHN READ of 37 Piccadilly Manchester in the
County of Lancaster Merchant do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING GAS FOR ILLUMINATING AND OTHER PURPOSES to
be as follows:—
Our invention consists in a composition composed of certain hydro-carbons and
other materials the vapour of which composition being mixed with atmospheric air
is adapted for the purposes of illuminating, of heating and of actuating motive
power engines and for other purposes. In making the composition in which our
invention consists we employ a mixture of benzoline, camphor bees' wax resin and
sulphate of copper or blue vitriol sometimes called blue-stone-The resin and
sulphate of copper before referred to after being reduced to powder and the camphor
and bees wax aforesaid are dissolved in or mixed with the benzoline before referred
to. In some cases we propose to dissolve or mix the camphor bees' wax resin and
sulphate of copper aforesaid in a mixture of benzoline and gasoline.
In order to obtain gas for purposes of illuminating, of heating, and of actuating
motive power engines and for other purposes from the composition above described
we place a quantity of such composition within a vessel or suitable apparatus
through which vessel or suitable apparatus we force air so that such air will become
impregnated with the vapour of the aforesaid composition-The air aforesaid when
impregnated with the vapour of the composition above described will be suitable
for being used as gas for purposes of illuminating and of heating and for actuating
motive power engines and for other purposes.
In some cases after mixing or dissolving the camphor beeswax resin and sulphate
of copper aforesaid in the benzoline or mixture of benzoline and gasoline before
referred to, we subject the composition mixture or solution to heat so as to drive
off a portion of the benzoline or benzoline and gasoline and thus render the com-
position mixture or solution a solid or partially solid composition thereby rendering

page_text: it more convenient for storage or transport-When it is desired to employ the
composition above described for the production of gas or vapour we add to the
solid or partially solid composition a further quantity of benzoline or of benzoline
and gasoline so as to again render the composition liquid.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Obtaining Gas for Illuminating and other
Purposes.
We JOHN FREDERIC SCHNELL of William Street Ardwick in the County of
Lancaster, Mechanic and JoHN READ of 37 Piccadilly Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Merchant do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OBTAINING, GAS FOR ILLUMINATING AND OTHER PURPOSES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
Our invention consists in a composition composed of certain hydrocarbons and
other materials the vapour of which composition being mixed with atmospheric air
is adapted for the purposes of illuminating of heating and of actuating motive
power engines and for other purposes.
In making the composition in which our invention consists we employ a mixture
of benzoline camphor, beeswax resin and sulphate of copper or blue vitriol some-
times called blue stone. The resin and sulphate of copper before referred to after
being reduced to powder and the camphor and beeswax aforesaid are dissolved in
or mixed with the benzoline before referred to. In some cases we propose to
dissolve or mix the camphor beeswax, resin and sulphate of copper aforesaid in a
mixture of benzoline and gasoline.
When it is desired to produce a composition the vapour of which when mixed
with atmospheric air is suitable for the purpose of heating and for the purpose of
actuating motive power engines and other purposes, we employ the hydro-carbons
and other materials above referred to in the following proportions.
Benzoline
Camphor
Beeswax
Resin
Sulphate of copper
one gallon.
four ounces.
one ounce.
two ounces.
one quarter ounce.
The resin and sulphate of copper are reduced to powder and then added to the
-benzoline and the beeswax and camphor after being cut or scraped into shavings or
shreds are also added to the benzoline above mentioned.

page_text: The resin and sulphate of copper are reduced to powder and then added to
the benzoline and gasoline and the beeswax and camphor after being cut or
scraped into shavings or shreds are also added to the benzoline and gasoline above
mentioned.
In order to mix the vapour from either of the compositions above described with
atmospheric air for the purpose of producing what we shall for convenience call a
gas for the purpose of illuminating, of heating and of actuating motive power
engines and for other purposes we place a quantity of such one of the compositions
above described as may be necessary for the production of gas of the kind required
within a vessel or suitable apparatus through which vessel or suitable apparatus we
force air so that such air will become impregnated with vapour of the said com-
position An apparatus which is very suitable for being employed for impregnating
air with the vapours of the compositions above described is described in and shown
by the drawing attached to the specification of the application of the above named
John Frederic Schnell and John Read and James Warwick and Willian Darbyshire
for a patent No 9532 dated June 28th 1884-The air above referred to when
impregnated with the vapour of the composition above described will be suitable
for being used as gas for the purpose of illuminating or of heating and of actuating
motive power engines and for other purposes.
In some cases after mixing or dissolving the camphor, beeswax, resin and
sulphate of copper aforesaid in the benzoline or mixture of benzoline and gasoline
above referred to we subject the composition mixture or solution to heat in a sand
bath or by other suitable means so as to drive off a portion of the benzoline or
benzoline and gasoline and thus render the composition mixture or solution a solid
or partially solid composition, thereby rendering it more convenient for storage or
transport When it is desired to employ the above described solid or partially solid
composition for the production of gas or vapour we add to the solid or partially
solid composition a further quantity of benzoline or of benzoline and gasoline so as
to again render the composition liquid.
We would have it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the use of the
hydro carbons and other materials above mentioned in the precise proportions
above described, as such proportions may be varied to some extent without depar-
ture from the principles of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The use of benzoline, camphor bees-wax resin, and sulphate of copper in the
preparation of a composition the vapour from which when mixed with atinospheric
air is suitable for being employed for the purposes of heating and of actuating
motive power engines and for other purposes.
2. The use of benzoline, gasoline, camphor bees-wax resin and sulphate of copper
in the preparation of a composition the vapour from which when mixed with
atmospheric air is suitable for being employed for the purposes of illuminating, of
heating and of actuating motive power engines and for other purposes.
3. The use of the above described composition composed of benzoline, camphor
bees wax resin and sulphate of copper in the preparation of a vapour to be used

page_text: when mixed with atmospheric air for the purposes of heating and of actuating
motive power engines and for other purposes.
4. The use of the above described composition composed of benzoline, gasoline,
camphor, bees-wax resin and sulphate of copper in the preparation of a vapour to
be used when mixed with atmospheric air for the purposes of illuminating, of
heating and of actuating motive power engines and for other purposes.
Dated this sixteenth day of October 1885
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Carlton Chambers,
18, Saint Ann's Street, Manchester,
Agent to the Applicants.