MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR DRESSING AND WEAVING COTTON, SILK, FLAX, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MCBRIDE, Manager of the Nursery Spinning and Weaving Mills, Hutchison-
town, Glasgow, in Scotland, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster,
the Twenty-first day of July, in the fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself,
Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said John M°Bride,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, her especial license, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said John McBride, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, and every of us, by myself and ourselves, or by my and
their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as I, the said
John McBride, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and atall times thereafter during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
exercise, and vend my said Invention
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR DRESSING AND WEAVING COTTON, SILK, FLAX,
WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES within that part of Her Majesty's
United Kingdom of Grea Britain and Ireland called England, Her Dominion
of Wales, and town of B. wick upon-Tweed, in such manner as to me, the
said John McBride, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or any
of us, should in my or their discretion seem meet, and that I, the
said John McBride, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should and
lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profits, benefits, 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;

page_text: in which Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said John McBride,
shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, to be enrolled in Her Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within four calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the above 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, it is hereby
declared that the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascertained in and by
the Drawings hereto annexed, and in the following explanation thereof,
that is to say):-
"
My "Improvements in the Machinery and Apparatus for Dressing
and Weaving of Cotton, Silk, Flax, Wool, and other Fibrous Substances,'
consist,-
Firstly, of a mode of applying the Jacquard in the power loom to the
working of leaves of heddles for the purpose of weaving figured or flowered
cloths, and in a new arrangement of the mechanism for raising the leaves
of heddles in connection with the Jacquard.
The second part of my improvements consists in working by the power
loom a Jacquard harness, or a Jacquard with leaves, in combination with
another movement of leaves of heddles, upon the same web, for the
purpose
of weaving large patterns of damask or other figured cloths. The Jacquard
harness is placed on the back part of the warp or web, and is made to work
the flower or ornamental part of the cloth, while a separate movement of
heddles in the front is made to twill the ground and flower or ornamental
part of the cloth. The employment of a separate movement of heddles to
twill the ground and flower or ornamental part of the cloth makes it necessary
to move the Jacquard harness only once during a number of shotts or picks of
the loom, and thereby diminishes the tear and wear of the Jacquard, and
simplifies the working of the harness, rendering it a matter of no diffi-
culty, whereas hitherto the Jacquard being employed by power to work the
harness for the whole web, has required to be moved every beat of the lay.
The third part of my improvements consists in a novel arrangement of
mechanism for the purpose of stopping the loom when the weft shoot breaks
or is wanting, and also for stopping the further movement of the heddles or
harness, and movement of the cloth beam, all being accomplished simul-
taneously. A chief feature in this apparatus or mechanism is to effect the
instantaneous stoppage of the heddles or harness that may be employed for

page_text: figuring and weaving the cloth. It will be obvious to the practical weaver
that were the heddles or harness to move a few treads after the weft had
ceased to pass into the cloth, a part of the pattern would be gone over, and
when the weft was again resumed that part of the pattern wrought by the
heddles or harness in the absence of the weft would be left out, and con-
sequently the figures would be imperfect. I have employed two arrangements
of mechanism for effecting the said stoppages; the first, being chiefly applicable
to the weaving of coarse yarns, is more simple and substantial than the second
plan, which is chiefly applicable to fine yarns, but may be used for either.
The first arrangement of mechanism consists of a small curved reed moving
nearly horizontally in another small reed or heck placed upright in the lay,
and by the pressure of the weft thread between the face of the curved reed
and the upright reed in the lay the curved reed is prevented from passing
through the other, and by this means supports a small float at the striking-off
motion of the loom. In the event of the weft thread not being thrown across
the web, or,
if it be absent, the curved part of the horizontal reed passes
through the reed or heck in the lay, and the float or weight not being raised,
causes all the motions of the loom to stop instantly.
The second arrangement of mechanism for stopping the loom when the weft
shoot breaks or is wanting is what I term the weft hand, from its resemblance
to the human hand in its operation of feeling for the presence of the weft thread
on the bottom of the lay, and by means of this weft hand being shut, when the
weft thread is present, and open when the thread is broken or absent, I am
enabled, from its altered position, to expose the thumb-piece to the stroke of a
lever thrown into the side of the reed by the shuttle when entering the box of
thelay. By the stroke of this lever the thumb or needle is moved back and turns
a protector rod,and thereby stops all the motions of the loom instantaneously.
But, in order that these improvements may be more fully understood,
these Presents are accompanied with Drawings, shewing my improve-
ments, with such parts of the ordinary power loom as are necessary to illus-
trate the application of these improvements. These Drawings are marked
with figures and letters of reference, having similar letters upon corre-
sponding parts of the machinery and apparatus on all the Figures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure I. represents a plan of the end of a loom, with the application of
the Jacquard to the working of leaves of heddles. Figure II. represents an
end elevation of the same, with the application of the weft stopper first
mentioned. Figure III. represents a plan of the other end of the same loom;

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and Figure IV. shews an end elevation of the same. A, A, A, A, represents
the framing of the loom; B, the breast beam; C, the cloth beam; D, the lay,
which is moved by the crank shaft E, which is driven by the fast pulley F'.
G is a spur pinion fixed upon the driving shaft E, and drives the wheel H upon
the wyper shaft I. The Jacquard barrel O is placed at the end of the loom, as
is seen in Figures I. and II., and is suspended in a frame e, e, e, (Figure II.)
by the swiveling bar h in the journals f,f, and is moved out and in by means
of a small eccentric P placed on a cross shaft Q, at right angles to the driving
shaft E, (Figure I.) and driven by means of mitre wheels R, K. g, a lever
fixed on the swiveling bar h, and is moved by the eccentric P. i, a catch
fastened to the frame T, T, (Figure II.) which, on the Jacquard being moved
out by means of the eccentric P, turns the succeeding square of the barrel to
the wires a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a. K, the squaring hammer with a spring for
adjusting the barrel O at every shot of the loom. The leaves s, s, 8, 8, 8, 8, 3, 3,
(Figure I.) on which the heddles are fixed, may be suspended by caupers or
marches, or by cords and pulleys, as is represented at 37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,
(Figures II. and III.) The heddles are sunk or kept down, when not required
to be elevated, by means of iron or heavy marches t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t,(Figure II.)
under the loom to which they are affixed by cords or wires.
the loom are placed into a frame T, T, (Figures I. & II.) a number of iron
rods a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, equal in number to the number of leaves necessary
for working the desired pattern. To each of these rods is attached one of the
leaves of heddles. On the wyper shaft I (Figure 1I.) of the loom, are fixed
four camns or wypers K, K, K, K, moving two treadles L, L; these treadles
are connected by means of a belt or strap M, (Figure II.) which passes over a
pulley N, and there is a truck or pulley 6 on each treadle kept constantly
. bearing close to the camns or wypers K, K, K, K, by which the treadies are
moved. The rods a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, to which the heddles are attached, are
of a hooked shape at the bottom end, and in the frame that holds them are
small holes, one opposite to each rod. Into these holes are placed small move-
able pins a¹, a', a, a, a, a', a', a',(Figure I.) facing the barrel of the Jacquard.
An endless band of cards, as in the ordinary Jacquard mounting, is made to
revolve over the barrel in the usual manner, each card being exactly equal in
size to one of its sides. These cards are pierced with holes opposite to the pins
connected with the rods that remain at rest for that particular shot, and
the barrel with the card on its face is pressed against the pins a', a', a³, a',
a, a, a, a, (which takes place every shot or pick of the loom). These pins
that have no corresponding holes in the card are pressed by the card against
the rods to which the heddles are attached. These rods are thus pressed in

page_text: towards the treadle L, which in its downward movement takes hold of the
hooked ends of the rods thus pressed, and raises all the leaves of heddles to
which they are attached. The treadle L has affixed to it a plate c, Figure II.,
of iron or other suitable material, with a bevelled edge to enable it the more
easily to take hold of the hooked ends of the rods. This treadle or lever is
carried up again by the other treadle, being depressed in its turn to such an
elevation as completely to allow the rods to be returned into their original
position, which is done by means of the spiral springs d, d, d, d, d, d, d, d, at
the top of the rods. One of these springs is attached to each rod in such
a way as to come into action when the rod comes up to its original position,
and by drawing it out at the top, presses it back into its place at the bottom.
A side view of one of these springs is shewn detached at Figure II. in a state
of action on the rod; this view also shews the connection of the Jacquard
barrel with the wires and heddles. It will be observed, that when the rods are
treaded down to raise the leaves of heddles in connection with them, that the
springs are relieved of their tension, and the pressure is not applied till the
rods come up again to the original position. It will be seen that the heel or
fulcrum of the treadles is placed at the front in place of the back part of the
loom, thereby producing a deeper tread of the heddles in proportion as they are
removed from the fell of the cloth, and making the size of the shed of the warp
at the reed uniform for the passage of the shuttle across the web. The design
of the pattern is made upon the endless band of cards that revolves round the
barrel by perforating holes when the leaves are to be at rest, and leaving blank
those that are to be elevated. It will be easily seen by the practical weaver,
that the wires and springs may be so arranged that the cards may be perforated
for the leaves that are to be elevated, and blauk for those that are to be at
rest When a change of pattern is desired, a new set of cards is sub-
stituted, as in the ordinary Jacquard mounting, m. (Figures I. and II.)
represent the eccentric that gives motion to the cloth beam C, (Figure II.)
by means of the rod n, and the catch p, and the ratch wheel q.
Figure V. represents a front elevation of a power loom, with the Jacquard
harness in combination with a movement of heddles on the same web.
Figure VI. is an end view of the same. u, u, u, u, the framing of the loom;
the lay, with the cloth beam and wyper shaft, are driven in the ordinary way
(as is shown in Figure I.) Y, the Jacquard for the harness, which is the same
as those commonly used for the hand loom, with this exception, that I employ
what I term a card regulator to stop the loom in the event of the cardsgetting
disordered upon the barrel. It is done by means of a needle placed in the case
at the side of the other needles for raising the warp. In the side of each card is

page_text: a small hole into which this needle will enter ifthe card is properly placed on the
barrel. If the card be not properly placed the needle will not enter the hole,
and the blank part of the card will force in the needle, and by means of a cord
or wire will move the striking-off motion of the loom, and stop it instantly.
r, a lever for moving the Jacquard by means of the rod Y, which is moved by
the treadle W. This treadle is moved by a wyper X, on the wyper shaft Z.
31, a pulley on the shaft y, (Figure V.) which has a stud 32 fixed on it for
the purpose of striking out the lever 33 after the heddles have been wrought
over. This lever di engages the catch 34 from the treadle W, which treadle,
from being exposed to the action of the wyper X at that particular shot (in
this case the fifth), allows the Jacquard lever to be lowered and elevated for the
next shot of the loom. The stud 32 during this shot has passed the lever 33,
and allows the spring 35 to return the catch 34 upon the treadle, which is held
down till the return of the stud 32, which takes place after the heddles have
been wronght over in rotation. Studs may be fixed on the pulley 31, so as to
move the Jacquard at any desired shot of the loom. z, 2, 2, 2, 2, the wypers on
the shaft y, for moving the heddles a, a, a, a, a, which are shown in
these Drawings in (Figure V. and particularly Figure VI.) arranged for
weaving the ground and flower of the cloth of a five-leaf twill. The
beddles are moved by means of the treadles 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, attached to the
marches 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, by cords. These marches are attached to the under
shaft of the heddles a, a, a, a, a.
In this way the heddles are lowered, and
their elevation takes place by means of the cords 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, being attached
to the same treadles 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, and carried up to the marches 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
and thence to the coupers or jacks 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, which being lowered in the
one end elevates the heddles by the other end, as in the ordinary hand-loom
mounting. 6, 6, the weights for bringing down the heddles to their original
position after they have been elevated, the cording being applied to the leaves
in the drawing, so as to work a five-leaf twill in such a manner that one
leaf rises, one sinks, and the other three remain stationary at every tread.
The order may be either that of the regular or broken twill. The
harness is placed at the back part of the web 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, (Figure VI., and
pass through a holed board 8, having a hole for each harness cord; the warp
threads pass through males or eyes 9, 9, on these cords; 10, 10, the leads to
sink the harness cords. The heddles on the front part of web for twilling the
ground and ornamental part of the cloth have eyes at 11. of sufficient size to
allow a shed to be made by the back harness through these eyes, large enough
to allow the shuttle to pass through in its way across the web. In this view,
given at (Figure VI.) of the heddles in front, it will be observed that a thread

page_text: from each of the leaves passes through one mail of the harness, or it may be
more or less according to the size of the figure upon the cloth. The haruess
to form the flower elevates that portion of the warp through the eyes of the
heddles in front, and one of the leaves, as is seen at 12, elevates a fifth part of
the yarn not raised by the harness; and another leaf of heddles, as is seen at
13, presses down a fifth part of the yarn elevated by the harness, and thus
twills both the ground and ornamental part of the cloth. That part of the
harness elevated by the Jacquard remains stationary during the time of working
over the five treadles. After these treadles have been wrought over, that
portion of the harness that has been raised is let down, and a new portion is
raised, and the same operation is performed by the leaves as before. It will
be obvious to the practical weaver that a different ground may be easily sub-
stituted by putting more or fewer treadles with corresponding wypers below,
or any of the known methods of weaving may be substituted to twill the
ground and figure of the cloth; and for the back harness, leaves may be substi-
tuted, wrought by the Jacquard, as shewn in my firstimprovement in weaving.
Figure VII. represents a side view of my first plan of a weft stopper; and
Figure VIII. a plan of the same. It is seen in the loom in Figures III. and
IV. at 14. It is composed of a socket 14, having fixed on it a small curved
reed 15, and which is bent upwards and passes through a small reed or heck
16 in the lay. The socket 14 is so made that it may be moved easily on the
bar 17, which is secured to the breast beam of the loom. In the race of the
lay is a small
groove 44, Figure III. cut across the lay for admitting the lower
part of the curved reed 14, as the lay moves forward towards the breast beam.
When the shuttle is thrown across the web and the weft thread present, the
small reed on the lay that receives the curved reed is moved forward till it
arrives at the bent part of the curved reed. If the weft thread has been
thrown across the web it will prevent the bent part from going through
between the splits of the small reed in the lay, and the curved reed will then
be forced back on the bar 17, (Figures III. and IV.) and will turu, by the
lever 18, a protector rod 19, made of very light tin, or other light substance;
this protector turus another small lever 20, on the end of which is placed a
small weight or float 21, (Figure III.) which is adjusted so as merely to keep
the curved reed forward on the bar 17, when not pressed back by the pressure
of the shaft. There is a projecting piece of iron 22, (Figures III. and IV.)
fixed on the lay, which on the lay moving forward, would strike the float were
it not raised by the presence of the weft thread on the face of the curved reed,
and strike off the catch for stopping the loom. When the weft thread breaks or
is absent, the reed on the lay coming forward passes, through the curved reed

page_text: 15, past the curved part, and it is not moved back on the bar 17, consequently
the weight 21 is not raised, and the projecting piece of iron 22 on the lay
strikes and disengages the catch for throwing the belt on to the loose pulley,
and thereby stops the loom, at the same time the lever 23 is moved back into
a separate cheek, and by means of cranks and wires or cords raises the catch i
on the end of the Jacquard barrel (Figures I. and II.) and stops the motion of
the Jacquard barrel, and by the same means the catch p on the ratchet wheel
is raised and thereby stops the motion of the cloth beam. It will be seen
when the weft shot is wanting that the curved reed is not pressed backward on
the bar 17, when the lay is moved forward, the want of which action causes
the disengagement of the belt on the fast pully, the catch on the Jacquard
barrel, and also the cloth, taking up motion simultaneously. In the loom,
Figure V., with the Jacquard harness in combination with a movement of
heddles on the same web, the stoppage of the loom and the cloth beam is accom-
plished in a similar manner, and the movement of the Jacquard harness and
the heddles are stopped by disengaging a catch or coupling box 36, on the
shaft Z (Figure V.) which stops the movement of the wypers.
The second plan of my weft stopper or weft hand is seen at Figure IX.,
and a side view at Figure X; the plan, Figure XI., and the end view Figure
XII., showing its position on the lay and breast beam. It is as follows:-On
the lever 18 (Figure XI.), is placed a small needle or thumb-piece 24, suspended
on an axis 25; into the lay is placed the fingers 26, 26; there may be one
or more needles or thumb-pieces used, with two or morecorresponding fingers
united at the back part of the lay, which fingers move on a joint 27. From
the bottom of these fingers, and nearly at right angles and projecting upwards
is a small lever 28 (Figure X.), for the purpose of raising them or shutting the
hand, which is done by means of the cord or wire 29, Figure XI., attached
to a fixture behind the lay. This cord, when the shuttle has moved past the
weft hand, and the lay has come forward to the full length of the cord, elevates
the fingers 26, 26, from the groove in the lay 30. If the weft thread be
present on the shuttle entering the box of the lay, it will be laid across the
groove containing the weft fingers; they are then raised upwards, carrying the
weft thread along with them to the needle or thumb-piece 24, the point of
which will rest upon the weft thread 42, and be carried upwards by it over the
face of a lever 38, thrown upwards by the shuttle entering the box of the lay, and
the loom continues its movements. The lever 38 is thrown up in this manner:
the shuttle on entering the box of the lay presses out the stud 53 fixed on the
slot or lever 54; the lever 55 is bevelled at the end 56, along which bevelled
part the stud 53 presses, and elevates the end 38 to the stroke of the thumb-

page_text: piece. But in the event of the weft thread being broken or absent, the
fingers will not carry up the thumb-piece, consequently it will remain in
its original position, and be struck by the end of the lever 38, and, turning
the lever 18, moves the apparatus for stopping the loom.
The apparatus for stopping the loom is seen at Figures XIII. and XIV.
On to a stud 49 (Figure XIII., is placed a lever 50, which can be moved
horizontally. In this lever is fixed a stud 51, on to which is placed the
lever 44. The end of this lever at 44, when the weft shoot is present, lies
under and out of the way of the catch 45, fixed on the lay. But when the
weft shoot has broke, and the protector 19 is turned by the lever 18, the
lever 43 depresses 52, the one end of the lever 44, and raises it at the other
end. This lever is then struck by the catch 45, on the lay, leaving the fell
of the cloth, and turning it outward from the stud 49, presses out the belt
lever 46, and stops the loom. 47, Figure XIV., a catch which falls in upon
the lever 43, when it is lowered by the protector rod 19, and keeps the
lever 44 elevated at 44 till it is struck by the catch 45, and the belt lever
thrown out of its place to stop the loom. When the belt lever 46 is so
thrown out the pin 48 fixed upon it strikes and disengages the lever 47.
57, Figure XIII., a pin into the frame of the lay for preventing the
lever 43 rising too high.
Figure X., 39, is a small spring for returning the fingers 26 into the
groove of the lay 30.
(Figure XI.), 40, a small wire guide for regulating the position of the
needle 24, so that the weft thread may be brought immediately under its
point.
Figure XI., 41, a small cord for tightening the weft thread in the weft
hand by pressing it against the race of the lay. It is raised and lowered
every shot of the loom by the heddles for the passage of the shuttle. 43, a
smali pin fixed in the lay for freeing the weft thread from the needle when
the lay is moved back.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark, that I am aware that it
has before been proposed to work leaves of heddles of power looms by Jac-
quard machinery; and I am also aware that various means have been resorted
to in power looms for stopping them when weft is not properly thrown in by
the shuttle. I wish it therefore to be understood, that I do not claim the
working of leaves of heddles of power looms generally by means of Jacquard
machinery, but confine my claim of Invention to the mode herein described;
nor do I claim the stopping of power looms when weft is not properlysupplied,

page_text: but confine my claim of Invention in respect thereto to the means herein
described; and I do declare that what I claim is,―
First, the peculiar mode of working the leaves of heddles of power looms
by applying Jacquard machinery thereto; and I farther claim the novel com-
bination of treadles L and wires a for opening an even shed, whether the
wires a be acted on by a Jacquard or other proper pattern surfaces.
Secondly, I claim the applying Jacquard machinery to power looms for work-
ing the flower or ornamental parts when in combination with other means of
working the heddles for twilling the ground and the pattern as above described.
Thirdly, I claim the mode of applying the parts 14, 15, and 17, with
suitable apparatus, Figures VII. and VIII., in order to stop all parts of the
loom when weft or shoot is not thrown in, as above described.
Fourthly, I claim the mode of applying the parts 24, 26, and 28, and
suitable parts connected therewith,in order to stop the loom when the weft or
shoot is not thrown in, as before described with reference to Figures IX. and
X., and Figures XIII. and XIV.
In witness whereof I, the said John McBride, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and forty-one years
JOHN (L.S.) M°BRIDE.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, by
the within-named John M°Bride,
before and in presence of
HUGH MONCRIEFF,
of Glasgow, in Scotland, Solicitor.
J. GEBBIE,
of the City of Glasgow, Clerk at Law.
I, John Gebbie,of the City of Glasgow, Clerk at Law,do hereby declare that
I was present, together with Hugh Moncrieff, of the said City of Glasgow,
Solicitor, and did see John M°Bride, Manager of the Nursery Spinning and
Weaving Mills, Hutchisontown, Glasgow, in Scotland, sign, seal, and as his
act and deed acknowledge and deliver, a certain Deed or Instrumentin writing,
bearing date the Seventeenth day of November, Eighteen hundred and forty-
one years, purporting to be a Specification describing and ascertaining the
nature of the said John M'Bride's Invention of "Certain Improvements
in the Machinery and Apparatus for Dressing and Weaving Cotton, Silk,
Flax, Wool, and other Fibrous Substances." And I do farther declare, that
the name "John McBride," set and subscribed to the said Deed, as the party
executing the same, is of the proper handwriting of the said John McBride,

page_text: and that the names "Hugh Moncrieff," and "J. Gebbie," set and subscribed
to the attestation of the said Deed, as witnesses to the signing and sealing
thereof, are of the proper handswriting of the said Hugh Moncrieff and of me
this Declarant respectevely. And I do solemnly and sincirely declare that
this Declaration is made by me under the conscientious knowledge and
belief that the same is true, the said Declaration being emitted in virtue of an
Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of His Majesty William
the Fourth, entituled "An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of
Parliament, entituled "An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths
and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and
to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppres-
sion of Voluntary and Extrajudicial Oaths and Affidavits, and to make
other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
J. GEBBIE.
This Declaration, made at Glasgow, the Eighteenth day of November,
Eighteen hundred and forty-one years, before me, one of Her Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for the County of Lanark.
JA. BROWNE, J.P.
I, Hugh Moncrieff, of the city of Glasgow, in that part of Great Britain
called Scotland, Notary Public, by Royal authority, duly admitted, allowed,
and sworn, dwelling in the said City, do hereby certify and make known to all
whom these Presents shall or may concern, that James Browne, who hath
signed and attested the foregoing Declaration, as made before him, is one of
Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Lanark, and is a proper
and authorised person to take such Declarations, and to all acts done and
executed by him in that capacity, full faith and credit is due and ought to be
given in judgement; and I further certify that the name "Ja. Browne," set
& subscribed to the attestation of acknowledgement upon the above-
mentioned Specification by the said John McBride, as well as the name
"Ja. Browne," set and subscribed to the attestation of acknowledgement of
the above Declaration, are of the proper handwriting of the said James Browne,
and were so set and subscribed by him on the days, month, year, and at the
places respectively therein written.
In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set and subscribed my name, and
affixed my uotarial seal, at Glasgow aforesaid, the Eighteenth day of
November, Eighteen hundred and forty-one years.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that upon the Declaration of John Gebbie,
the Instrument aforesaid was inrolled word for word, in form above written.
And also the Instrument aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute made in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King
George the Third.
One thousand sight hundnod