THE MANUFACTURE OF FISH INTO GUANO AND FOOD."
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Osler, of South Quay, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk, for the Invention of "THE MANUFACTURE OF FISH INTO GUANO AND
FOOD."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Osler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
May 1858.
SAMUEL OSLER, of South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF FISH
INTO GUANO AND FOOD," to be as follows:-
I claim the preparation of fish for manure by extracting all the fluids, the
oil and water, with the gelatine, and reducing the solid parts to a dry fibrous
powder by the prolonged application of heat through a bath of steam, water,
or other fluid, or of sand or other medium for transmitting a regulated heat.
And also for bringing the oil and gelatine so extracted to a merchantable
state. And also for preparing and preserving fish for the purposes of food, by
separating in the same manner the water, oil, and gelatine from the solid
parts, and so beating, rubbing, or otherwise mixing these solids with a suitable
proportion of the gelatine or oil, or both, and with salt, saltpetre, sugar, or
other antiseptics, and with pepper, cayanne, or other spices or condiments as
shall combine and preserve them as a wholesome and palatable food.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Osler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th
November 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, SAMUEL
OSLER, of South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Samuel Osler, Ier special licence that I, the said Samuel Osler,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Samuel Osler, 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 "THE MANUFACTURE
OF FISH INTO GUANO AND FOOD," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Samuel Osler, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particu-
larly 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 Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
• NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Osler, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The absolute original Invention, chemical application, construction (of
machinery and appliances), modes and systems for the purposes of the pre-
paration of fish for manure, by extracting all the fluids, oil and water, with
the gelatine, and reducing the solid parts to a dry fibrous powder by the
prolonged application of heat by means of steam, water, or other fluid, or of
sand, or other medium for transmitting a regulated heat.
And also claims the chemical seperation of the water, gelatine, and oil of
the fish, and the preparation of the fibrous, bony, and other solids for manure
by the application of dry heat to vessels of metal or earthenware, or by ovens

page_text: of brick, stone, or other material, whether by direct application of fire, or by
heated air, sand, or by kilns, drying floors, or other natural or artificial means.
And also for bringing the oil and gelatine so extracted to a merchantable
state.
And also for preparing and preserving fish for the purposes of food by
seperating in the same manner the water, oil, and gelatine from the solid
parts, and so beating, rubbing, or otherwise mixing these solids with a suitable
proportion of the gelatine or oil, or both, and with salt, saltpetre, sugar, or
other antiseptics, and with pepper, cayanne, or other spices or condiments as
shall combine and preserve them as a wholesome or palatable food, or by
the addition or admixture of such other products or condiments as shall at any
time be found necessary.
And also to vary, enlarge, alter and improve the machinery and appliances
requisite and necessary for such manufacture, and to extend the mode and
manner of manufacture of guano and food from fish, as the nature and
perfecting of such products may require, and as herein expressed or intended
to be expressed, or included to the full extent and meaning of these Presents.
In witness whereof, the said Samuel Osler have hereunto set his hand
and scal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord 1858.