A NEW COMPOUND MATERIAL APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER AND LEATHER CLOTH IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VARIOUS USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES."
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Rowley. of Grosvenor Terrace. Camberwell, in
the County of Surrey, for the invention of "A NEW COMPOUND MATERIAL
APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER AND LEATHER CLOTH IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF VARIOUS USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Rowley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
September 1858.
I, JOHN ROWLEY, of Grosvenor Terrace, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
COMPOUND MATERIAL APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER AND LEATHER
CLOTH IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VARIOUS USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES," to
be as follows--
This invention consists in coating or covering any felted, woven. or textile fabric
or material with a peculiar kind of paint, forming the subject of Letters Patent
granted for the United Kingdom of Great Britain to one Patrick Robertson,
and bearing date as of the 20th day of January 1858. No. 104. under the
title of Improvements in the Manufacture of Paints." and it is proposed to
saturate the aforesaid felted woven or textile fabric or material with a
stiffening mixture composed of soap, wax. and glue. preparatory to applying
the above-mentioned paint thereto. It is also proposed to mix "iron liquor"
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page_text: with the said stiffening mixture for the purpose of deodorizing the materials
employed in the manufacture of the aforesaid compound material, and if neces-
sary the painted surface of the material may finally be coated or covered with
"water varnish" or other waterproofing liquid.
By this Invention a cheap and durable new compound material is produced
which is not liable to crack or break whilst being used in the manufacture of
various useful and ornamental articles, such as the covers of books, writing
and blotting cases, covering chairs, couches, and other useful and also orna-
mental articles in which leather, leather cloth, or bookbinders' cloth has here-
tofore been used in their manufacture.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Rowley, in the Great Scal Patent Office on the
9th March 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I. JOHN
ROWLEY, of Grosvenor Terrace, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Rowley, Her special licence that I, the said John
Rowley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John Rowley, 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
"A NEW COMPOUND MATERIAL APPLICABLE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER AND
LEATHER CLOTH IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VARIOUS USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL
ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Rowley,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Rowley, 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:-
My Invention consists in coating or covering any felted, woven, or textile
fabric or material with a peculiar kind of paint, forming the subject of Letters
Patent numbered 104, for the United Kingdom of Great Britain, granted to
one Patrick Robertson, and dated as of the 20th day of January, in the year
of our Lord 1858, under the title of "Improvements in the Manufacture of
Paints."
And in order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, 1 now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, as follows:-
PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE.
I first saturate the felted, woven, or textile fabric with a stiffening mixture
composed of soap, bees'-wax, and glue in about equal proportions, according to
the substance of surface required. I also propose to mix iron liquor" with
the said stiffening mixture for the purpose of deodorizing the materials
employed in the manufacture of the aforesaid compound material. The
material thus prepared is then left to dry, or it may be gently dried in a room
heated for the purpose. When the material is thoroughly dry, I then proceed
to coat or cover the prepared side thereof with one, two, or more coats or
layers of the aforesaid patent paint, which I thin down or reduce to the
proper consistence by mixing therewith about equal proportions of milk and
size, and to every pound of such said paint I mix about 3 ounces of linseed
oil. This coating when dry, I finish off by applying thereto a coating of gum,
varnish, or the white of eggs, diluted with milk or water to the required con-
sistence, or I employ water varnish or other waterproofing liquid.
I would here remark that the felted, woven, or textile fabric or material
above referred to, should be made of the same color as the paint with which
it is to be coated, so that in the event of the surface becoming either rubbed,
broken, or cracked, the body of the material being of the same color as the
surface, will conceal such defect.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention of "A New Compound Material applicable as a Substitute for
Leather and Leather Cloth in the Manufacture of various Useful and Orna-
mental Articles," together with the best means I am acquainted with for

page_text: carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion, that 1
hereby declare my Invention to consist in, and I claim, the manufacturing of
a new compound material, by coating or covering prepared felted, woven,
or textile fabrics or materials, with Robertson's patent paint as above stated.
In witness whereof, 1, the said John Rowley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
BENJ BROWN,
Patent Office.
52, King William Street,
London Bridge.
J. ROWLEY. (L.S.)