IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL BUTTER
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Melville Clark, of 53, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL BUTTER." -A com-
munication from abroad by Louis Dordron, Alexandre Villeron, and
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Melville
Clark at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 25th March 1874.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL
BUTTER," to be as follows:-
The fats hitherto prepared for alimentary purposes although more or
less agreeable to the palate have retained or in a short time acquired
an odour which precludes their use for culinary purposes..

page_text: This Invention relates to the manufacture of a preparation termed
"Beurrine," which forms a perfect substitute for fresh butter, and which
it resembles closely both in odour, taste, appearance, and softness, while
it possesses the further advantage of retaining its freshness for a con-
siderable time; thus rendering it suitable for all kinds of culinary
purposes. This artificial butter is composed of fresh beef suet, milk,
and finc oil.
The ingredients are prepared in the following manner :-The fresh
butchers' suct is melted in a wooden vessel by means of steam, or over
water, and without use of acids, in the same way as it is melted for other
preparations, it having been previously submitted to the action of a
masticator or otherwise reduced. The suct is then worked up in a
mixer with the other substances mentioned, in the proportion of from
seventy to seventy-five per cent. of suet, fifteen to twenty per cent. of
pure milk, and from five to ten per cent. of fine natural oil.
The composition of the product is varied when intended for tropical
climates, and in this case it would consist of from ninety to ninety-five
per cent. of melted suct in a neutral state, and from five to ten per cent.
of very fine pure oil. The product is in this manner rendered more
firm and compact and may be preserved for an indefinite time in any
climate without becoming rancid.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alexander Melville Clark in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th September 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER 2
MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty- 3
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Alexander Melville Clarke, Her special
licence, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Alexander

page_text: Melville Clark, 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, excrcise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL BUTTER," a
communication to me from abroad by Louis Dordron, Alexandre Villeron,
and Jacques Auguste Bezinge, all of Paris, France, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I; the said Alexander Melville Clark, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
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, Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, 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, that is to say:
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The fats hitherto prepared for alimentary purposes although more or
less agreeable to the palate have retained or in a short time acquired
an odour which renders their use for culinary purposes objectionable.
This Invention relates to the manufacture of a preparation termed
"Beurrine," forming a perfect substitute for fresh butter which it
resembles closely both in odour, taste, appearance, and softness. The pre-
paration will retain its freshness for a long time and is therefore suitable
for all kinds of culinary purposes. This artificial butter is composed of
fresh beef suct, milk, and fine oil (pure or virgin salad oil of the finest
quality) prepared in the following manner:-The fresh butchers' suct is
melted in a wooden vessel by means of steam upon water and without
using any acid, in the same way as it is melted for other preparations, it
having been previously submitted to the action of a masticator or other-
wise reduced. The suet is then worked up in a mixer, with the other
substances mentioned, in the proportion of from seventy to seventy-
five per cent. of pure milk, and from five to ten per cent. of fine
table oil.
The composition of the product is varied when intended for tronical

page_text: climates, and in this case it would consist of from ninety to ninety-five
per cent. of suet melted in a neutral state, and from five to ten per cent.
very pure fine oil. The product is thus rendered more firm and
compact and may be preserved for an indefinite time in any climate
without becoming rancid.
It should be observed that no special machinery is required in this
improved manufacture of artificial butter.
Having described the nature of the Invention and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
The manufacture of the artificial product herein-before termed
"Beurrine," of the substances and in the proportions substantially as
indicated in the foregoing Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Melville Clark, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
Witness,
HARRY SWALES,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
A. M. CLARK. (L.S.)