AN IMPROVED MEDICATED OIL FOR THE PRESERVATION OF METAL, WOOD, OR STONE
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Smith, of No, 10, Northampton Terrace,
Crompton Road, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MEDICATED OIL FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF METAL, WOOD, OR STONE."
Sealed the 2nd October 1863, and dated the 10th April 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th April 1868.
I, ROBERT SMITH, of No. 10, Northampton Terrace, Crompton Road,
Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MEDICATED OIL FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF METAL, WOOD, OR STONE," to be as follows :—
My Invention consists of an improved compound for the preservation of
iron or wooden ships, buildings, or articles made of metal, wood, or stone,
and is composed of the following ingredients:-I take, say, one gallon
of any description of oil, and a like quantity of water, to which I add about
two pounds of saltpetre, salt, or soda, either mixed or separate, and to which

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Robert Smith in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd October 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
SMITH, of No. 10, Northampton Terrace, Compton Road, Islington, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Ierself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Robert Smith, Her special licence that I, the said Robert Smith,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Robert Smith, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and 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 Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MEDICATED OIL FOR THE PRESERVATION OF METAL, WOOD, OR STONE,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Robert Smith, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 per-
formed, 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 Robert Smith, 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:
My Invention consists of an improved compound, herein-after described, to
be used either alone or in combination with any description of paint, for the
preservation of iron or wooden ships, buildings, or articles made of metal,
wood, or stone, and is also applicable for the renovating of oil paintings and

page_text: paintwork, and is composed of the following ingredients :-I take, say, one
gallon of any description of oil, and a like quantity of water, to which I add
about 2 pounds of saltpetre, salt, or soda, either mixed or separate. If the
compound is intended for the preservation of stone, I add about 2 pounds of
soluble sulphur.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Smith, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
HENRY HALL.
ROBERT SMITH. (L.S.)