A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD' OF EXHIBITING THE OUTLINES OR CONFIGURATIONS OF NATURAL OR OTHER OBJECTS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Blakey, of Leeds, in the County of York, Boot and
Shoe Manufacturer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD'
OF EXHIBITING THE OUTLINES OR CONFIGURATIONS OF NATURAL OR OTHER
OBJECTS"
Sealed the 24th January 1879, and dated the 27th July 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Blakey at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th July 1878.
JOHN BLAKEY, of Leeds, in the County of York, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer..
"A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF EXHIBITING THE OUTLINES OR CONFIGURA-
TIONS OF NATURAL OR OTHER OBJECTS."
This Invention relates to a new or improved method of exibiting the outlines or
configurations of natural objects, articles of utility or ornament, and devices of every
description, and consists in stamping out the shape or. figure of the object, article,
or device to be exhibited in paper or cardboard, wood, or any other desirable
material, such shape or figure being illuminated or not so that attention is called to
the particular object, article, or device at the first glance. Upon the material so
stamped may be printed, painted, or illuminated the name of the object, article, or
device, together with any other desirable matter.
When desirable the imitations may be perforated or embossed on the surface so
as to convey a more distinct idea of the. shape or ornamentation of the article
represented.
This Invention may be usefully employed for scholastic and lecturing, besides
many other purposes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Blakey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th January
1879.
JOHN BLAKEY, of Leeds, in the County of York, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF EXHIBITING THE OUTLINES OR CONFIGURA-
TIONS OF NATURAL OR OTHER OBJECTS."
This Invention relates to a new or improved method of exhibiting the outlines or
configurations of natural objects, articles of utility or ornament, and devices of every
description, and consists is stamping out the shape or figure of the object, article, or
device to be exhibited in paper or cardboard, wood, or any other desirable material,
such shape or figure being illuminated or not, so that attention is called to the
particular object, article, or device at the first glance. Upon the material so
stamped may be printed, painted, or illuminated the name of the object, article, or
device, together with any other desirable matter.
When advantageous the imitations may be perforated or embossed on the surface
so as to convey a more distinct idea of the shape or ornamentation of the article
represented.
This Invention may be usefully employed for educational purposes, and also by
traders as a medium for advertising or introducing their goods to public notice.
The following examples will serve to illustrate the extensive application of my
Invention-It may be applied at a comparatively trifling cost in "object teaching,"
natural objects, such as animals, birds, insects, and flowers may be stamped out of
cardboard so as to give a tolerably correct delineation of the object in outline, whilst
other details may be added with more or less attention to detail by embossing,
printing, painting, or perforation. To this may be added printed text, <descriptive
of the object, such as the name thereof, in one or more languages, geographical
distribution, and scientific classification.
Figures may also be designed for the explanation of geometrical problems, more
especially in plane geometry, as by constructing such figures in several parts the
relations between surfaces of different shape may be readily demonstrated.
As an advertising medium my Invention is particularly adaped for traders of
nearly every description, as whenever it is desired to present any specialité to the
public notice it can be done effectually by means of the shape of the article stamped
or embossed on cardboard, so as at once to convey to the observer the idea of the
article advertised, whilst the details, such as makers' or vendors' name, price, and
other particulars may be printed in type more or less. ornamental, according to
taste or the requirements of the case.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Blakey, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.