IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE STEAM AND LIQUID POWER, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENTito John Macintosh, of North Bank, Regent's Park, iu
the Connty of Middlesex,for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING
AND APPLYING MOTIVE STEAM AND LIQUID POWER, AND IN APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Macintosh at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th November 1861.
I, JOHN MACINTOSH, of North Bank, Regent's Park, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE.
MENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE STEAM AND LIQUID POWER, AND IN
APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH,
THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
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The first part of my Invention has for its object improvements in obtaining
power
for propelling vessels and carriages by means of the momentum or
impulsive force of jets or blasts, of steam, conveyed through pipes from the
boiler or boilers, issuing through orifices or injectors alone or in combination
with fluids or liquids impinged against inclined surfaces. The vessel or
carriage may be propelled in any direction required by altering the position
of the inclined surfaces. When injectors are used, the steam and water
orifices are fixed at the position suitable for projecting water, or it may be
other fluids, against the inclines.
The second part of my Invention for obtaining power consists in attaching
a series of plates, in an inclined position, on a hollow shaft mounted on
bearings and furnished with stuffing boxes. The steam is conveyed from the

page_text: boiler to the shaft by pipes issuing through orifices under the inclined plates,
causing the shaft to revolve, the whole being enclosed in an outer casing,
through which the waste steam passes
The third part of my Invention consists in fixing a series of inclined plates
or boards on a long shaft furnished with bearings and secured to a frame,
which may be whole or partly immersed in running water, which impinges
against the inclined plates or boards, causing the shaft to revolve from which
power is obtained. In water running at a low velocity the frame containing
the shaft may be enlarged at the ends to increase the flow of water.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Macintosh in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th May 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MACINTOSH, of North Bank, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Macintosh, Her special licence that I, the said John
Macintosh, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said John Macintosh, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should atany
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at 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 the Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
-OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE STEAM-AND-LIQUID LOWER, AND-IN-APPARATUS:
CONNECTED THEREWITH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Macintosh, my executors or administrators, by an instrumentin 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
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Macintosh, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
Improvements in obtaining and applying motive steam and liquid power,
and in apparatus connected therewith.
The first part of my Invention-has for its object-improvements in obtaining
power for propelling vessels and carriages by means of the momentum or
impulsive force of jets or blasts of steam, conveyed through pipes from the
boiler or boilers, issuing through orifices or injectures alone or in combination
with fluids or liquids impinged against inclined surfaces. The vessel or
carriage may be propelled in any direction required by altering the position of
the inclined surfaces. When injectures are used, the steam and water orifices
are fixed at the position suitable for projecting water, or it may be other
fluids, but against the inclines.
The second part of my Invention for obtaining power consists in attaching
a series of plates, in an inclined position, or a hollow shaft moanted on
bearings and furnished with stuffing boxes. The steam is conveyed from the
boiler to the shaft by pipes issuing through orifices under the inclined plates,
causing the shaft to revolve, the whole being enclosed in an outer casing,
through which the waste steam passes.
The third part of my Invention consists in fixing a series of inclined plates
or boards on a long shaft furnished with bearings and secured with a frame,
which may be whole or partly immersed in running water, which impinges
against the inclined plates or boards, causing the shaft to revolve from which
power is obtained. In water running at a low velocity the frame containing
the shaft may be enlarged at the ends to increase the flow of water.
.
From the simplicity of this Invention it may be considerably modified
without changing the principle of action. As there are no essential working
parts employed I have considered it unnecessary to furnish Drawings or go
further into detail, as the principle of impart against oblique surfaces is well
understood and can be applied by any ordinary engineer.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Macintosh, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this I'wenty-fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
JOHN MACINTOSH. (L.S.)