A COMBINATION OF CERTAIN MATERIALS OR MATTERS WHICH BEING COMBINED OR MIXED TOGETHER WILL FORM A VALUABLE SUBSTANCE OR COMPOUND, AND MAY BE USED WITH OR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SOAP
Year: 1834

page_text: ALL
THE
HEWITT, of Kenegie, Cornwall, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing dato
at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of April, in the fourth year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John Hewitt, His especial licence that I, the said John Hewitt, my exors,
admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Hewitt, my exors,
admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A COMBINATION OF CERTAIN
MATERIALS OR MATTERS WHICH BEING COMBINED OR MIXED TOGETHER WILL FORM A
VALUABLE SUBSTANCE OR COMPOUND, AND MAY BE USED WITH OR AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR SOAP;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said
John Hewitt, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in
His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as
in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at.
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE. that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Hewitt, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention, and the manner

page_text: in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascertained in
and by the following description thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in combining the well-known substances called mica,
steatite, porcelain, earth, or clay, and gard or guard with soap, in the propor-
tions herein particularly defined.
Having thus stated generally the object of my Invention I will proceed to
describe the manner of performing the same. I take from one-eighth to
three-fourths by weight of mica, steatite, of porcelain, clay, or of gard ground
or reduced to a fine powder, or I take from one-eighth to three-fourths of
these substances combined, and mix or incorporate such one-eighth to three-
fourths with seven-eighths to one-fourth by weight of the ordinary soap of
commerce known by the names of mottled and yellow soap, but I prefer and
usually employ one-half of the earthy substances, and one-half of soap, which,
when combined in any of these proportions will form a compound to be applied
to the ordinary purposes of soap.
When it is desired to make a finer quality of soap intended for the purposes
of the toilet I take from one-eighth to one-half by weight of mica, steatite, or
porcelain, earth, or clay, and mix or incorporate the same with seven-eighths
to one-half of the soap of commerce called curd soap, and thus produce a
valuable compound which may be perfumed, as is usual in fancy soaps.
Having thus given the definite proportions which constitute my Invention,
I will now point out the manner pursued by me in mixing or compounding
the aforesaid substances with soap. Having determined on the proportion of
mica, steatite, porcelain, clay, or earth, or of gard, which, as aforesaid, must
be within the proportions of one-eighth to three-fourths by weight of the mass.
intended to be produced, and this is to be the case whether these substances
áre combined or used separately, for it is essential that those substances should
not exceed or be below the proportions by weight here given, those being
essential to the best effect being obtained. The soap, whether yellow, mottled,
or curd, is sliced into small pieces and mixed with the substance or substances
above-mentioned, and the whole mixture or compound being placed in a suit-
able vessel, is to be melted (sufficient water being added to facilitate the
operation), and the compound when well stirred and sufficiently blended is to
be allowed to cool in the ordinary manner of making soap, and cut into bars;
it will then be ready for sale. Or, it will be evident, that in place of taking.
the soap of commerce, the compound may be produced by adding the sub-
stances in the proportions aforesaid to the melted materials of soap previous to
allowing them to cool, which would be the most advisable course for a soap
maker. It will be perhaps desirable here to observe that the substances.

page_text: herein-before mentioned are found plentifully in Cornwall, and that the sub-
stance named gard or guard is that part of the sediment which first precipitates
itself in washing or cleansing porcelain, earth, or clay for the use of the china
manufacture.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I would observe that I am aware that the
various clays and earthy substances have been before used for cleansing both
separately, and in some instances combined with soap; I do not therefore
claim the mixing of the aforesaid substances generally with soap, or of the
application of them to the purposes of scouring or cleansing other than in the
proportions before mentioned; I do therefore hereby declare that I confine
my claim of Invention to the mixing or compounding of mica, steatite, por-
celain, clay, or carth, and gard, within the proportions of from one-eighth to
three-fourths by weight of the bulk of the compound to be produced with the
ordinary soap of commerce, as above described, and thus producing a valuable
compound applicable to the various purposes of soap.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hewitt, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thouwcond sight hundred and thirts Coun