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Year: 1856

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APPLICABLE TO THE COATING OF SURFACES, AND TO THE MOULDING AND CASTING
OF VARIOUS OBJECTS."
Sealed the 6th January 1857, and dated the 12th July 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benoit Frédéric Ortet
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the.
12th July 1856.
I, BENOIT FRÉDÉRIC ORTET, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire
of France, and of No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention of "A NEW METALLIC
COMPOSITION, APPLICABLE TO THE COATING OF SURFACES, AND TO THE MOULDING AND
CASTING OF VARIOUS OBJECTS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
The Invention consists as follows:-The natural bisulphuret of iron or
yellow pyrites being submitted to a sufficiently high temperature in a con-
densing apparatus gives a quantity of sulphur, which, mixed with the residue
of this distillation, and carried to a temperature above 316° Fahrenheit, gives
a product which I call "ferreine," and which I employ in the making of

page_text: pavements, in the moulding and casting of different objects, and in the covering
of surfaces in general.
I also prepare this bisulphuret of iron with the oily residue of sulphur
distillation, (that is to say, with the sulphur which remains in the retort, in
which has been distilled the crude sulphur, for the manufacture of roll or flour
of sulphur,) and ordinary iron ore, or any earthy or argillaceous ferrugenous
ores. The compound; thus obtained, possesses absolutely the same properties as
the one above named.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benoit Frédéric Ortet in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th January 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENOIT
FREDERIC ORTET, of 39, Rue de l'Echequier, Paris, in the Empire of France,
and of No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Benoit Frederic Ortet, Her special license that I, the said Benoit Fréderic
Ortet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Benoit Fréderic Ortet, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all,
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"A NEW METALLIC COMPOSITION, APPLICABLE TO THE COATING OF SURFACES, AND TO
THE MOULDING AND CASTING OF VARIOUS OBJECTS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Benoit Fréderic Ortet, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what nianner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters:
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Benoit Frédéric Ortet, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-.
Uptil this time iron pyrites has only been utilized for the extraction of the
sulphur it contains, and for the manufacture of sulphuric and sulphurous acids
and sulphate of iron. Now, my Invention consists in treating iron pyrites
either alone, or in combination with iron ore, or sulphur, or products contain-
ing sulphur, by which I produce a substance which I call ferreine, which is
susceptible of being moulded, and which I apply to the manufacture of cisterns,
basins, and pipes for conducting water, and to the construction of pavement;
floorings, roofs, and the foundations of houses, for the coating of surfaces, and
for other useful purposes.
:
I will now proceed to describe the mode of producing the substance I call
ferreine. I employ two boilers of a given capacity, connected by a tube adapted
to their lids. In one of these boilers I place yellow iron pyrites, or other
product containing sulphur, such as the sulphurets, but by preference the
natural sulphuret of iron, on account of its abundance and cheap price. In
the second boiler I place powdered pyrites or iron ore. The fire under the
first boiler being lighted, the pyrites is melted, and the sulphur (about fifteen
per cent.), given off under the influence of the heat, distils over to the second
boiler, heated to a low temperature, by means of which the sulphur combines
with the iron ore in the second boiler, and produces a bisulphuret of iron,
which I term "ferreine."
I produce ferreine in various ways, according to the intended application:
first, I prepare the ferreine by melting the pyrites direct without distillation;
secondly, by adding to it sulphur; thirdly, by mixing with it other sulphurets;
fourthly, by preparing it artificially with ores containing sulphur and iron
combined in any proportions. The different changes which the ore undergoes
during its treatment cause it to acquire properties which render it completely
inalterable under the effect of air, water, and acids.
The ferreine when produced must be submitted to the moulding and casting
processes, for the purpose of obtaining the required result, when it may be
painted, gilt, or bronzed, like the metals.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein laid down,
so long as the peculiar character of my Invention be retained; but what I
claim is, the employment and treatment of iron pyrites, either alone or in com-
bination with sulphur, or with substances containing sulphur, for the production
of a substance which I call "ferreine," and which is applicable to the manu-

page_text: facture of various articles, and to the construction of pavement of streets
and foundations for houses and for other useful purposes, as hercin-before.
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benoit Fréderic Ortet, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Third day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
B. F. ORTET. (L.S.)