IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSET PAPER
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adolphus Austen, of the City of London, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSET PAPER."
Sealod the 28th March 1876, and dated the 8th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adolphus Austen at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 8th September 1875.
I, ADOLPHTS AUSTEN, of the City of London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSET PAPER,"
to be as follows :-
According to this Invention I prepare or medicate thin paper of a
suitable consistency in such a manner as to make it disinfecting and
slightly astringent and at the same time perfumed. For the medicating
I use any suitable known disinfecting ingredients, but by preference a
combination of phenic and tannic acid. For the sake of convenience of
sale, transport, and use I bind the paper bookwise, and by preference
perforate the leaves near the back. In order to enhance the usefulness

page_text: of these books I print on the cover and leaves or some of them matter of
a useful or entertaining nature, such for instance, as short picces of
poetry, anecdotes, historical notes, or other matter of general or special
interest. The ink employed therefor must be such as not to be injurious
to the user.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Adolphus Austen in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ADOLPHUS
AUSTEN, of the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Adolphus Austen, Her
special licence that I, tho said Adolphus Austen, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Adolphus
Austen, my exccutors, 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 Ohannel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH WATERCLOSET PAPER," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Adolphus Austen, 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 Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Adolphus Austen, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
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page_text: According to this Invention I medicate thin paper by preparing it
in such a manner as to make it disinfecting, slightly astringent, and
perfurmed. For the medicating of this paper I use any suitable known
disinfecting ingredients, but I prefer a combination of phenic and tannic
acids. For the sake of convenience in the sale, transport, and use of
my paper I bind the same together in the form of a book, and by
preference perforate the leaves near the back of the book. In order to
enhance the usefulness of these books I print on the cover and leaves,
or on some of the leaves, any matter of a useful or entertaining nature,
such for instance as short pieces of poetry, anecdotes, historical notes, or
other matter of general or special interest, or the leaves may be gummed
or kept together by some adhesive material, which will allow them to
be easily separated for use. I also provide the book with a loop or strap
of silk or other material, whereby it may be conveniently suspended.
I prefer that the printing should be on one side of the sheets only, so
that even if ordinary ink should be used no injurious effects would
ensue; but I use an ink which does not contain lampblack or possess
or contain any properties or ingredients which could injure the users of
my paper. I prefer the ink known as violet ink, which is prepared with
indigo, and is quite harmless, and gives the paper an ornamental appear-
ance, and I print by preference in this violet ink a monthly or other list
of theatrical and other entertainments, concerts, meetings, advertise-
ments, and business cards for the entertainment and information of
residents and strangers.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I wish it understood that I claim the said Inven-
tion substantially as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adolphus Austen, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
ADOLPHUS AUSTEN. (L.s.)
Witness,
HY. JA. NOONE.