A NEW OR IMPROVED FURNITURE POLISH, THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE FOR PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF WARDROBES, DRAWERS, AND OTHER RECEPTACLES, AS WELL AS CARPETS, CURTAINS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS FITTINGS FROM INJURY BY INSECTS."
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Richardson Carruthers, of Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, Manager of the Glasgow Branch of the Firm of
Carruthers and Allan, for the Invention of A NEW OR IMPROVED FURNITURE
POLISH, THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE FOR PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF
WARDROBES, DRAWERS, AND OTHER RECEPTACLES, AS WELL AS CARPETS,
CURTAINS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS FITTINGS FROM INJURY BY INSECTS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Richardson Carruthers
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th May 1877.
JAMES RICHARDSON CARRUTHERS, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Manager of the Glasgow Branch of the Firm of Carruthers and Allan.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED FURNITURE POLISH, THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE FOR
PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF WARDROBES, DRAWERS, AND OTHER RECEPTACLES,
AS WELL AS CARPETS, CURTAINS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS FITTINGS FROM INJURY
BY INSECTS."
This Invention, which relates to a new or improved furniture polish, which is
also applicable for protecting the contents of wardrobes, drawers, and other
receptacles, as well as carpets, curtains, and other analogous fittings from injury by
insects, consists of a composition of yellow wax, camphor, turpentine, Castile soap,
soft soap, and water.
In preparing or manufacturing the said compound the wax and camphor are
melted together, after which the turpentine is added; then the soaps having been
dissolved in water are 'gradually added, and the whole ingredients carefully mixed
together.
The following proportions of the substances used are found to give good results,
but they may be varied :-
Yellow wax
Camphor
Turpentine
Castile soap
Soft soap
Water
-
-
30 ounces.
lb.
45 ounces.
1 ounces.
4
ounces.
1 gallon.
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page_text: An advantage following from the use of the new or improved compound is, that
it not only imparts an agreeable freshness to the air of a room or other apartment
where it has been used, but also tends to quickly remove close and disagreeable
odours, being also free from the odour or smell of turpentine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Richardson Carruthers in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd November 1877.
JAMES RICHARDSON CARRUTHERS, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Manager of the Glasgow Branch of the Firm of Carruthers and Allan.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED FURNITURE POLISH, THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE FOR
PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF WARDROBES, DRAWERS, AND OTHER RECEPTACLES,
AS WELL AS CARPETS, CURTAINS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS FITTINGS FROM INJURY
BY INSECTS."
My said Invention, which relates to a new or improved furniture polish, which
is also applicable for protecting the contents of wardrobes, drawers, and other
receptacles, as well as carpets, curtains, and other analogous fittings from injury by
insects, consists of a composition of camphor, and yellow or white wax, turpentine,
Castile or other hard soap, soft soap, and water, or the equivalents of any of these.
In preparing or manufacturing the said compound the wax and camphor are
melted together, after which the turpentine is added; then the soaps having been
dissolved in water are gradually added, and the whole ingredients carefully inixed
together.
The following proportions of the ingredients or substances used are found to give
good results, but they may be varied. The said proportions are as follows:-
Yellow or white wax
Camphor
Turpentine
Castile or other hard soap
Soft soap
Water
30 ounces.
1/2 lb.
45 ounces.
11
»
"
4½
1 gallon.
The use of this new or improved compound gives a bright gloss or polish to
articles of furniture, and by virtue of its containing camphor it imparts an agreeable
freshness to the air of a room or other apartment where it has been used, and it
also tends to quickly remove close and disagreeable odours, besides being in a great
mensure free from the odour of turpentine.
I do not limit myself to the exact proportions of the herein-before named
ingredients, or their equivalents, the essential feature being the use of camphor in
furniture polish for the purposes before mentioned.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and the mauner in which the same may be practically carried into effect,
I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent is, the improved furniture polish compounded of camphor and

page_text: the other herein-before named ingredients, or their equivalents, the essential novelty
being the use of camphor in furniture polish, as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Richardson Carruthers, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of November, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
JAMES RICHARDSON CARRUTHERS. (L.S.)