A MACHINE OR ENGINE UPON A NEW AND SUPERIOR PRINCIPAL, WHICH CONTAINS A NEW WAY FOR A MAN OR MEN TO USE HIS OR THEIR POWER AND STRENGTH, TO BE USED AS A CRANE, OR TO GIVE A ROTARY MOTION TO ANY MACHINE, ENGINE, OR MILLWORK
Year: 1813

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
SHORTER MORRIS, of No. 16, Markett Street, Kennington, in the County of
Surry, Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Fifteenth day of January, in the fifty-third year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Shorter Morris, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John Shorter Morris, my exors, adñors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, and also within all His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations
abroad, my Invention of "A MACHINE OR ENGINE UPON A NEW AND SUPERIOR
PRINCIPAL, WHICH CONTAINS A NEW WAY FOR A MAN OR MEN TO USE HIS OR THEIR
POWER AND STRENGTH, TO BE USED AS A CRANE, OR TO GIVE A ROTARY MOTION TO
ANY MACHINE, ENGINE, OR MILLWORK;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso obliging me, the said John Shorter Morris, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and
ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and the manner the same is to be
performed, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court
of Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately next and
immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by
the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said John
Shorter Morris, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, is described and ascertained
in the plan drawn in the margin of these presents, and the following explana-
tion thereof, that is:-
Fig. 1 represents a revolving chain ladder, which, as used in this In-
vention, forms the new principle; it revolves on two pair of pulleys; one
pair on its axis is represented at Fig. 2; the rounds or steps of the ladder
work in the. notches in the pulleys. Fig. 3 represents a front view of the
machine or engine; Fig. 4, the fly wheel, side view; Fig. 5, the pendulum,
side view. The letters refer to the same letter on each Diagram. A, A, A, A,
the wood frame; B, B, B, B, the chain ladder; C, C, C, C, the pulleys;
D, D, the axes of the pulleys; E, a teeth wheel on the same axis as the top
pair of pulleys; F, a small teeth wheel working in the teeth of the wheel E;
G, the axis of the small wheel F; H, the fly-wheel on the same axis; I, the
skant; K, the skant leaver, the fulcrum of which is at L; M, a small
teeth wheel on the same axis as the top pair of pulleys; N, a crank on
the same axis; O, a coupling iron to connect the crank with the pendulum
P, P. Q, a teeth wheel working in the teeth of the wheel M; R.
a cylinder on the same axis as the wheel Q, on which cylinder the crane
cord or chain coils, which cord or chain may be suspended or pass over a
pulley or jib to give motion to the machine or engine; the man treads on the
chain ladder, and by the power of gravity causeth it to revolve. If his weight
is not sufficient to start the motion, he may use his strength with his weight
by pressing his hand against the frame at S, and pressing down his body,
thus increasing the power. The crank revolving on its axis gives motion to the
pendulum; the pendulum with the fly wheel regulates the motion; pressing
on the leaver causeth the skant to press against the fly wheel and stops the
motion. To give a rotary motion to any machine, engine, or millwork, the
machine, engine, or millwork may be connected with any of the teeth wheels,
or a wheel, a pulley, or crank may be fixed on the same axis as the top pair
of pulleys at T, or a circle of any smaller diameter then the fly wheel may
be fixed on the outer side of the fly wheel, with a grove in it, in which a band
may work and give motion to a lathe, or a quick motion to any machine; if
this machine or engine is to be worked by more than one man, it may be
made broader, that there may be room for more men to tread on the chain
ladder. The Diagrams are delineated one inch to one foot, yet the proportion
may be varied.
Thus I have so specified my Invention, and shall describe another variety

page_text: of the Invention, with the same principle or first motion, which is represented
at Fig. 6, which may be used for the purpose of raising coals, fossil, or ore
from mines. The wheels on the fly-wheel side are as above described; on the
pendulum side there is not any wheel; the chain ladder is much broader, that
several men may tread on it; the cylinder V, on which the cord or chain
coils, is on the same axis as the top pair of pulleys; boards like stayers may
be fixed on the steps of the ladder to be more easy to tread on.
Men treading
on the chain ladder should have their garters and breeches loose.
In witness whercof, I, the said John Shorter Morris, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirteen.