AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE APPLIED TO SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS FOR DESTROYING VERMIN THEREON, AND FOR PROTECTING THEM THEREFROM
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Hicks McLeod, of the City of Glasgow,
in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Wool Broker, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE APPLIED TO SHEEP AND
OTHER ANIMALS FOR DESTROYING VERMIN THEREON, AND FOR PROTECTING
THEM THEREFROM."
Sealed the 4th May 1875, and dated the 11th March 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Hicks
McLeod at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 11th March 1875.
I, FREDERICK HICKS MOLEOD, of the City of Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, Wool Broker, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE APPLIED TO SHEEP
AND OTHER ANIMALS FOR DESTROYING VERMIN THEREON, AND FOR PROTECTING THEM
THERE FROM," to be as follows :-
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page_text: and for protecting such animals from the ravages of vermin; and the
nature and novelty of the Invention consists in manufacturing such
(din 1 from the following ingredients viz about
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick Hicks McLeod in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
HICKS MOLEOD, of the City of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Wool Broker, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in
the thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Frederick Hicks
M'Leod, Her special licence that I, the said Frederick Hicks M'Leod,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Frederick Hicks M'Leod, 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 Islo

page_text: of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION TO BE APPLIED TO
SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS FOR DESTROYING VERMIN THEREON, AND FOR PROTECTING
THEM THEREFROM," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Frederick Hicks McLeod, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner 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 Frederick Hicks M'Leod, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement in writing, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to the manufacture or production of an
improved composition, "dip," or "wash" to be applied to sheep and
other animals for destroying vermin thereon, and for protecting them
from the ravages of vermin; and the nature and novelty of the Invention
consist in manufacturing such composition, " dip," or "wash" from the
several ingredients and the approximate proportions in 100 parts following,
namely:-

page_text: prefer to add to the substances already mentioned one-tenth part of
arsenious acid or white oxide of arsenic.
It is to be understood that the proportions of these ingredients may be
varied to some extent to suit different circumstances, but for general use
the proportions above given are preferred, and the application of this
compound is carried out in the ordinary or usual manner adopted with
such compounds or dips, and in addition to destroying vermin on sheep
and other animals, and protecting them from their ravages, the applica-
tion of this dip or wash protects such animals from scab and other skin
diseases, and keeps them in a sound and healthy condition.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would observe in conclusion that
what I consider novel and original and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
preparation and use of a composition, dip, or wash composed of the 1
afore-mentioned ingredients for destroying vermin on sheep and other
animals, and for protecting them from their ravages, as well as from
skin diseases, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Hicks M'Leod, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of August, 2
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
Witness,
W. R. M. THOMSON,
Patent Agent,
Glasgow.
F. H. M LEOD. (L.S.)