A BUCKING TUB OR CISTERN, WITH A FURNACE AFFIXED TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE SAME, OF A NEW AND PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUCKING CLOTH, YARN, OF OTHER THINGS USUALLY BLEACHED BY MEANS OF BUCKING, THE USE OF WHICH WILL OCCASION A VERY CONSIDERABLE SAVING OF FUEL AND LABOUR
Year: 1795

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
FLOYD, of Berkeswell, in the County of Warwick, Whitster, send grecting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britian, bearing date the Third
day of November, in the thirty-sixth year of His reign, did give unto me, the
said William Floyd, His special licenc, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said William Floyd, during the term of fourteen years theroin
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within that
part of Great Britain called England, and Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A BUCKING TUB OR CISTERN, WITH A FURNACE AFFIXED
TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE SAME, OF A NEW AND PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUCKING CLOTH, YARN, OF OTHER THINGS USUALLY BLEACHED
BY MEANS OF BUCKING, THE USE OF WHICH WILL OCCASION A VERY CONSIDERABLE
SAVING OF FUEL AND LABOUR;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained
a proviso obliging me, the said William Floyd, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majestie's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month
next after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
relation being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Floyd, in compliance with the
said proviso, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention of A
Bucking Tub or Cistern, with a Furnace affixed to and Communicating with
the same, of a New and Peculiar Construction. for the Purpose of Bucking
Cloth, Yarn, or other Things usually Bleached by Means of Bucking, the Use
of which will occasion a very considerable Saving of Fuel and Labour, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, is contained in the Plan or
Drawing hereon made with the referrence thereto and description thereof
herein-after set forth, that is to say :-
A, B, C, D, is a bucking tub or cistern, made of wood, and lined with
copper or lead, four feet six inches long, three feet six inches wide, and two
feet six inches deep, in which the cloth, yarn, or other thing usually bleached,
is to be put and placed for the purpose of being bucked. E, F, is a furnace,
of copper or cast iron, one foot six inches in diameter, of the same depth as the
bucking tub or cistern, and which is fixed iu brickwork on a level with it. G
is a pipe of the same metal as the furnace, three inches in diameter, and
twelve inches long. one end of which is fixed into the bucking tub or cistern
near the bottom, and the other end is fixed into the furnace close to the
bottom, so that the ley used for bucking may pass through it from the buck-
ing tub or cistern to the furnace, and keep its surface on a level. H is a
spout of the same metal as the furnace and pipe, four inches deep, eight
inches wide, and twelve inches long, one end of which is fixed into the furnace
close to the top, the other end is fixed into the upper end of the bucking tub or
cistern, close to the top, so that the ley may pass through it from the furnace
to the bucking tul, or cistern.
The Figure or Drawing thus described is proper in proportion to the
largest or smallest scale. When the cloth, yarn, or other thing is placed in
the bucking tub or cistern, in order to be bucked, ley must be poured thereon
till both bucking tub or cistern and the furnace are so full that it just commu-
nicates through the spout II. Then fire must be given to the furnace; so
soon as the ley therein becomes warm it will begin to run through the spout H,
passing through the cloth, yarn, or other thing so placed in the bucking tub or
cistern, and return through the pipe G into the furnace, till the whole body of
the ley is nearly boiling hot. When it begins to boil in the furnace the ley
will run faster, and the cloth, yarn, or other thing may be bucked as long and
forced to what degree of heat as may be thought proper. Both the bucking
tub or cistern and the furnace must be kept close covered during the process.
One furnace will serve one, two, or three bucking tubs or cisterns, by being

page_text: made somewhat larger, and placing additional spouts and pipes in different
directions.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Floyd, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the thirty-
sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the
grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of
the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and ninety-five.