IMPROVED MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENTS OR CONTRIVANCES FOR MEASURING, REGISTERING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF LIQUIDS, AND LIKEWISE FOR PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Augustus Curley, of Richmond Street, Saint
George's Road, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention
of "IMPROVED MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENTS OR CONTRIVANCES FOR MEASURING,
REGISTERING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF LIQUIDS, AND LIKEWISE FOR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Augustus Curley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd December 1859.
I, EDWIN AUGUSTUS CURLEY, of Richmond Street, Saint George's Road,
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVED MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENTS OR CONTRIVANCES FOR
MEASURING, REGISTERING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF LIQUIDS, AND LIKEWISE
FOR MEASURING AND REGULATING THE PASSAGE OF FLUIDS AND VAPOURS," to be as
follows:-
The first part of this Invention relates to improved mechanism for measur-
ing minute portions of fluid, and consists of a floating syphon, the float serving
to control the pressure on the orifice of the syphon, so that the fluid shall flow
uniformly. To the float or to the syphon is attached a "vernier," which reads

page_text: against a scale attached to the stationary part of the instrument, and thus
serves to indicate intervals of time or the quantity of fluid passing through the
syphon with extreme minuteness. If it be desired to measure portions of fluid
less than one drop, I then propose to attach a leader to the outer leg of the
syphon, so that the water shall run off upon it rather than collect by drops
at the end of the syphon, taking care that this leader is kept. moist, and none
of the fluid collected at the end thereof; immerse the end of it in the fluid
with which it is desired to mix the fluid flowing through the syphon, and if the
immersion lasts one-tenth of the time required in the flow of a single drop, then
one-tenth of a drop of this fluid will be mixed with the other. If the fluid is
to be measured only to indicate portions of time, a properly luted piston or
float with a "vernier" attached will be sufficient, if there be a suitable orifice
in the piston to allow of the passage of the fluid. This piston or float and
"vernier" can also be used in measuring the ebb and flow of fluid in baro-
meters, thermometers, and other similar guages, and it has this advantage, it
requires no setting or adjusting.
The second part of this Invention relates to improved mechanism to be used
when the flow of larger portions of fluid is to be measured or regulated, or
both; for this purpose I propose to employ a conoidal throttle valve, and with
it, or separately, I use, as circumstances may require, one or more of the herein-
after mentioned accessories, for example, in regulating gas; the aforesaid
conoidal valve I propose to place near the meter, or to form part of the same
apparatus; the valve is actuated by a float, gasholder, or diaphragm, which
moves with the varying pressure, and actuates the valve accordingly. Where
a float or gasholder is used I attach a second self-acting valve for the purpose
of cutting off the gas should the lute get too low, as without such a valve there
would be an escape and danger of an explosion. Where the pressure is strong
enough to require it I balance the valve by luting it and introducing the gas
behind it, or by making it double and compensating; should the burners
through uneveness of the fittings or from the different heights at which the
gas is consumed lack uniformity; after the pressure on the main has been pro-
perly adjusted with my controller valve, I partially close the passage to those
burners which are too free by means of an adjustable screw, which, once
adjusted, is a fixture, and does not interfere with the taps while it effectually
controls the excess of pressure. To control the current of incandescent gas
when burning at a low pressure, I use pieces of glass, mica, or other suitable
substances in connection with one or more secondary jets, if necessary, for the
purpose of inducing a steady current in the required direction. For measuring
the gas I use two gasholders, alternately filling and emptying, and turning

page_text: clockwork by their motion; I keep the luting medium used always at the same
height, by using a large quantity thereof and floating the meter as well as the
gasholders in it, or by balancing the lute vessel, so that it will rise as the lute
evaporates. For regulating the passage of steam I use the aforesaid regulating
valve as a throttle or as a check on the escape. The valve can be actuated by
an ordinary governor, and it must be balanced by letting the steam act behind
it. It is important in its application to steam, because it allows less lateral
expansion of steam to take place than any other means of throttling. For
regulating water, the aforesaid valve is not very materially modified in its actu-
ation from the above-mentioned forms. If used to regulate the flow of water
actuating machinery, it may be moved by a motion governor as in the steam
engine; but if used to preserve a uniform pressure of water, I then propose to
actuate it by a self-acting pressure governor. In this case, if the pressure be
strong, it may be advisable to modify the form of the valve. In waterworks
where large quantities of water are to be measured, I attach a tracing point to
the aforesaid valve, and place a strip of paper or other suitable material which
is to be drawn with a uniform movement under this point at right angles to
the line of its motion by means of clockwork, the valve registers thereupon the
size of the orifice it has allowed for the passage of water. The average apper-
ture allowed can thus be readily obtained, and the average pressure of the
water (if varying to any considerable extent) by similar or other suitable
means being obtained, the quantity of water which has passed the valve can
be readily deduced therefrom. To measure smaller quantities of liquid, I use
one or more vessels containing, floats or pistons which receive a reciprocating
motion from the fluid, and thus alternately cut off and turn on the water, and
as they move actuate the clockwork necessary to register the amount of liquid
which has passed through the meter. I also propose to use another arrange-
ment not self-acting; this consists of one or more vessels holding any given
quantity, having inlet and outlet valves, actuated by hand with a crank or lever,
This can be made of
which by its motion turns the registering clockwork.
suitable size to attach to casks, etc., and indicate the smallest quantity of liquid
that can be abstracted. Instead of the crank or lever being made to act
directly on the valves, it may be made to actuate one or more pistons, which
latter cause the valves to open and close. In either case I would have the
crank or lever the only means of access to the liquid, and that should not move
sufficiently far to allow a drop to pass without moving a cog of the registering
apparatus.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edwin Augustus Curley in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWIN
AUGUSTUS CURLEY, of Richmond Street, Saint George's Road, Southwark, in
the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Edwin Augustus Curley, Her special licence that I, the said
Edwin Augustus Curley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Edwin Augustus Curley, 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 therein expressed, should and law-
fully 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 "IMPROVED MECHANICAL ABRANGEMENTS OR (ONTEIVANCES
MEASURING, REGISTERING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF LIQUIDS, AND LIKEWISE
FOR MEASURING AND REGULATING THE PASSAGE OF FLUIDS AND VAPOURS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edwin Augustus Curley,
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 performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Oflice within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
FOR
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edwin Augustus Curley, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The first part of this Invention relates to various kinds of guages, such as
barometers, time guages, and pressure guages, and consists in constructing the
same with a floating vernier which moves up and down with the fluid in the
guage, and reads against a stationary scale, thus indicating a very slight flow
of the liquid.
The second part of this Invention relates to water and gas meters for
measuring and regulating the flow of liquid and gas passing through the same,

page_text: and consists of certain improved mechanical arrangements or contrivances,
herein-after described, for effecting those objects.
And in order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheets of
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively, as follows.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
At Sheet 1, Figure 1, represents a barometer partly in section, with floating
vernier adapted thereto; Figure 1 shows sectional plan of same; Figure 2 is
a sectional elevation of a gas meter constructed according to this Invention;
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of a fountain gas meter, in which the liquid
lute is maintained at a permanent level; Figure 4 is an elevation of an
improved gas regulator: Figure 5 a plan view thereof; Figure 6 a vertical
section through the line A, B, at Figure 5; Figure 7 a double valve for the
above regulator.
At Sheet 2, Figure 8 is an elevation partly in section of another form of
construction of fountain gas meter with valve and float; Figure 9 plan view
of same; Figure 10 represents floating gas meter in sectional elevation;
Figure 11 is a front elevation partly in section of another form of construction
of floating gas meter; Figure 12 a side elevation of same partly in section;
Figure 13 is a front view of a water meter constructed according to this
Invention Figure 14 a sectional side view of same: Figure 15 a side view
of an improved syphon for gas meters; Figure 16 a plan of same. At each of
the foregoing Figures of each Sheet of Drawings I employ similar letters of
reference to denote corresponding parts, in so far as such parts appear or can
be seen at each of such said Figures and Sheets respectively.
At Figure 1, Sheet 1, A is a barometer tube; B, float; C, vernier attached to
float; D, a guide rod for the vernier; E, slot for guide rod D to work through;
The scale G is divided into
F, scale; G, mercury for floating the vernier.
tenths of an inch, as usually practised, and the vernier into elevenths, thus
enabling the scale to be read to the 100th part of an inch. It is very easy to
divide the scale and vernier, so as to give far more minute intervals. It will
at once be seen that the floating vernier and the top of the column of mercury
will always bear the same relative position, and that therefore the vernier
having been properly adjusted at first will always remain in proper adjustment
for accurate reading.
At Figure 2, A, A, is a tank constructed with a partition a extending

page_text: nearly to the bottom. In this tank are two gasholders or measuring vessels
B and B'; the compartments A, A', are one-third filled with water, and the
vessels B, B', are formed a little more than two-thirds of the height of A, A¹.
An inlet C admits gas under the gasholder B, and in due time it escapes
through the outlet d; an inlet c' admits gas in the compartment A above the
gasholder B, and in due time the gas thus admitted escapes through d';
c is the inlet to, gasholder B¹, and d is the outlet; is the inlet to the
compartment A, and is the outlet therefrom. There are valves to each of
these inlets so connected that when the inlet C is opened the outlet d¹ opens
with it, said valves being similar to the valves now used in dry gas meters,
and thus the ingress of gas under the vessel B lifts this vessel and causes the
egress of the gas in the upper part of the compartment A. (The vessels B
and B are balanced by buoys or air chambers e, and e¹,) the motion of the luted
vessel or gasholder B opens the inlet and outlet 2, by which the luted
vessel B is forced down, after which the motion of B' opens the inlet c¹ and
outlet d, which causes the luted vessel B to descend. The descent of B now
opens the inlet c and outlet d³, and the gas moves the luted vessel B' upwards,
thus producing alternate reciprocating movement of the vessels B and B¹,
which actuates clockwork for registering the amount of gas which has passed
through the meter as in other gas meters. For converting the reciprocating
motion of the luted vessels B and B into rotary motion of the clockwork
I use the same means as are employed for that purpose in dry gas meters.
I now proceed to describe the fountain meter exhibited at Figure 3,
Sheet 1, as follows:-A is a cylindrical vessel, in which is placed the ordinary
measuring drum B; B1, B2, are measuring compartments of the drum B;
C is the axle of the drum; D is the level of the water; this is always main-
tained at the same height by means of the fountain E. F is a tap for the
purpose of breaking the connection between the fountain E and the water in
the cylindrical vessel A. To fill the vessel A to the proper height it is neces-
sary first to turn the tap F, so as to completely break the connection between
the fountain E and the vessel A. The water supply G is then to be opened,
and the fountain E filled with water; then G is to be closed, so that the
fountain E is completely air-tight; after this, the tap F is to be opened, when
the water will commence to flow through the passage H into the vessel A.
The air from A passes at the same time upward through the passage H into
the fountain E above. When this action has continued until the water in A
is level with the outlet I of the passage H, then no more water can flow from
the fountain, because no more air can pass up the passage H, and the flow of
water from the fountain E would cause a vacuum or partial vacuum in the

page_text: said fountain. But we will now suppose that a very small quantity of the
water has evaporated from the vessel A, thus giving room for one bubble of
air or gas to go up the passage H, and it is evident that a corresponding
quantity of water will flow from the fountain, thus bringing the water level D
to the same point as at first. This action will evidently continue as long as
there is any water in the fountain E. At every visitation of the inspector, the
tap F should be closed, and the fountain E filled from the supply G. Should
the fountain be filled with F open, then the water would flow freely into the
vessel A, and, overflowing the syphon, would prevent the passage of any gas
through the meter. If the fountain E be not filled with water, and, in con-
sequence, cannot supply water to maintain the proper level of the water in
the vessel A, then the gas is cut off by the ordinary safety valve, or by the
means which I shall herein-after describe in connection with the description
of the improved syphon which I use in my improved gas meters. The parts
of the meter not mentioned above are the same that are used in the ordinary
wet gas meters.
I now proceed to describe my improved gas regulator which I use either
separately or combined with the meter. At Figures 4, 5, and 6, A is an outer
tank or cylinder partially filled with water; B is a regulating gasholder
moving up and down in the water and actuating a valve C by means of the
valve rod D; E is the valve seat; F is a guide rod, and G, G', are adjusting
weights placed on the same for the purpose of increasing the pressure when
necessary; the gas enters at H and fills the space I between the water level K
and the top of the gasholder B; should the pressure be greater than the
weight of the gasholder B it will lift the aforesaid gasholder. This will bring
the valve C nearer to its seat E, and thus cut off so much of the supply of gas
that the pressure of the remainder shall just equal the weight of the gas-
holder B. The gas after thus expanding in the space or chamber I passes
through the outlet L at the pressure proper for combustion. M is the adjusting
chamber, which in this case is air-tight. If a greater pressure is required
more weights are added, and if it be desired to decrease the pressure weights
are taken away. P is the supply for water; Q is a safety valve through which
air is admitted to allow free motion for the machine; R is the safety valve rod
fastened at S to the float tube T, which is fixed to the float U, as the water
level K gets lower the float U sinks, and thus brings the valve Q into action
to prevent any escape of gas which would ensue from the water becoming too
low. As the gasholder B is pierced at V to allow the valve rod R to pass
through, it is necessary to attach the safety tube W which extends to the level
of the bottom of the gasholder, and thus prevents the escape of gas. There

page_text: are orifices in the float tube T at the points II' and H2, which admit water to
lute the safety tube W. At S' is a stop which prevents the safety valve from
rising too far; X, outlet for drawing off water when necessary. Instead of
the valve and the parts connected therewith, the safety valve can be placed
either on the inlet H or on the outlet L, as shewn by the dotted lines, in
which shews the safety valve over the inlet; b is a packing box through
which the rod D works; c is the float which supports the safety valve a.
Before the water gets too low, the float c having fallen with it, brings the
valve a into its seat d and cuts off the gas, so that it shall not enter the regu-
lator, thus shewing the need of water by the impossibility of obtaining light;
a, c, d, and e¹, shew the same form of safety valve placed over the outlet L.
This shews the want of water in the same manner as the one just described.
Figure 7 shews a compensating regulating valve which I use if it be desired
to get the regulating apparatus in a smaller compass. The gas passes in at A
and divides as shewn by the arrows, one half passing downwards through the
valve C, and the other half upwards through the valve E. These two valves
being attached to one inflexible valve rod, the pressure on one counterbalances
the pressure on the other.
Figures 8 and 9 (Sheet 2) shew another form of fountain for maintaining
water at one permanent level in gas meters. In this Figure the tap F,
Figure 3, is superseded by the valve A; this valve is actuated by the float B,
which moves the lever C on the pivot D, and thus brings A into its seat, thus
cutting off the water supply; but if the water level E sinks ever so little,
then the float B sinking with it opens the valve A, and lets in sufficient water
to restore the proper level. I use with this metre, as with that described in
Figure 3, the improved syphon which is herein-after described. The other
parts of the meter are not materially modified from the usual form with refer-
ence to floating gas meters.
Figure 10 shows a manner of floating the measuring drum of the meter so
that it will always remain at the same height above the level of the water
notwithstanding any evaporation that may take place. In this Figure, A is
the tank containing water in which the measuring drum B is floated; C is a
float to give suitable buoyancy to the drum B; D is a guide which helps to
keep the drum B in proper position; D would also stop the rotation of the
drum, and therefore the passage of gas should the water get so low as to
allow the circumference of the drum to infringe upon the top of the guide D;
E is the axle of the drum B, which said axle rotates freely while moving up
or down (as the water is increased or diminished) in the slot F, which with D,
helps to keep the drum in its proper position. The other end of the axle E

page_text: has the same freedom of upward or downward movement. G is a fluted
cylinder or cog wheel turned by a worm or screw H on the axle E; G is of
sufficient length for the worm H to always take in its cogs notwithstanding
the freedom of upward and downward motion which it (H) possesses in
common with the drum and its axle. The cog wheel G actuates the remainder
of the clockwork as usual; the orifice of the centre of the drum B is large,
otherwise the arm of the syphon passing through it would stop the freedom
with which the drum floats on the water. There are pins (as D) not shown
which would stop the meter were it tilted too far backward or forward;
tilting sideways will not affect the registration. The syphon is of the form
shown in Figures 15 and 16, or the ordinary syphon may be used. The parts
not shown or described are the same as usual.
Figures 11 and 12 show a modification of Figure 10. A is a tank in which
the meter is floated by the air chamber E; B and B are slotted guides,
having a universal joint at C, allowing them free lateral motion; D, D', are
pins fixed to the frame F of the meter, and moving up and down in the
slotted guides B and B¹. Thus the meter has free motion up and down as
the water is increased or diminished, and it has also free lateral motion with
its guides B and B'. Variations of the water level of the tank or tiltings of
the same will not therefore affect the registration of the meter so long as these
irregularities are confined within the margin allowed for them, and if they go
beyond that margin no gas can be obtained, as will be herein-after shown.
G is a pin at the top of the tank. If the tank be filled beyond the proper level
this pin will impinge upon the surface of the drum H, and prevent its rotation;
in the same manner G¹ prevents the motion of the drum when tilted too much
forward, and G2 has the same effect on backward motion. Two other pins
(not shown) will prevent the motion of the drum (and therefore the obtaining
of any gas) under too great tilting sideways. A safety valve I falls on the top
of the gas inlet K, and cuts off the gas before the water gets too low to float
the meter. The gas is admitted at the inlet K behind the meter, and fills the
chamber L; the latter is attached to the meter, and moves freely with it.
The gas passes from the chamber L through the syphon M to the axle N of
the drum H; the axle end has four orifices, one of which communicates with
each of the measuring compartments of the drum H. N is seated water and
gas tight on the extremity of the syphon M, and the latter has an outlet O on
one side corresponding to the orifices before mentioned. Now, as the com-
partment P of the drum comes into the proper position to receive the gas, the
orifices in the axle communicating with it comes opposite the orifice O in the
extremity of the syphon M, and thus gas is received into the compartment P.

page_text: Then as the drum moves round, P¹ comes opposite the outlet O, and then in
its turn p; thus the gas is admitted into each compartment of the drum at
the proper time. The syphon génerally used is in this meter omitted. Q is
the water supply, and R is a glass in the front of the tank through which
the index is seen. The parts not shown or described are not materially
modified from the form generally used. It is evident, on careful examination
of Figures 11 and 12, that if considered expedient, I would use the ordinary
syphon to make the communication between the gas inlet and the measuring
drum; it is essential, however, that in either case the inlet for the gas should
be behind the meter.
I
Figures 13 and 14 represent the meter adapted to the measuring of water.
In measuring water (and other liquids under a heavy pressure) I use a liquid
lute, on account of the extreme pressure to which the water may be subjected..
The luting liquid must be of differend density from the liquid to be measured,
and have little tendency to mix, as chemically combine with the latter.
consider oil the lute best adapted for a lute for measuring watery fluids, and
water the best lute for oils. If the lute be the heavier fluid, then the meter
acts precisely as in measuring gas, but if the lute be the lighter, then the
measuring drum or vessels must have the inverted action, for the liquid to be
measured is in this case below the lute in the measuring chamber. In
Figures 13 and 14, A is the water level; B, the inlet for water; and C, the
outlet; D is the supply for oil. The meter is first filled with oil to the level
of the oil supply D. When D is closed, and water admitted at the water
inlet, this forces the oil to its proper place in the upper part of the meter.
Figures 15 and 16 show an improved form of syphon, which is intended to
prevent tampering with the meter. A is the ordinary upright arm; B, the
curved arm, which carries the gas to the measuring drum to be measured;
and C, D, E, and F, are additional arms extending to the sides of the meter
at various points. There is a free communication between all these arms, and
they rise just above the level of the water. If the meter be filled too full of
water the syphon will be overflowed as usual, and also if the meter be tilted
in any direction the water will overflow that arm which is lowest, and thus fill
the syphon to the water lever, thus cutting off the gas. G is a loose hood or
cup placed over the arms E and F of the syphon, and extending below the
water level. This hood is necessary, as without it the arms E and F of the
syhons would communicate with the measured portion of the gas, and thus
allowing a portion of gas to pass through them unmeasured. H is an additional
arm of the syphon, communicating with the others by means of the tap I on
which H freely turns; K is a float attached to the arm H of the syphon.

page_text: This float falls with the decrease of the water, and moves the arm H of the
syphon with it. Now, as the mouth L of the arm H is further from the top or
pivot I than the float K, it is evident that the sinking of the float K will
cause I to sink through a greater distance than K sinks. Therefore, if L be
just above the surface of the water when it is at a proper level, and K sinks
as fast as the water, then 1, sinking still farther, will be immersed. This
immersion of L fills the whole syphon to the water level, and therefore cuts off
the gas. Thus, this syphon will alike cut off the gas, whether there be too
much or too little water, or if the meter be improperly tilted. Instead of
the tap I, a flexible tube could be used to connect H to the other portions of
the syphon.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention of "Improved Mechanical Arrangements or Contrivances for
Measuring, Registering, and Regulating the Flow of Liquids, and likewise for
Measuring and Regulating the Passage of Fluids and Vapours," together
with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical
effect, I would remark, in conclusion, that what I claim, as my Invention
intended to be secured to me by the above in part. recited Letters Patent, is
as follows:-
First, with reference to barometers, I claim constructing same with a
floating vernier, as represented at Figure 1.
Secondly, with reference to fountain meters, I claim constructing same
in the manner above described and represented at Figures 3, 8, 9. I also
claim the reciprocating meter exhibited at Figure 2.
Thirdly, with reference to gas regulators, I claim constructing same with
a safety valve, and float marked Q and U, at Figure 6, for the purposes set
forth, also the use of two valves fixed on a rigid rod, for the purpose of com-
pensating the pressure of the gas in regulators as above described with
reference to Figure 7.
Fourthly, I claim floating the meter or revolving drum of gas meters,
as above described, and for the purposes set forth.
Fifthly, I claim the constructing of the syphon of gas meters, in the manner
described and represented at Figures 15 and 16 for the purpose of preventing
tampering with the meter.
Sixthly, I claim the adaptation of a wet gas meter to the measuring of
liquids and the luting of said meter with oil or other liquid, the specific
gravity of which is different from water and which will not chemically combine
therewith, as above described, with reference to Figures 13 and 14, of the
accompanying Drawings.

page_text: And I desire it to be distinctly understood, that I do not intend to limit
or restrict myself to the precise details of construction herein described and
represented by the accompanying Sheets of Drawings, as the same may be
varied or modified without departing from the principle of construction on
which my said improvements are based.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Augustus Curley, have hereunto.
set my hand and seal, this Second day of June in the year of Our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
EDWIN AUGUSTUS CURLEY. (L.S.)