IMPROVED SUBSTITUTE FOR LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE IN THE PRE- PARATION OF PAINTS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Guy Wilson, of 71, Market Street, Manchester,
"A NEW OR
Mechanical Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
IMPROVED SUBSTITUTE FOR LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE IN THE PRE-
PARATION OF PAINTS." A communication from abroad by Friederich Thies, of
Bissendorf, in the Empire of Germany.
Sealed the 28th December 1878, and dated the 29th June 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Guy Wilson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1878.
JOHN GUY WILSON, of 71, Market Street, Manchester, Mechanical Engineer and
Patent Agent. "A NEW OR IMPROVED SUBSTITUTE FOR LINSEED OIL AND TUR-
PENTINE IN THE PREPARATION OF PAINTS." A communication from abroad by
Friederich Thies, of Bissendorf, in the Empire of Germany.
The object of this Invention is obtained as follows:-I take, say, 100 parts of
colophony, 20 parts of chrystalline soda, and mix the same with 50 parts of water,
more or less. This mixture is then diluted with 250 parts of water and 24 parts
of caustic ammonia. The product thus obtained will be of a syrupy consistence,
and is capable of being ground and mixed with the coloring matter in the ordinary
imanner, and without the addition of linseed oil, turpentine, or dryers. It dries and
hardens rapidly, possesses a good body, may be covered with varnish, is not effected
by dampness or change of temperature, is considerably cheaper than linseed oil or
turpentine, and may be diluted to any required degree by the simple addition of
water.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Guy Wilson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
December 1878.
JOHN GUY WILSON, of 71, Market Street, Manchester, Mechanical Engineer and
Patent Agent. "A NEW OR IMPROVED SUBSTITUTE FOR LINSEED OIL AND TUR-
PENTINE IN THE PREPARATION OF PAINTS." A communication from abroad by
Friederich Thies, of Bissendorf, in the Empire of Germany.
The object of this Invention is obtained as follows:-I take, say, 100 parts of
colophony, 20 parts of chrystalline soda, and mix the same with 50 parts of water,
more or less. This mixture is then diluted with 250 parts of water and 24 parts
of caustic ammonia. The product thus obtained will be of a syrupy consistence,
and is capable of being ground and mixed with the coloring matter in the ordinary
manner, and without the addition of linseed oil, turpentine, or dryers. It dries
and hardens rapidly, possesses a good body, may be covered with varnish, is not
effected by dampness or change of temperature, is considerably cheaper than linseed 1
oil or turpentine, and may be diluted to any required degree by the simple addition
of water.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Inven-
tion, together with the best methods with which I am acquainted for carrying the
same into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim, the improved a
substitute for linseed oil and turpentine, substantially as and for the purposes
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Guy Wilson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One, thousand cight hundred and seventy-eight.
TATTYYT
WIT CAN
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