CERTAIN MACHINES FOR AND IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURING OF LONG BOWS, FOR GIVING GREATER ELASTICITY TO THE SAME, AND FOR ASCERTAINING THE STRENGTH THEREOF
Year: 1788

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
THOMAS WARING, of Leicester House, in the Parish of Saint Anns,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty George the Third, did
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
bearing date the Fifth day of February, in the twenty-eighth year
of His reign, give and grant unto mè, the said Thomas Waring,
His especial licence that I, the said Thomas Waring, during the
term of years therein expressed, should, and lawfully might use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Ber-
wick upon Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN MACHINES FOR AND IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURING OF LONG BOWS, FOR GIVING GREATER
ELASTICITY TO THE SAME, AND FOR ASCERTAINING THE STRENGTH THEREOF;" in
which said Letters Patent there is contained a provisoe obliging me,
the said Thomas Waring, under my hand and seal, to cause a par-
ticular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
inanner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's
High Court of Chancery, within one calendar month after the date.
of the said recited Letters Patent as in and by the same, relation
being thereunto had, more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I,
the said Thomas Waring, do hereby declare that my said Invention

page_text: of certain machines for and improvement in the manufacturing of
long bows for giving greater elasticity to the same, and for ascer-
taining the strength thereof is described in the plan and description
hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Waring, have hereunto
set my hand and seal this First day of March, One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-eight.
Inrolled the First day of March in the year above mentioned.

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No1 Represents a Machine for making of Long bows with a greater degree of Elasticity than has hitherto been practised After placing the bow stave in the Marne us in me ragure, turn ver
till it is bent backwards to the degree required, thin glue on the back or veneer and let it remain till the Glue is sufficiently hardened, and by this reverse bend in the construction the bow itself when bent for use will
possess a greater and more elastic power and be far superior to bows made in the common or ordinary way.
No2. Represents a machine for ascertaining the strength of a bow when finishedb) is a rest on which the bow is to be placed, and a board with four cords in the manner of a Scale is to be hung by a hook upon the bow
string at (c) A Rod d) with inches marked upon it is likewise made to rest upon the Bow string by a Small hook or otherwise, and is kept in a perpendicular situation at the top by a Ring on the rest through which
the rod passes The person using the machine than takes hold of the handle (e) and with his other hand places weights upon the board until the Bow is so far bent that the number of inches required (in
proportion to the length of the Arrow) appear on the rod parallel to the back or summit of the bow the strength and power of which will be ascertained by the quantity of weight on the board or scale.
The patentee has introduced the above drawings in order to give a more clear and perfect illustration of his invention than he could possibly do by description alone but observes at the same time that as his
invention is particularly for giving greater clasticity to long bows and for ascertaining the strength thereof and the form and construction of Machines used for this purpose may be very considerably varied
he claims his right to the free and exclusive exercise of his principle whatever may be the shape or form of the machinery in its application.