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THE PRODUCTION. OF A LIQUID EXTRACT FROM MADDER AND ITS PREPARATIONS, SUITABLE FOR THE PUR- POSES OF DYEING OR PRINTING; AND A NEW TREATMENT OF SPENT MADDER, GARAN- CINE, OR GARANCAUX OR OTHER PREPARATIONS OF MADDER, TO RENDER THEM AVAILABLE FOR THE LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Maddick, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturing Chemist, for his Invention of "THE PRODUCTION. OF
A LIQUID EXTRACT FROM MADDER AND ITS PREPARATIONS, SUITABLE FOR THE PUR-
POSES OF DYEING OR PRINTING; AND A NEW TREATMENT OF SPENT MADDER, GARAN-
CINE, OR GARANCAUX OR OTHER PREPARATIONS OF MADDER, TO RENDER THEM
AVAILABLE FOR THE LIKE PURPOSES."
6 months.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAR- RIAGES AND VEHICLES FOR RAILROADS AND COMMON ROADS, PARTS OF THE SAID IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO PARTS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES USED ON RAILROADS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Godfrey Wilson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES GODFREY WILSON, of Lindsey House, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAR-
RIAGES AND VEHICLES FOR RAILROADS AND COMMON ROADS, PARTS OF THE SAID
IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO PARTS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES
USED ON RAILROADS," to be as follows (viz.):
. Firstly, in the application of a tyre, made or composed chiefly of
whalebone, to the wheels of railroad carriages, wheels of carriages
for ordinary roads, as also for the tyres of wheels of locomotive
engines for railroads, so constructed and fitted to the wheel or
wheels that the outer surface or periphiry of the wheel or its tyre,
or that part which may be called the wearing surface, is wholly of
whalebone

page_text: Secondly, in so constructing the roofs of carriages and vehicles to
be used on railroads or ordinary roads, that the ventilation is thereby
improved. This I propose to effect by having the outer covering of
the roof and the inner roof or lining placed a distance apart, or so
constructed that a free space (so far as practicable) is left between
them.
space
I propose to admit a free circulation of air through the
formed between the inner and outer roof, by openings in the back,
front, or sides of the carriage in connection with the said space.
By means of fine perforations, or openings under regulation in
the inner roof or lining, free admission and emission of air may be
given.
Thirdly, in the application of gutta percha, formed upon a wire
body, or wire netting body, for pannelling and interior fittings of
carriages, as also for roofs of carriages or other vehicles. The wire
or wire netting being introduced into the gutta percha, or being
the foundation upon which the same is to be moulded or formed,
gives to the same the strength of a fibrous material.
Fourthly, in the so constructing and applying breaks for railway
carriages or locomotives that the break is made to come in contact
or impinge upon the inner or outer side of the rim of the wheel, or
the outside of the flange, instead as in ordinary breaks, being brought
in contact with the edge or perephiry of the wheel.
Fifthly, in the application of an arrangement whereby the face of
the break, being a piece of soft iron, and being made a magnet by the
ordinary arrangements and connection with a galvanic or electrical
battery, simultaneously with its being brought into contact with
the side of the wheel, or flange of the wheel to which it was applied,
attracts and holds the wheel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGNAL APPARATUS FOR RAILWAYS
Year: 1852

page_text: Sealed the 17th June 1853, and dated the 12th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Downes Edwards
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 12th April 1853.
I, DOWNES EDWARDS, of Ravenscliffe, Douglas, Isle of Man. do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SIGNAL APPARATUS FOR RAILWAYS" to be as follows:-
This apparatus consists of the use of water tubes or pipes of any
desired length, in connection with signal apparatus. On the roadway
there is a projection or instrument against which the passing train acts.
and allows water to flow out, by which means a float or piston falls, and

page_text: moves or sets a signal; and in this state things will remain till the
train passes, and acts on another projection or instrument at a dis-
tance, when water will be allowed to flow, and another piston or float
will move an instrument, by which water will flow, and reverse the
signal previously set.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF HEATING BY AIR
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John G. Guinness at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN G. GUINNESS, of Lisson Grove, London, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF HEATING BY AIR" to be as follows:-
My improved mode of heating by air consists in the following
arrangement, reserving the right to modify details as may be required.
a, is a suitable furnace having a chamber b, constructed for the purpose
of heating atmospheric air, which is withdrawn from the furnace by the
pump c, and forced down the pipe d, to an air furnace e, where, after
imparting its heat to the vessel f, it escapes by the shaft g. By this
means the operation of heating and evaporating may be conducted
with great re ularity and nicety; and this process will be found useful
for chemical and other purposes where the direct action of fire would
be hurtful. The letters of reference refer to the Drawings annexed.
IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING SHIPS' OR OTHER VESSELS ANCHORS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Brown at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES BROWN, of No. 2, Bridge Terrace, Canal Road, Mile End,
in the County of Middlesex, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for an "IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING SHIPS' OR
OTHER VESSELS ANCHORS," to be as follows, namely:
That they can be made of angle iron, T iron, or flat iron, or the three
combined, secured together with either hoops, bolts, rivets, or nuts,
and screws, thereby saving great manual labour; to be called a
portable anchor, that is to say, an anchor capable of being taken to
pieces. And I also claim a peculiar formation of anchors.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOOPED FABRICS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Atkin' and Charlés
Girling at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
* Petition, on the 16th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
WC, ISAAC.ATKIN. of Basford; in the County of Nottingham, Lace
Manufacturer, and CHARLES GIRLING, of, Radford, in the County of
Nottingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
-Invention- for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOOPED
FABRICS to be as follows:
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The principal feature of this Invention is the manufacture of looped
fabrics upon a moving horizontal needle bar, 'the action of which will
be described on reference to the Drawings.
Sheet 1, Fig represents an elevation of the machine, shewing some
5 of the back parts in dotted lines. -
Sheet 2, Fig.2, is a full sectional view of the machine taken across
the line M, N, Fig. 1, Sheet 1, with the exception of the arms 1, 2, 3,
and part of the arm 4, which are not shewn. Fig" 8, 4, 5, shew the
curved plates hereafter described. Similar letters of reference are
O placed upon corresponding parts at each of the Figures.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
A, A, A, mark an outer frame of iron supporting the cross bars A,
and E, and the curved plates B, C, D. These plates are fixed to the
machine thus the plate B, is screwed on to the front of the frame
perpendicularly; the plate C, is screwed on to the back of the frame!
perpendicularly; & the plate D, horizontally, as will be seen more
clearly at Fig. 2, Sheet 2; the plate B, has a small wheel b, screwed
to it. The forms of these curved plates are fully shown at Fig* 3, 4, 5,
Sheet 2.
The machine is set in motion by the revolution of the arm 1, keyed
on to the shaft of pinion wheel (O), which may be driven by gearing P,
on main shaft, or by hand; by this arm 1, are set in motion the arms 2,
3, 4, which causes the needle bar E, and frame F, F, (which frame is
kept in its place by sliding in front of the bar E, at G, G,) to slide
iight and left by means of the screws a, a, for which purpose the cross
bar A, is slotted; H, H, is the thread guide, and is stationary; I, I, arc
wheels which press down the needle beards as they pass under the
wheels; J, J, J, J, are the needle leads. The blue dots, Fig. 1, represent-
the needles slightly raised; K, K, are the droppers, which are raised,
depressed, or pushed forward, according to their position on the curved
plates B, C, D; L, L, are the tails to droppers which work on the pin n,
and are kept apart by nicans of washers m, m; M, M, are two arms to
guide the work while the needles are pressed down by the wheels I, I.
When the needle bar E, traverses to or fro, the droppers K, K. are
replenished by a thread passing through the bottom of the thread:
guide H, and the work is finished by the pressing wheels J, J.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES OR FIREPLACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Robertson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES ROBERTSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Cooper, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES OR FIREPLACES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the so constructing and working the
furnaces and flues of boilers, and other apparatus, that the smoke
from the fuel shall be consumed or prevented from being generated,
whilst considerable economy is effected in the consumption of fuel.
As applied to a boiler, the furnace or fire place may be located at
any part of such boiler; but, for an example, it may be supposed to
be at the front end of a common cylindrical boiler, and either inside
the flue or beneath the boiler. The grate bar surface is of limited
and is terminated by a hollow bridge of brickwork, built up
from the level of the ash pit to the boiler's bottom, so as to completely
shut in the furnace at the back. The air for combustion is admitted
to the hollow of this bridge or end wall by suitable adjustable valves,
and is allowed to diffuse itself amongst the burning fuel, through
area,

page_text: numerous small jets opening towards the fire side of the bridge.
The heated current of gaseous matter passes backward from the
bridge towards the furnace door, in the reverse direction of the
ordinary plan; then, as it approaches the fire door, it passes into
an external brick fluc, and, diverging into one or more branches, it
then flows along one or more external longitudinal flues towards
the back of the boiler. After thus passing some distance, these
flues each descend, and then join into one, and pass up behind the
hollow wall or bridge finally passing off from this point beneath the
boiler's bottom to the chimney.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VENTILATION OF COAL PITS AND MINES, SHIPS, ROOMS, AND BUILDINGS GENERALLY
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Crossby at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM CROSSBY, of Sheffield, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
VENTILATION OF COAL PITS AND MINES, SHIPS, ROOMS, AND BUILDINGS
GENERALLY," to be as follows:-
To accomplish by the application of a fan and tubes or pipes the ex-
traction of foul air, and the substitution of a constant supply of fresh or
atmospheric air. The fan is fixed in some convenient position enclosed
in a box communicating only with a pipe for the abstraction of the
foul air, and a hopper or mouth piece connected with a pipe for its ex-
pulsion. The conduit pipe is connected with the axle of the fan, which
is hollow and perforated, and to it is attached branch pipes com-
municating with the various workings, compartments, chambers, berths,
or rooms proposed to be ventilated; turn taps to be affixed in proper
positions, so that the communication with any particular working com-

page_text: partment, chamber, berth, or room, may be cut off or established at
pleasure. The hopper or mouth piece of the expulsion pipe is to be
attached to the outer circumference of the box surrounding the fan, so
that the air drawn from the conduit pipe must necessarily be expelled.
When it is required to inject fresh air, the communication with the
foul air pipes is cut off by means of turn taps, and another set of pipes
called into action; of these the pipe communicating with the fresh air is
connected with the axle on the side opposite to the foul air pipe, and
the pipe to conduct the fresh air 'to' the place required is connected
opposite to the foul air expulsion pipe, with the outer circumference of
the box enclosing the fan; communication is established with these pipes
by having the turn taps opened. Where it may be desirable it is pro-
posed to employ a double fan, so that at one and the same time the
foul air may be extracted and discharged at any required distance or
place, and a stream of fresh air drawn in and conveyed to any work-
ings, compartments, chambers, berths, or rooms desired. The whole is
set in motion simply by turning the fan with a fly-wheel or crank.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SULPHURIC AND OTHER ACIDS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Wall at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th October 1852.
I, ARTHUR WALL, of Poplar, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SULPHURIC AND OTHER ACIDS " to be as follows, namely:-
I apply to the sulphureous acid gas as it evolves from the burner,
and which is made to escape through a passage erected for the pur-
pose between the burner and the chamber, a series of shocks from an
hydro-electric or other battery answering the purpose; or I apply
voltaic currents in the burning of sulphur. The mode of applying the
hydro-electric battery is to place the rubbers or that part of the
machine in the interior of the passage on one side, and the points on
the other side of the passage, which the sulphureous acid gas traverses
to the chamber. I also place points in the large receiving or gas
chambers where shocks may pass through the gas. These shocks. pro-
luce nitric acid in quantity according to the inverse ratio of the stroke,

page_text: which almost instantaneously gives up its oxygen to the sulphureous
acid gas, converting it into sulphuric acid.
The claim is the application of currents of electricity, whether pro-
duced from a hydro-electric, voltaic, thermal, or other battery, to the
manufacture of sulphuric acid and the production of nitric acid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCHORS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Richards Caselli at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY RICHARDS CASELLI, of Deptford, in the County of Kent,
Block and Mast Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCHORS" to
consist in a certain method of constructing anchors of angle iron,
or of plate iron, or of angle iron and plate iron combined, and
united together by screw bolts, rivets, or other suitable mode of
fastening, so as either wholly or in a great measure to supersede
the necessity for the extreme heating and forging hitherto cin-
ployed in the construction of anchors, and also to obtain increased
strength with a diminished weight of metal.
A MACHINE FOR THE CULTIVATION OR CLEANING OF LAND, AND FOR DIGGING POTATOES OR OTHER ROOTS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Smith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN SMITH, of Bilston, in the County of Stafford, Brass Founder,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A MACHINE
FOR THE CULTIVATION OR CLEANING OF LAND, AND FOR DIGGING POTATOES OR
OTHER ROOTS," to be as follows:-
The effecting, by a machine drawn over the ground intended to be
operated upon, the ploughing and cultivation of the soil thereof, the
separation and removal therefrom of rubbish, and the digging and
gathering of potatoes and other roots growing therein.
It is proposed to accomplish these purposes by raising the soil, rub-
bish, and roots by ploughshares affixed to the machine, and passing the
same in one continuous direction over and along an inclined grating
(also affixed to the said machine) by means of rods moved over the
surface of the said grating by endless chains driven by one of the

page_text: wheels supporting the machine, and finally depositing the same, or so
much thereof as shall not then have passed through the said grating, in
a riddle attached to the said machine, and there separating the said
rubbish and roots from the residue of the said soil.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANO FORTES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Anderson- Rüst at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 1st October 1852.
I, ROBERT ANDERSON RUST, of 320, Regent Street, inthe County of
Middlesex, Piano Forte Manufacturer, do hereby declare the.nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANO FORTES" to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object the manufacturing of upright
pianos, nearly, if not quite, equal in fullness, richness, and body of tone
to grand pianos.
In lieu of constructing the bracings and bottom of the frame of solid
timber, I make them hollow, and divide the bottom or not, as desired,
into several small cellular compartments, whereby I obtain great
vibration, and am enabled to dispense with considerable weight, while
the strength requisite for stability is increased.
. The rest plank is also hollow and cellular, is shaped to the top
bridge, and is placed horizontally on the top of the bracings. I compose
the top bridge of a metal frame, and instead of fastening the wires, as
is usual in upright pianos, to pins projecting horizontally from the

page_text: bridge, I pass each pair of wires over a rest rounded on its upper side,
and fasten each wire separately to pins projecting vertically from the
top of the rest plank of the instrument, or the pins may be placed at
the back of the rest plank. Each wire is also tuned separately, as at
present. This top bridge is slotted, and metal rests for each pair of
wires are suspended therefrom by means of adjusting screws, which
screws tune both wires at the same time, and form the first bearing.
Each rest has its separate adjusting serew, by means of which the
bearing is raised or lowered as may be required. The under bridge is
made of wood as usual, but, instead of the wires passing over and
resting on the wood itself, I cause them to have their bearings in
metal studs or pieces projecting slightly from the wood. To overcome
the tension on the front part of a piano I use counterbalance tension
rods, which start from a point near to that from whence the pins
project, and to which the wires are attached, and are carried down the
back of the frame of the instrument to the bottom thereof. Instead of
making the strengthening bars at the back of the sounding board solid,
as at present, I make them hollow.
To increase the strength and durability of the piano I construct the
supports of the key board of a curved shape, and connect them to the
ends of the general frame work.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CYLINDERS FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSES AND ENGINES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Mortlock Ommanney, of the City of
Chester, Esquire, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CYLINDERS FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSES AND
ENGINES."
Sealed the 1st April 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henry Mortlock
Ommanney at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition and Declaration, on the 1st October 1852, pursuant
to the 9th section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
HENRY MORTLOCK OMMANNEY, of the City of Chester, Esquire, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CYLINDERS FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSES AND OTHER
ENGINES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
(that is to say):
I cast the cylinder in the usual manner, of such form and dimen-
sions as may be required for the hydraulic press or other engine to which

page_text: it is to be applied; I then place the cylinder in an annealing furnace,
and continue it there under the metal becomes decarbonised, so as to
be rendered partially malleable. By this process of annealing and
decarbonization the cylinder is rendered more tough and durable, and
capable of bearing a greater pressure. I claim as of my Invention
the manufacture of cylinders by casting and annealing them, as above
described..
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Mortlock Omnianney, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this First day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
H. M. OMMANNEY. (L.S.)
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CARDING FLAX, HEMP, CHINA GRASS, AND JUTE, AND THE TOW OF THE SEVERAL MATERIALS BEFORE MENTIONED
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Fairbairn, of Leeds, in the County of
York, Machinist, and Samuel Renny Mathers, of the same
place, Flax Spinner, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CARDING FLAX, HEMP, CHINA GRASS, AND
JUTE, AND THE TOW OF THE SEVERAL MATERIALS BEFORE MENTIONED."
Sealed the 12th February 1853, and dated the 23rd December 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Fairbairn
and Samuel Renny Mathers at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 23rd December 1852.
We, PETER FAIRBAIRN and SAMUEL RENNY MATHERS, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR CARDING FLAX, HEMP, CHINA GRASS, AND JUTE, AND THE
Tow OF THE SEVERAL MATERIALS BEFORE MENTIONED," to be as follows:-
The proposed Patent is for improved combinations of machinery
connected with circular carding machines; firstly, by an arrange-
ment of feed rollers whereby the flax, hemp, china grass, jute, or
tow, is opened, drawn, or straightened, previous to being delivered

page_text: upon the main cylinder; and secondly, by placing rollers or
cylinders underneath the workers and strippers of the machine in
such a manner as to sustain the material whilst being operated
upon by the workers and strippers, and thereby to prevent waste.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REVOLVING. IRON OR OTHER METAL SHUTTERS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Bunnett
the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th November 1852.
1, JOSEPH BUNNETT, of Deptford, in the County of Kent, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN REVOLVING. IRON OR OTHER METAL SHUTTERS" consists in a peculiar
method. of forming and connecting the laths or strips of metal of which
the shutters are composed, as shewn in the accompanying Drawings,
and herein-after described, that is to say :-
Fig: 1, is an edge view or section of a flat lath or strip of metal,
the two edges of which are bent lengthwise in opposite directions into
curves of a spiral form, both being of the same form and dimensions.
Fig. 1, is an edge view of a curved lath, the edges of which are
bent in a similar manner. Fig. 2, is an edge view, and Fig. 3, a
front 'view of a series of the laths or strips of metal connected together
by simply interlocking with each other, and so forming a rolling
shutter of any required dimensions without the use of rods, wires, or

page_text: In addition to their great simplicity and cheapness, these shutters
have this important difference from and advantage over all other
revolving metal shutters heretofore made, that they can be wound upon
a roller in either direction, as shewn by Figs. 4, and 5. In the one
case the shutter is wound to the left hand, in the other case (Fig. 5)
the same shutter is wound to the right hand.
Another form of construction is shewn by Fig. 6, which is a flat lath,
and Fig. 6, a curved lath. The curved edges of these laths or strips
of metal are both on the same side of the lath, and are bent over
towards each other. Fig. 7, is an edge view, and Fig. 8, a front view
of a shutter formed by connecting the strips or laths Fig. 6, by simply
interlocking with each other, without the use of rods, wires, or hinges.
This shutter, like the former, admits of being wound upon a roller in
either direction, vertically or horizontally (both sides being in this
arrangement exactly alike), so as to suit the particular arrangement
of the window or other opening to which it is to be applied.
Note. That although I prefer to make both curves of the same
form and dimensions, yet the form and dimensions of the curves may
be slightly varied without prejudice to the character of my Invention,
but with this disadvantage, that the greater the departure from the same
form and dimensions of the curves the more limited will be the action
of the shutter, and the power of rolling it up in more than one direction
will be lost.
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CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WORKING, FORMING, OR SHAPING SHEET METAL AND ALLOYS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Georges Hyacinthe Ozouf
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 2nd November 1852.-A communicaton.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGES HYACINTHE OZOur, Manufacturer, of Paris, in the
French Republic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WORKING, FORMING, OR SHAPING SHEET
METAL AND ALLOYS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to those processes of shaping sheet metal where
the same is shaped by rotation, and burnishing to form. Heretofore
these processes have been performed by the workman pressing a suitable
burnishing tool, according to the work, against the metal as it revolves,
so that the action only takes place at one spot; now the improvements
consists of arranging apparatus so that several suitable burnishing tools
may act simultaneously.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR GARMENTS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Pate Cooper, of Suffolk Street, Pall Mall
East, Tailor, for his Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
GARMENTS."
6 months,
Dated 12th June 1852.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-PLACES AND FLUES, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Welch at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 4th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EDWARD WELCH, of No. 90, Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, in the
County of Middlesex, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-PLACES AND FLUES, AND IN
APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
1st. A syphon register grate. I make a cylindrical fire pot, of fire
clay, fire stone, or of iron, to contain the fire; and instead of conducting
the smoke directly up the chimney, I convey it from the top of the fire-
pot downwards all round the fire in a syphon, thereby greatly in-
creasing the heat of the central fire, and also heating the syphon, which
is made to act as a stove to warm the cold air before it is admitted into
the rooni.
At the top of the syphon I fix a register, which allows me to take the
smoke directly up the chimney instead of going round the fire, when
the heat is not required. I convey the hot air by flues from behind the

page_text: fire up into the bed rooms above the room in which the fire is placed
when not required in the room itself. I make a circular plate round
the fire on a vertical plane which forms the case of the syphon; I also
apply the principle of the syphon to iron and fire clay stoves.
2nd. A wind guard to prevent the smoke being driven down the
chimney above the ordinary chiumey pot, I fix a semi-dome of larger
diameter than the chimney pot, with. a. hole in its..top-to admit the
smoke through it and above the semi-dome. I fix a bent plate also
with a hole in it, or without a hole, so as to cover the semi-dome and
prevent the wind blowing down the chimney..
3rd. An oven over the top of a fire. I make an iron box open at
the bottom to fix over the fire, and into this box I fix an oven. In the
outer iron box I have a small door to admit of feeding the fire, and a
chimney at the top to carry off the smoke.
MAKING AN ELECTRIFYING MACHINE OF MATERIALS NOT HITHERTO USED FOR SUCH A PURPOSE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Augustus Brackenbury
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTUS BRACKENBURY, of No. 49, Harmood Street, Camden
Town, in the Parish of St. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "MAKING AN
ELECTRIFYING MACHINE OF MATERIALS NOT HITHERTO USED FOR SUCH A
PURPOSE" to be as follows:-
A sheet or riband of gutta percha of any size or dimension is
drawn forward and backward by means of steam or any other
suitable motive power, the sheet or riband of gutta percha is
placed between cushions made of silk or any other suitable ma-
terial, one of the cushions or set of cushions is stationary, another
cushion or set of cushions is placed so as to be pressed moderately
by a spring or weight towards the stationary cushion or cushions;
the sheet or riband of gutta percha so placed between the cushions
is moved forward, whereby both the surfaces of the sheet or riband

page_text: of gutta percha are rubbed by the cushions, and electricity is pro-
duced or excited thereby.
The machine that would produce the necessary forward and
backward movement could be effected by two rollers placed at a
distance from each other, with a handle prefixed to one of them,
and by two straps of any suitable material. The end of one of the
straps to be fastened to one of the rollers, and the other end of the
strap to be carried round the other roller and fastened to it. One
end of the other strap to be fastened to the last-mentioned roller,
and the other end of the strap to be carried round the first-men-
tioned roller, and fastened to it. By turning the handle, one end of
the sheet or riband of gutta percha being fastened to the roller,
would be wrapped thereon; by reversing the motion of the handle,
the other end of the sheet or riband of gutta percha being fastened
to the opposite roller, would be wrapped thereon.
What is claimed as new and invented, is the production of elec-
tricity by drawing gutta percha between cushions made of silk or
any other suitable material, so as the cushions when pressed towards
each other by springs or any other means would rub the surfaces
of a sheet or riband made of gutta percha sufficiently hard, so as to
produce or excite electricity when the sheet or riband of gutta
percha is moved forward and backward between them.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MANTEL OR CHIMNEY PIECES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Kinder, of Chesterfield, in the
County of Derby, Ironfounder, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MANTEL OR CHIMNEY PIECES."
Sealed the 27th May 1853, and dated the 18th February 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Kinder
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th February 1853..
I, CHARLES KINDER, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANTEL OR CHIMNEY PIECES" to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing mantel or chimney pieces
of cast iron, which may be afterwards ornamented by painting,
japanning, or otherwise, according to the taste of the manufacturer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC AND OTHER DESIGNS FOR EXHIBITION IN OR ON SHOP AND OTHER WINDOWS AND PLACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Humphreys at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOSEPH HUMPHREYS, of Howard Street, Norfolk Street, Strand,
in the County of Middlesex, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC AND OTHER DESIGNS
FOR EXHIBITION IN OR ON SHOP AND OTHER WINDOWS AND PLACES" to be as
follows:-
My improvements consist in the combination of certain materials or
substances for the purpose of ornamenting windows or serving as signs
of trades or professions. The said designs are to be fixed on plate or
other glass by the use of adhesive compositions, which have formed
the subject of a previous Patent or Patents, and which I do not now
claim.
One example of the mode or manner in which I produce my design
will, I consider, be sufficient in this my Provisional Specification to
enable the Invention to be perfectly understood.

page_text: I take a piece of thin brass, having on its outer surface engraved a
design (say a barrel) or drawing of any description. I then cut out
such portions as I may require to shew transparent; I place this brass
or other metal on glass, and after having introduced on the inner
surface of said glass (by the inner I mean that surface not affixed to
the metal) certain colors, say, by affixing with any adhesive substance or
liquid, gelatine, or other colored transparent substance, I then compel
the adhesive of this glass to the glass forming the window of the shop
or other building or place, and by this means obtain a transparent
devise (when the inside of the shop or other apartment or place is
illuminated) of one or many colors, as may be desired, impervious to
wet and indestructible by the atmosphere, the coloring matter being
firmly protected by the cement used filling round all the flat parts of
the metal and glass.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF HEATING RETORTS OR OVENS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COKE, GAS, AND OTHER DISTILLATORY PRODUCTS OF COAL
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Brown and John
Cox at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 14th October 1852.
We, THOMAS BROWN, of the Ebbw Vale Iron Works, Monmouth-
shire, and JOHN Cox, of the Patent Coke Works, St. Philip's, Bristol,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF HEATING RETORTS OR OVENS FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF COKE, GAS, AND OTHER DISTILLATORY PRODUCTS OF COAL,"
to be as follows:—
Our Invention consists in using the gasses produced by the combus-
tion of coke or coal, or of coke and coal combined, in the blast or high
furnace used in smelting iron ores for making iron, in conjunction with
atmospheric air to be admitted therewith, under, over, or around the
retort or oven for the purpose of heating, instead of using coal or coke
or other fuel. These gasses from the high furnace consist of carbonic
oxide diluted with nitrogen and other non-combustible gasses, and we

page_text: use them either alone or combined with the carburetted hydrogenous
gasses procured from coal by distillation. We do not claim the use of
carburetted hydrogenous gasses alone, but our claim is for the use of the
gasses from the high furnace, either alone or mixed with other gasses,
as above stated.
THE COMBINATION OF CERTAIN CHYMICAL AGENTS FOR THE REPLACING OF INDIGO AND OTHER BLUES, WHICH COMBINATION I CALL ROUSSET BLUE
Year: 1852

page_text: Coquerelle at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 13th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, PIERRE JOSEPHE ROUSSET COQUERELLE, Civil Engineer, of Paris,
in the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "THE COMBINATION OF CERTAIN CHYMICAL AGENTS FOR THE
REPLACING OF INDIGO AND OTHER BLUES, WHICH COMBINATION I CALL ROUSSET
BLUE," to be as follows:-
In the manufacture of a new kind of blue color, applicable for
dyeing and painting and replacing all the known blues in general.
It is composed of oxide of iron, employed at the different degrees
of oxigination, which it is reducible, sulphuric acid, muriatic acid,
yellow prussiate of potassa, or ferro-cyanide of potassium, and filtered
water. The oxide of iron being first brought to the required state of
oxigination is put in contact, first with sulphuric acid, and then with
muriatic acid, and filtered water is poured on the whole in a separate

page_text: vessel, yellow prussiate of potassa is made to dissolve, and the solution
being brought to the proper degree of strength it is poured upon the
iron mixture. By this union of the two mixtures an intensely blue
color is produced, which being relieved of the liquid part is formed
into a solid paste.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR GENERATING STEAM OR EVAPORATING SOLUTIONS, AND MAY BE APPLIED FOR HEATING PURPOSES GENERALLY
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Alfred Jowett and
Frederick William Jowett at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 6th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, HENRY ALFRED JOWETT and FREDERICK WILLIAM JOWETT, of
Sawley, in the County of Derby, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING,
WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR GENERATING STEAM
OR EVAPORATING SOLUTIONS, AND MAY BE APPLIED FOR HEATING PURPOSES
GENERALLY," to be as follows:-
In place of the ordinary fuel usually employed for heating purposes,
this Invention consists in the employment of jets of common carburetted
hydrogen gas combined with air for producing heat. The inflammable
or combustible gas is supplied by means of pipes to a series of burners or
jets, arranged in any convenient manner beneath a steam boiler, evapo-
rating pan, or vessel to which heat is required to be applied; and in
order to assist the combustion of the gas a jet of atmospheric air is sup-

page_text: plied by suitable pipes to the centre of each gas flame, and by this means
the heat evolved by the gas is so greatly increased that a very considerable
economy in heating boilers is the result. We propose to employ the
common gas generally used for lighting purposes, as it is more easily
obtained than pure hydrogen. If, however, the latter, or moderately
pure hydrogen, can be procured at a moderate expense, it is preferable,
as its heating power is greater than that of common coal gas.
The essential feature of the present Invention is, the employment of
a jet of common atmospheric air in combination with hydrogen or
combustible gas.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF CONSTRUCTING NIGHT STOOLS AND UTENSILS, WATER CLOSETS, URINARIES, AND OTHER RECIPIENTS OF FECAL MATTERS; ALSO APPLICABLE TO APPARATUS FOR CON- TAINING FLUIDS LIABLE TO OR IN A STATE OF DECOMPOSITION
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Armand Le Comte
de Fontaine Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th December 1852.-A
communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, PETER ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of the
English and Foreign Patent Office, 4, South Street, Finsbury,
London, and 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, do hereby declare the
nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF CONSTRUCTING
NIGHT STOOLS AND UTENSILS, WATER CLOSETS, URINARIES, AND OTHER
RECIPIENTS OF FECAL MATTERS; ALSO APPLICABLE TO APPARATUS FOR CON-
TAINING FLUIDS LIABLE TO OR IN A STATE OF DECOMPOSITION," to be as
follows:-
The Invention consists in interrupting the circulation between
the gases contained in recipients of urine and other decomposing
fluids and the external air.
I close the upper part of night utensils with a lid or cover of a
deep hollow form, made to fit closely upon the ridges by means of a
band of any soft or elastic material C, such as leather or gutta
percha; the centre part of the cover is a pierced prolongation

page_text: dipping into a cup or basin B, adapted to the bottom of the cover,
being a little below the prolongation.
Figure 1, is a transverse section of the prolongation and basin.
Figure 2, an external view of the same applied to the lid or cover of
a night utensil. Figure 3, a side view of the same seen internally.
Fig. 4, a plan of the interior of the lid, shewing the band of elastic
material. Figure 5, an elevation of the whole night utensil.
The urine or other fluid to be introduced into the vessel or reci-
pient, in passing through the orifice, leaves a certain quantity in the
cup B, sufficient to cover the bottom part of the prolongation C,
and shut the interior of the recipient air tight. The isolation of
the fluids being effected, is interrupted only by the fall of fresh
fluids, which by their weight re-establish a current of air, which is
again interrupted, after the falling has ceased, by a fresh interposi-
tion of fluid in the cup. It will be understood that the above con-
trivance may be applied to urinarics, water closets, and other
receptacles where infectious gases are aggregated.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIGURING AND ORNAMENTATION OF BOOK BINDINGS AND COVERS OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Cowan Wyper
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES COWAN WYPER, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIGURING AND ORNAMENTATION OF
BOOK BINDINGS AND COVERS OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER" to be as follows: -
This Invention relates to the ornamentation and lettering or
figuring of bindings or covers for books, portfolios, desks, and other
articles by lithographic or block printing as a substitute for the
ordinary "tooling" and embossing. The intended design, together
with the lettering or titling (if any), is drawn upon or transferred
to the stone in the usual manner, and is then imprinted therefrom
upon the book cover or other surface, as the case may be. If the
surface to be ornamented is of a light tint, such as paper or light
leather or cloth, then the device may be printed in black or other
dark ink; or gold or other leaf, or bronze, may be applied instead of
the mere ink in the ordinary manner of colour printing. The same

page_text: or a similar effect may be produced by printing the required colour
from figured or surface blocks. By either of these processes all the
elaboration of the most intricate tooled work may be successfully
imitated at a very trifling cost. The processes are obviously equally
applicable for the ornamentation of leather, paper, and cloth surfaces
of various kinds; the leading essential character of the applications
being the substitution of an economical but elegant process for the
existing plans of ornamenting book bindings. It is also clear that
the printing of the devices may be accomplished by the zincographic,
anastatic, or other modification of the common lithographic pro-
cesses, tooled work in gold or other leaf being successfully imitated
by any of these processes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Walker Wood, of Briton Ferry, near
Neath, in the County of Glamorgan, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS."
the 12th January 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Walker
Wood, at the office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
petition, on the 1st October 1852.
I, HENRY WALKER WOOD, of Briton Ferry, near Neath, in the
County of Glamorgan, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS"
to be as follows:-
My improvements in the construction of ships and other vessels con-
sist, first, in rendering them more buoyant, so as to skim as much
as possible upon the surface of the water, and I do this by making the
lower part or parts hollow, and air and fluid tight.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEERING SHIPS OR VESSELS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edwin Grisdale at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 23rd November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN EDWIN GRISDALE, of 2, Bloomsbury Street, Holborn, in
the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEERING SHIPS OR VESSELS"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in so arranging the rudders of ships and
vessels, that a balance or partial balance of resistance may be ob-
tained on each side of the working centre of the rudder, which is
effected by placing the working centre in such a position that a por-
tion of the rudder may project beyond each side of it, instead of the
hinge or working centre being at one extreme edge, as in rudders
of the ordinary construction.