A NEW IN- VENTION OF PUMPING SHIPS AND VESSELS UNDER WAY BY MEANS OF WHEELS AND OTHER MACHINERY, WITHOUT MANUAL LABOUR;
Year: 1789

page_text: ALD
COME, VILLIAM
WHITMORE, of Dudmeston, in the County of Salop, Esquire, sendeth greeting.
WHEREAS the said William Whitmore did by his petition humbly repre-
sent unto His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, that he
had, by much labour, study, and expense, found out and discovered "A NEW IN-
VENTION OF PUMPING SHIPS AND VESSELS UNDER WAY BY MEANS OF WHEELS AND
OTHER MACHINERY, WITHOUT MANUAL LABOUR;" that he conceived the same would
be of great utility; that he was the first and true Inventor thereof, and that the
same had not been made or used by any other person or persons, to the best of
his knowledge or belief; and therefore humbly prayed that His said Majesty
would be graciously pleased to grant unto him, his executors, administrators,
and assigns, His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
for the sole use, benefit, and advantage of his said Invention in that part of
the Kingdom of Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in His Majesty's Colonies and Planta-
tions abroad, for the term of fourteen years, pursuant to the statute in that case
made and provided; and His said Majesty, being willing to give encouragement
to all arts and inventions which might be for the public good, was graciously
pleased to condescend to the petitioner's request; wherefore His said Majesty,
by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of October last past, of His especial
grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, did give and grant, for his heirs
and successors, unto the said William Whitmore, his executors, administrators,
and assigns, His said Majesty's especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that he, the said William Whitmore, his executors, administrators,

page_text: and assigns, and every of them, by himself and themselves, or by his and their
deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as he the said William
Whitmore, his executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend his said Invention within that part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great
Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, and also in His Colonies and Plantations abroad, in such manner as to
him, the said William Whitmore, his executors, administrators, and assigns, or
any of them, should in his or their discretion seem meet; and that the said
William Whitmore, his executors, administrators, and assigns, should and law-
fully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage
from time to time coming, growing, accruing, and arising by reason of the said
Invention, for and during the term of years therein mentioned, to have, hold,
exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers, privileges, and advantages therein-
before granted or mentioned to be granted unto the said William Whitmore,
his executors, administrators, and assigns, for and during and unto the full end
and term of fourteen years from the date of the said Letters Patent next and
immediately ensuing, and fully to be complete and ended, according to the
statute in such case made and provided; in which said Letters Patent is con-
tained a proviso that if the said William Whitmore should not particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand and
seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in his said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and
advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and
become void, anything therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any-
wise notwithstanding, as by the said Letters Patent, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso the said
William Whitmore doth describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as follows (that is to say):-
The operation of pumping ships and vessels under way by means of wheels
and other machinery without manual labour, as mentioned in the said Letters
Patent, is to be performed as follows (that is to say): A wheel represented in
the Plan or Drawing contained at the foot hereof is to be affixed to the side of
the ship or vessell in the manner represented in the said Plan or Drawing, and
further described in the explanation hereunder written, which wheel, being
wholly or partly immersed in the water, is forced round on its axis by means

page_text: Figure 1. A, A, ship's side; B, B, two parrallel barrs of wood, iron, brass,
copper, or other metal, each grooved from top to bottom, and united by means
of two or more cross barrs of wood, iron or other metal, and applied to the
ship's side by means of four pins and eye bolts, or by means of tenant and
mortice, so as to be shipped and unshipped at pleasure. C, a collar for the
reception of the axis of the wheel, made of brass, iron, or other metal, applied
to a plate of iron or other metal, which is intended to slide in the grooves of
the barrs B, B. D, D, the wheel. E, E, E, axes of the wheel (in seperate
parts) going through the side of the ship, and supported by the uprights F, F,
and the collar C. G, a lever or handle moving on a center, and applied to a
sliding part of the axis, so as to take off the effects of the wheel's motion at
pleasure. H, a cog wheel on the axis E, E, E, by which motion is com-
municated to ships' pumps by means of the cog wheels I, I, I, on respective
axises, or by means of cranks or levers, or chains and pullies.
Figure 2. a, a, profile view of the two parrallel groove barrs B, B,
Figure 1; b, one of the grooves; c, c, pins for the eye bolts; d, d, cross barrs for
uniting the groove bars; e, e, holes for the application of the groove bars to
the ship's side by means of pins and eye bolts; ff, two holes for the reception
of ropes or chains for supporting the groove barrs in shipping or unshipping.
Figure 3. Profile view of the collar C, Figure 1; g the collar for the recep-
tion of the axis; h, h, a plate of iron or other metal to slide in the groove
barrs B, B, Figure 1; i, a brace uniting the collar g and the sliding plate h, h;
k, a hole or ring for a rope or chain to draw up or let down the wheel.
Figure 4. 1, a,round part of the axis of the wheel D, D, Figure 1, revolving

page_text: in the collar g, Figure 3; m, a square part of the axis for the reception of the
wheel D, D, Figure 1, with a pin at the end to keep on the wheel; n, a circular
plate of iron or other metal, united at right angles to the round part of the
axis, so as to revolve in the grooves of the barrs a, a, Figure 2; o, a square
hole in the center of the circular plate n, Figure 5; P, P, a sliding part of
the axis E, E, E, Figure 1, having at one end a square part with a leading
point to fit the square hole o in the circular plate n, Figure 4, and at the other
end a square hole for the reception of the square part of the adjoining axis q,
so as to slide on the same. The sliding part P, P, is moved backwards and
forwards by means of the lever r moving on a center, and spanning a circular
part of the sliding axis P, P, with two collars or rims inclosing the said lever 1.
Figure 6. A plan of the wheel D, D, Figure 1, made of wood, iron, brass,
copper, or other metal, applied to the axis E, E, E, Figure 1, with valves
t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, applied to the arms or spokes of the wheel, so as to open and
shut by means of hinges u, u, u, u, u, u, u, u, or other joints, with chains or
ropes, v, v, v, v, on the inside of the valves, or by the stops or bracketts, fastened
withoutside of the valves to the spokes or rims of the wheels, so as to regulate
and ascertain the opening and shutting of each valve to any given angle from
one to ninety degrees at pleasure.
N.B. The wheel and pumps represented under the letter X exhibit the
common chain pump now in use, and do not form any part of the present
Invention.