AN IMPROVED MUCILAGE APPLICABLE TO THE SIZING AND PRINTING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Auguste Cellier, of No. 39, Rue de l'Echiquier,
Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MUCILAGE APPLICABLE TO
THE SIZING AND PRINTING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS."
Sealed the 28th April 1857, and dated the 28th November 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Auguste Cellier at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th November 1856.
I, AUGUSTE CELLIER, of No. 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of
France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of my Invention of "AN IMPROVED MUCILAGE APPLICABLE
TO THE SIZING AND PRINTING OP TEXTILE MATERIALS," to be as follows, that is'
to say:-
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My Invention consists in the preparation of a composition which I employ
as substitute for gums or other preparations employed in the printing or
sizing of textile fabrics.
I place in about ten pints of ordinary water about half a pound of lichen or
pearl moss, boil for five minutes, and then strain. I recommence the same
operation with the residue, by which I obtain a result equivalent to the first:
The residue of the second operation may also be treated in the same way
and with a similar result.

page_text: When the composition is to be employed for printing, I add to it the salts
required for each color.
The lichens or pearl moss may be treated in their natural state, but a more
satisfactory result is obtained in grinding them previously
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Auguste Cellier in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th May 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUSTE
CELLIER, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, and of
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of ller
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Auguste Cellier, Ier special license that I, the said Auguste Cellier, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Auguste
Cellier, 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 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 MUCILAGE APPLI-
CABLE TO THE SIZING AND PRINTING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Auguste Cellier, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of my 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 Auguste Cellier, 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 follow-
ing statement thereof, that is t say:-
My Invention consists in the preparation of a composition which I employ
as substitute for gums or other preparations employed in the printing or sizing
of textile fabrics.
I place in about ten pints of ordinary water about half a pound of lichen or

page_text: pearl moss, and boil it for about five minutes, and then strain off the liquid,
which in cooling forms a paste. In lieu of the above proportions, I take
preferably about one pound of lichen and twelve pints of water, by which I
obtain a stronger liquid and firmer paste than by the first described operation.
I recommence the boiling operation on the residue with seven pints of water,
by which I obtain the result equivalent to the first.
The residue of the second operation may also be treated in the same way
with three and a half pints of water, and with a similar result.
When the composition is to be employed for printing, I add to it the salts
required for each color.
The lichens or pearl moss may be treated in their natural state, but a more
satisfactory result is obtained by grinding them previously.
This composition can be combined with all kinds of gums, potato flour
starch, and their compounds. The proportions for the manufacture of the paste
herein-before stated may be varied according to the result required, and the
paste produced is more or less solid accordingly. The composition may be
employed on the fabric when made, or on the woollen, silk, or cotton thread.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same may be carried into effect, what I claim is the use of lichen
or pearl moss for printing or sizing textile materials, as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Auguste Cellier, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
H. GILBEE,
4, South St., Finsbury.
AUGUSTE CELLIER.