AN ENTIRE NEW MACHINE FOR ROASTING MEAT, AND ALL OTHER FOOD NECESSARY TO BE AND USUALLY ROASTED, IN A MUCH SUPERIOR MANNER TO ANYTHING NOW MADE USE OF FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1794

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WHITTINGTON, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Wheelwright, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Seventh day of May in the Thirty-fourth year of His reign, did give and
grant unto me, the said William Whittington, my executors, adiñors, and
assigns, His special licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, that I, the
said William Whittington, 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 William Whittington, my
exors, adñiors, or 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 my
Invention of "AN ENTIRE NEW MACHINE FOR ROASTING MEAT, AND ALL OTHER
FOOD NECESSARY TO BE AND USUALLY ROASTED, IN A MUCH SUPERIOR MANNER TO
ANYTHING NOW MADE USE OF FOR THAT PURPOSE," within that part of Great
Britain called England, His dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, in such manner as to me, the said William Whittington, my executors,
aditiors, and assigns, or any of them, shall, in my or their discretions, seem
meet, and that I, the said William Whittington, my exors, adñors, and
assigus, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit,
commodity, and advantage from time to time coming. growing, accruing, and
arising by reason of my said Invention, for and during the term of years
therein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers

page_text: priviledges, and advantages therein before granted or mentioned to be granted
unto me, the said William Whittington, my exors, adiñiors, and assigns, for
and during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of the
said Letters Patent next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be complent
and ended, according to the Statute in such case made and provided; in which
said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William
Whittington, to particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Ilis Maty's Iligh Court
of Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had,
will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Whittington, in compliance
and pursuance of such proviso contained in the said Royal Letters Patent, do
hereby declare and certify that what is herein-after set forth doth particularly
describe and ascertain the nature and construction of the said Invention, and
in what manner the said machine operates and produces the effects for which
it is designed (that is to say):-
This machine or jack is made as in the annexed Drawing, but may bo
placed also differently to suit the situation in which it shall bo wanted, either
by fixing the upper part from A to Z (in Figure 2) alone, in order to turn a
common spit, or by fixing the upright shaft or spindle A A, to the side of a
grate or range, and carrying the horizontal one A F, along a shelf or any other
kind of support fixed below or over the fire place, to turn the perpendicular
motions or hanging spits suspended to them. The motion is produced by a
weight A O, suspended to the barrel at A (Figure 1), which moves the
complex wheel B C; and DB, is the catch wheel; C, a catch and spring; D,
the bevel teeth, which turn the bevel pinion E upon the spindle F, on which is
the spur wheel G that turns the pinion H upon the spindle I, upon which is the
wheel K which turns the pinion L upon the spindle M, upon which is the
wheel N which turns the pinion O upon the spindle P, upon which is the wheel
Qwhich turns the pinion R upon the spindle S, and the fly T which is upon the
same spindle. The spindle M, by means of the pinion U, turns the wheel V
upon the spindle W. These movements, as shown in the Drawing (Figure 1),
are contained in the box or case A P (of Figure 2), at the top of which
appears again the fly T, and under it is shewn again part of the spindle W,
upon which is the pinion X, which turns the crown wheel Y, to which is fixed
the pulley Z, for to turn a common spit. The motion produced by the machino
is communicated down the spindle W by the long shaft or spindle A A, but

page_text: if that part of the machine from A to Z (in Figure 2) be used alone, it may be
taken off from the lower part by means of a coupling box A, B. The shaft or
spindle A A, turns the pinions A C, and A D. A C, turns the crown wheel
A E, and the shaft or axis on the end of which it is fixed, A F; upon A F,
are three pinions A G, which turn three crown wheels A H, to which are
suspended three hanging spits; but as many may be made use of as the fire
place will admit. The pinion A D, turns the wheel A I, which is fixed upon
the end of the spit A K, supported at each end by racks. The spit AK,
may be placed higher or lower, as the pinion A, D, moves up and down, and
is fastened by a screw; another or more spits may be turned by means of other
pinions upon the same shaft or spindle. A L, is a turning stand for a dripping
pan; A M, (in Figure 2) is the case for the weight A O, (in Figure 1);
A N, an iron frame screwed to the caso A M; A Q, the windlass for wind-
ing up the weight A O, by the barrell at A.
And I, the said William Whittington, do further certify, that this machine
may be moved and placed in any situation and used before any kind of fire,
and that it may be also applied to other purposes besides roasting, where
horizontal and perpendicular rotative motions are required to which its power
is adequate, and that the wheels and pinions of the machine are of brass, the
spindles iron or steel, the frame and weight of cast or malleable iron, the case
of wood, but copper or any other metal or mixture of metals, or production of
nature or art, may be used in their stead.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth
day of May, in the Thirty-fourth 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-four.
WILLIAM (L.s.) WHITTINGTON.
Sealed and delivered, being first duly
stampt, in the presence of
GEO. ADAMS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Old Jewry.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBRED, that on the Thirty-first day of May, in tho
year of our Lord 1794, the aforesaid William Whittington came before
our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and everything therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt, according to the
tenor of the Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety-four.