A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OR METHODS OF APPLYING GRANITE OR OTHER MATERIAL IN THE MAKING, CON- STRUCTING, OR FORMING PAVEMENT, PITCHING, AND COVERING FOR STREETS, ROADS,
Year: 1818

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
JAMES ALEXANDER MCCARTHY, of No. 4,. Spring Gardens, Westminster, in
the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
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WHEREAS His present Majesty. King George the Third, in and by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighth day, of April last, for. Himself,. His heirs and
successors, did-give and grant unto me, the said John James Alexander
McCarthy,. His special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said John James Alexander McCarthy; my executors, administrators;
and assigns, and every of them, by myself and. themselves, or by my and their
deputy or deputies, servants, or agents, or such others as I, the said John
James Alexander, McCarthy, and 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 of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, his Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OR
METHODS OF APPLYING GRANITE OR OTHER MATERIAL IN THE MAKING, CON-
STRUCTING, OR FORMING PAVEMENT, PITCHING, AND COVERING FOR STREETS, ROADS,

page_text: WAYS, AND PLACES;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso
obliging me, the said John James Alexander McCarthy, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and scal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereto had,
will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John James Alexander McCarthy, do hereby describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, by the Plan or Drawing in the margin of thoso Presents, and the
following description thereof (that is to say):-
My Invention consists in having mases or blocks of granite, stone, or other
material, of a size sufficiently largo to occupy a square yard, more or less, with
edges, teeth, or indentations, bevelled or not, but constructed as to assist the
adjoining masses or blocks in supporting the carriages or other bodies which
may pass over them, and also to throw the part of the weight which may
come upon each mass or block upon the other masses or blocks which may
lay contiguous to the same, and which is completely shown by the Drawings
annexed. The upper surface may be worked so as to present a surfaco
similar to the present street pavement. The masses or blocks, when prepared,
may be laid down in their places and adjusted to and contiguous with each
other by means of the wheel, lever, or other common machinery used for
raising and lowering weights. A, a profile of the mass or block made of
granite, stone, or other material, two, three, more or less, feet square, or
containing four or more square feet, more or less, superficial. 1, 2, 3, 4,
the bevelled ends, or joints, or bearings, which may assist the bearing and
intersecting, dovetailing, or locking with each other. The masses or blocks
may be connected or retained together by means of wedges or iron or metal,
or pins or clamps. B, superficial view of the blocks or niasses laid down con-
tiguous and adjusted to each other. These masses or blocks, the joints of
which are made to intersect and bind with each other, may be formed of such
sizes as may bo convenient or as may be wanted.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Seventh
day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
J. J. A. MAC CARTHY. (L.s.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Seventh day of October,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid John James Alexander McCarthy
came before our Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the same Seventh day of October, in the year above written.