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IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PROPELLING VESSELS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Josef Mohr at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st July 1857.
I, JOSEF MOHR, of Vienna, in the Empire of Austria, Cotton Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY
FOR PROPELLING VESSELS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improved machinery for propelling vessels relates to a
novel method of propelling vessels by causing a column of water in a state of
rapid motion to act upon the stationary body of water in which the vessel
floats. The idea of causing a ship or vessel to be propelled by the reaction of
one body of water upon another is not entirely new; but the plans hitherto
adopted of carrying out this idea have never, as far as I am aware, been found
practically useful. The mode in which I propose to effect this object will, I
believe, be found to avoid all the difficulties and objections incidental to this
system of propulsion.
My improved machinery consists principally of a turbine mounted on a
vertical shaft, and enclosed in a case in which it is made to rotate with great
rapidity. Water from outside the vessel to be propelled is admitted through
the case to the centre of the turbine, and is by means of fixed inclined channels
distributed to the vanes of the turbine. Now, upon communicating motion to
the turbine, the water will be rapidly whirled round the case, and be ultimately
expelled with great force down a channel extending from the casing to the

page_text: stern, or other convenient part of the vessel. The water upon issuing from
this channel will press with great force upon the surrounding water, and by
that means will propel the ship or vessel in the opposite direction. The water
casing may be provided with two or more exit openings communicating with
different parts of the vessel, and provided with suitable valves, which must be
under the control of the engineer, and by opening or closing which the direction
of the current of the water may be changed when required, so that the vessel
may be moved ahead, astern, or sideways, as may be desired. Or, instead of
valves, there may be a moveable internal casing, provided with suitable aper-
tures, so that by turning this casing on its centre, one of the exit apertures
may be brought opposite to either of the exit channels, according to the
required direction of the vessel, the other channels being of course closed in
the meantime.
TREATING OILS AND FATTY MATTERS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Vion at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th June
1857. A communication.
I, CHARLES VION, of 4, Baker Street, Portman Square, London, County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "TREATING OILS AND FATTY MATTERS," (a communication,) to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of some improvements upon a former Patent
bearing date the 21st May 1855, No. 1140, for a new system of purifying
and clarifying oil and fatty matters by means of schiste and carbonized peat.
First, a novel preparation of the purifying matter.
Second, a novel arrangement of purifying apparatus.
Third, several new filtering apparatus.
Fourth, a new modus operandi for obtaining a complete purification of oil,
either alone or mixed, also of fatty bodies, &c.
Fifth, a method of rendering useful the waste or residue matter resulting
from the purifying process.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PECQUEUR'S LOOM FOR MANUFACTURING FISHING AND OTHER NETS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Bouret at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th September
1857.
I, AUGUSTE BOURET, of Paris, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PECQUEUR'S LOOM FOR MANUFACTURING
FISHING AND OTHER NETS," to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to improvements in the loom for manufacturing fish-
ing and other nets, for which a Patent was obtained in England, No. 12,755,
on the 30th of August 1849, by Onesiphore Pecqueur.
The improvements consist of 1ly, an arrangement for regulating the delivery
of the warp strings so as to impart to them a constant tension; the arrange-
ment consists of a roller situated behind the point of delivery of the finished
work, and revolving in proper bearings; this roller is divided over its entire
length by means of flat rings or circular plates in a suitable number of
partitions, each of which forms a bobbin, on each of which bobbins a suitable
length of warp string is wound. The revolving of the roller is regulated by
counterweights, springs, or any other suitable arrangement, so as to cause the
delivery of the strings from the roller to take place with regularity.
2ly, in Pecqueur's loom the warp or shuttle strings are wound in a
horizontal direction round the shuttle plates or cores, which arrangement

page_text: requires a stoppage at each time a length of string equal to the length of the
core is wound off. My strings are wound in a vertical direction round their
cores, to which latter I give a tapering form towards the point of delivery, so
as to permit the strings to deliver themselves in an uninterrupted manner
from their respective cores; and in order to impart the required tension to the
.said shuttle or warp strings, each shuttle is provided with a small elastic
regulator pressing on the string.
3ly, to the ends of the guide rails over which moves the reed, I have fixed
curved pieces, the object of which is to insure the proper return motion of the
said reed.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR IGNITING MATCHES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Hall at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st November
1857.
I, SAMUEL HALL, of 19, Kings Arms Yard, Moorgate Street, in the City
of London, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR IGNITING MATCHES AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in apparatus for igniting
matches, and other articles. For this purpose the apparatus is made hollow,
by preference cylindrical; the apparatus is closed at the bottom, but near it the
sides are perforated with holes, for the passage of air into the interior. The
outside of the apparatus is formed rough, or has a suitable preparation applied
thereon, to act by friction on a prepared match or other article.
When one
end of a match or other article, or the preparation thereon has been partially
lighted, that end is introduced into the interior of the hollow apparatus, the
warmth caused by the partial ignition heats the air, and induces it to rush up
the interior of the apparatus, which will very quickly fan the flame, and expedite
and increase the ignition of the lower end of the match or other article.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN TREATING AND PURIFYING WATER
Year: 1857

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Fordred at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd July
1857.
I, JOHN FORDRED, of Stoke Newington, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN TREATING AND PURIFYING WATER," to be as follows (that is to say) :-
It has long been a desideratum to purify, sweeten, and decolorize water for
domestic and manufacturing purposes, which either from its mode of collection
or its source is contaminated with organic matter. Now I have found that
this may be dono effectually and cheaply by the use of carbonate of lime and
sulphate of lime, both natural and artificial. Either of these may be applied
by itself, or the two may be combined and mixed with the water and then
allowed to subside, or they may be used as filtering media singly or combined,
alone or in addition to the substances usually employed for that purpose.
The natural limestones, chalk, marble, &c., all answer well for this purpose,
and I am not aware that they have hitherto been employed for the purification
and sweetening of waters; lime itself has been so used. But by this Inven-
tion I effect the result by the employment of the various natural and artificial
compounds of lime referred to above, not limiting myself to absolutely pure
carbonates and sulphates of lime.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMP VALVES
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Coxon Wilkinson, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th November 1857.
I, THOMAS COXON WILKINSON, of Ashford, in the County of Kent, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PUMP VALVES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of the
valves for double and single acting lift and force pumps, whereby I am enabled
to dispense wholly or in part with the flap or other valves now in use.
According to this Invention I propose constructing the valve of a circular or
cylindrical form, having a vertical section in the form of an H, such valve
working freely but fluid-tight in a cylindrical chamber, bolted to or forming
part of the pump casing.
This chamber is formed on one side with one or two inlet ports (according
as it is required for a single or double acting lift and force pump), and with a
single outlet or delivery port on the opposite side.
The central portion of the valve has corresponding apertures in it, arranged
in such a manner that when the working piston of the pump is put in motion,
the vacuum on one side and the compression on the other will move the valve so
as to open the inlet on one side and the outlet on the other alternately; suitable
metallic packing rings are fitted into grooves in the valve for the purpose of
keeping it fluid-tight in its casing or chamber.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MA- CHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND SEPARATING FUR, OR HAIR, OR WOOL FROM HIDES OR SKINS, WHICH SAID IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CUTTING VEGETABLE OR FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Oldfield at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th December
1857.
I, JOHN OLDFIELD, of Haughton, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MA-
CHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND SEPARATING FUR, OR HAIR, OR WOOL
FROM HIDES OR SKINS, WHICH SAID IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CUTTING
VEGETABLE OR FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel arrangement and combination of machi-
nery or apparatus to be employed for separating hair, &c. from skins or hides.
The machinery consists in a mettallic shaft mounted in a suitable framing,
upon the periphery of which are formed a series of ribs or leaves having
bevilled edges in the direction of the length of the shaft, and parallel with
each other. In a suitable position beneath this shaft a vertical blade or knife
is placed, to cut or separate the fur from the skin, which is distended across
such blade between two pairs of rollers actuated by suitable gearing, one pair
with plain surfaces to deliver the skin, and the second pair having fluted or
otherwise roughened surfaces to draw the skin through the machine. When
the skin is thus distended, the hairy side being next the knife, if the ribbed
shaft be caused to rotate the skin will be continuously struck or beaten upon

page_text: the edge of the knife by each succeeding rib, and thus the fur or hair will be
cut or separated from the skin, and as the shaft carrying the ribs continues
its revolution the rollers are so arranged that the ribs may strike the skin
beyond the knife, giving to it slight vibration, and thereby causing a fresh
portion to be drawn from the delivery rollers to be fed between the knife
and boaters, and allowing the fluted rollers to take up the skin after passing
over a suitable guide; the fur or hair thus separated falls on to an endless
traversing band and is conveyed away.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HUSKING & WINNOWING CASTOR SEEDS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Anguish Honour Augustus Durant
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition; on the
18th November 1857.
I, ANGUISH HONOUR AUGUSTUS DURANT, Esq", of the Conservative Club,
St. James's, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HUSKING & WINNOWING CASTOR
SEEDS," for the purpose of obtaining a larger quantity & a purer kind of oil
therefrom (when pressed, than heretofore with the outer skin or cuticle on,)
to be as follows, & consists of a cylinder with one or more divisions or com-
partments therein, & attached to an axle or shaft, so as to obtain a rapid
rotary motion by the application of steam or other suitable mechanical power,
& which by the centrifugal force will crack, husk, & winnow the seed thus
thrown against it; or the seeds may fall through an inclined feeder upon
wheels or paddles, so as to be forcibly struck thereby, when the said wheels
or paddles are set in rapid motion, the strokes upon the seeds being regulated
by the velocity, number, size, & distances of the paddles or wheels; & which
machinery I purpose calling the "castrine apparatus."
IMPROVE- MENTS IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS, AND IN FASTENING THE BARRELS OF FIRE- ARMS TO THEIR STOCKS
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Restell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th July
1857.
I, THOMAS RESTELL, of New Kent Road, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS, AND IN FASTENING THE BARRELS OF FIRE-
ARMS TO THEIR STOCKS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, first, in constructing and arranging the parts of
breech-loading fire-arms, as follows:-I construct the breech of a piece
separate from the barrel, the barrel being shortened for the purpose, and
1 connect the two by screw threads. While the breech piece is apart from
the barrel I form a dovetailed longitudinal channel at the rear end of its
upper side, and into this channel fit a sliding piece of corresponding form.
The breech piece is then bored out, the cut being made partially in the fore
end of the sliding piece, and a short cylindrical plug is driven into the end of
the bore, and the sliding piece is then removed. A thin tube of German
silver, rendered slightly collapsible by means of a slot along its lower side, is
then inserted in the bore, with a thin plate of lead between it and the plug,
the three being screwed together. This tube is cut away upon its upper part
to receive the charge. The rear end of the breech piece has a vertical slot
formed in it; and this slot receives a disc or wheel furnished with teeth, which

page_text: act upon pins placed across a recess formed in the rear and underside of the
sliding piece. A lever is connected to the axis of the disc or wheel, and by
means of this lever motion is imparted to the sliding piece, in order to open
and close the breech chamber. The lever is formed with a curved end, which
drops upon the barrel and resembles an ordinary band. The end of the axis
of the disc is so adjusted to the tumbler of the lock (which is of the usual
kind), that the hammer cannot discharge the cap except when the breech is
properly closed.
My Invention consists, secondly, in forming the bands which connect tho
barrels of fire-arms to their stocks as follows:-Each band is divided at its
lower part by an inclined cut, a small screw being employed to connect the
two parts. The improved band is driven on like an ordinary band, and when
it is in place, the screw is screwed up into the stock, and may be tightened at
any time to compensate for the shrinking of the stock or any other cause of
slackness. To remove the band, the screw may be partially withdrawn, and
the two parts of the band allowed to separate.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONVEYING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Lipscombe at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th November
1857.
I, FREDERICK LIPSCOMBE, of the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Water
| Filter Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONVEYING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS," to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in laying down in a peculiar way or ways one or
more channels of iron, brick, earthenware, or other material from any point
or points to any other point or points having a lower level, in order to elicit
a large proportion of the hydrostatic pressure due to the difference in height of
the levels, that the water or other liquid may rapidly flow through the said
channel or channels, and this I effect by carrying such channel or channels
a short distance in an abrupt fall or abrupt falls, then a considerable distance
in a horizontal line or nearly so, and afterwards, if necessary, I employ another
abrupt fall or abrupt falls, as before, and so on.
In applying this Invention for the purpose of draining bog or marsh land,
I propose to form a series of receptacles, into which the land water can readily
flow, the receptacles being connected together; and by means of my Invention
above described or by means of a horizontal line of pipe or channel the water
from the whole of them may be readily carried off.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN PUMP BUCKETS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Howard Glover at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th June
1857.
I, HOWARD GLOVER, of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Millwright,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN PUMP BUCKETS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming pump buckets of a seat in the form of an
inverted cone, perforated or pierced in the upper part, and of a leather lining
which fits in the same, and which rises above the edge of the seat. Upon the
down stroke so much of the leather as rises above the seat collapses or falls
inwards, to allow of the bucket descending easily in the barrel, and expands
upon the up stroke, when charged, occupies the bore of the barrel, and brings
up its charge of liquid. Instead of leather, any other like yielding material
may be employed, such for instance, as vulcanized rubber.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOCKMEN'S SADDLES AND APPENDAGES THERETO
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Newton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th February
1857. Partly a communication.
I, THOMAS NEWTON, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer
of Saddlery, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOCKMEN'S SADDLES AND APPENDAGES THERETO,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to render the saddles used by stockmen and
foraging parties more convenient for transport than those at present in use,
and also their appendages, as well as the saddles themselves, better adapted to
the varied wants of the colonist. To facilitate the packing and transport of
saddles, I make the panels removable, and I attach them to the saddletree
by means of iron-pointed pegs and sockets with an elastic spring in the panel
at the gullet. The flaps also I make removeable, and fix them in their
place by means of wedges, and with or without steel springs attached to the
flaps. The springs when used are sprung into sockets on the saddletree.
To remove the flaps, it is therefore only necessary to bow them slightly, and
their ends will then be withdrawn from contact with the saddle. The
appendages to the saddle which I propose to provide are the nose bag, saddle.
bags, holsters, hobbles, saddlecloth and girth, and stirrups and leathers. The
provender or nose bag and saddle bags, whether made of canvas or leather, I

page_text: line with a coating of india-rubber or vulcanized canvas to render the same
waterproof, and I connect them to the saddle with spring hooks passed' through
D loops, and make the saddle bags telescopic, to fit in each other. The holsters
I make of leather, with vulcanized india-rubber tops and bottoms, thus forming
an expanding valise if required. To form the hobbles, I employ circular
webbing, and I apply thereto metal eyelet holes and screw fasteners, and
attach them to the back of the saddle with catches. To give strength to the
saddle cloth and prevent the saddle moving forward on it, I insert in the body
thereof fish skin, or woven wire inclosed in a felt body or sheet. This saddle
and cloth I buckle round the body of the horse by means of girths formed of
circular webbing, and lined inside with india-rubber, or india-rubber cloth.
The girth thus formed is adapted to carry water when required, or it may be
inflated with air and rendered buoyant in the water. The stirrups and stirrup
leathers I attach together with an iron frame, covered with leather or canvas
of a particular form, and welded on to the stirrup irons, made to cover the
calf of the leg when riding and act as a splash-dash, at the same time to form
a protection to the horse's flank.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA PERCHA BY COMBINING THEREWITH OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Ellis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th January 1857.
I, THOMAS ELLIS, of Ty Mawr, Ponty Pridd, Glamorganshire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PREPARATION OF INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA PERCHA BY COMBINING THEREWITH
OTHER MATERIALS," to be as follows, that is to say:
.
The object of this Invention is to combine with india-rubber or gutta percha
certain metalic bodies, such as iron, copper, steel, or other amalgams of metal,
whereby the india-rubber or gutta percha will be rendered more durable when
subjected to violent action or the friction of rubbing surfaces. The manner in
which I propose to carry out my Invention will be more particularly described
in the Complete Specification of my Patent.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC PENS
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hinks, George Wells, and
Joseph Letiere Petit at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 20th November 1857.
We, JOHN HINKS and GEORGE WELLS, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturers and Copartners, and JOSEPH LETIERE PETIT, of
Aston, near Birmingham aforesaid, Tool Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC
PENS," to be as follows:-
In the ordinary manufacture of metallic pens, the pen is made of a piece
of sheet metal of a nearly semi-tubular or trough-like form, the concave side
of the trough being turned towards the paper in writing. In making metallic
pens according to our Invention, we form that part of the sheet of metal of
which the point is made of a concave instead of a convex form, that is to say,
the writing end of the pen is curved in a direction contrary to that of the
body of the pen, so that in writing the end of the pen presents a convex
figure to the paper, instead of a concave one as in the ordinary pen. By this
method of construction a rounded figure is presented to the paper, instead of
a hollow one, and there is no danger of either of the points of the pen catch-
ing the paper in making an up-stroke. Pens constructed according to our
Invention have an agreeable elasticity, and hold more ink than pens of the
ordinary construction.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Robinson Scartliff at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
August 1857.
J, JOHN ROBINSON SCARTLIFF, of Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford, Whitesmith, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS," to be as follows:-
My Invention refers mainly to the class of instruments termed drawing and
measuring instruments, such, for instance, as compasses, calipers, mining dials,
and others of the same nature, consisting of limbs or parts connected by
joints, my improvements being in the joints by which such limbs or parts are
connected. I propose to attach to these joints a scale, and for the purpose
of describing my Invention, I will take for example a pair of ordinary
drawing compasses or dividers, as the arrangement of the parts would with
slight variation in detail apply to the rest of the instruments named. The
head or joint part of the "he limb" has one half of its periphery toothed, to
work in a small pinion pinned in a slot in the shoulder of the "she limb."
Upon the face of this shoulder is placed a circular dial, engraved upon the
face in feet and inches; the rivet which secures the pinion carries a pointer or
index, which, as the compasses are opened, denotes to a given scale the
number of feet or inches which the points of the compasses may be asunder,
so that the ordinary scale or rule would not be required. Or the dial may
be placed upon the head of the "she limb," with a quadrant rack working in
a slot upon the shoulder of the same limb, and gearing into a small pinion

page_text: upon the shoulder of the "he limb." This pinion drives a toothed wheel
mounted upon the dial pin, between the two parts of the joint at the head of
the compasses, The quadrant rack, before named, may be used as a substitute
for the quadrant at present employed in compasses or dividers used by joiners
and others, and may be furnished with a similar adjusting screw and thumb
piece, which is for the purpose of maintaining the dividers opened to a given
point. For commoner purposes the dial may be placed upon the face of the
"she limb," and the pointer secured to the rivet which connects both parts
together.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN SEPARATING METALLIC SUBSTANCES FROM COFFEE, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Collingridge at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th August
1857.
I, HENRY COLLINGRIDGE, of 3, St. Aldates' Street, in the City of Oxford,
Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN SEPARATING METALLIC SUBSTANCES FROM COFFEE, AND IN THE
APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in separating metallic substances from coffee by
means of magnets or electro-magnets, which hold the metallic substances
while the coffee moves past them: and the apparatus which I employ for the
purpose consists of an inclined trough or slide, down which the coffee is
allowed to fall, and to the surface of which is applied a number of magnets
or electro-magnets, which attract to them the metallic substances, and retain
them while the coffee falls clear of them into a suitable receptacle.
THE MANUFACTURE OF GERMAN YEAST FROM FLOUR
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adolphe Hensel at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th January
1857.
I, ADOLPHE HENSEL, of No. 4, Stafford Place, Pimlico, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "THE MANUFACTURE OF GERMAN YEAST FROM FLOUR," to be as follows:-
In order to obtain ten pound weight of my German yeast from flour, I
take 2 lbs. of the flour of malted wheat, the same quantity of flour of malted
barley, and the same quantity of rye flour. To this mixture some water is
added of a temperature of 30 degrees Réanmur, and the mass is stirred until
it forms a thin paste. This paste is then brought to a temperature of 45
degrees Réanmur, by means of adding to it hot water. The mass is after-
wards cooled down to 30 degrees Reanmur; then I add 2 lbs. of wheat starch
previously dissolved in cold water; now 5 ounces of double carbonate of soda,
and 2 ounces of tartaric acid, severally dissolved in lukewarm water, are added
to it, together with 1 lbs. of common yeast. The mass will now, dependently
from the temperature of the atmosphere, require the adding of hot or cold
water, so as to have 27 degrees Réanmur of warmth, after which the mass
for a space of 12 hours is left to ferment. After this time this paste is to
be pressed through a hair sieve, when in the lapse of 8 or 10 hours the

page_text: yeast forms itself on the bottom of the cask. This yeast after being freed
from the covering water is put into double bags which are submitted to a
pressure, so as to freetit entirely of water for moisture, and the yeast is then
ready for use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE-PLACES AND STOVES
Year: 1857

page_text: This Invention received rovisional Irotection, out notice
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Taplin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd April 1857.
I, WILLIAM HENRY TAPLIN, of London, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE-PLACES AND STOVES," to be as follows:-
This Invention is intended to facilitate the extinction of fires in ordinary
fire-places and stoves at night or when otherwise desired.
In carrying this Invention into effect, it is proposed to make the grate or
grid loose (instead of a fixture as usual), and capable of being either turned
downwards on hinges or pivots, or of of sliding forwards or outwards, and to
employ a moveable pan or box under the grate, which may be closed with a
lid or cover; or a moveable door or screen may be placed in front of the ash-pit
to exclude the draught.
When it is desired to extinguish a fire, the pan or box is placed under the
grate, and the latter either turned down or slidden out, which will have the
effect of precipitating the burning fuel into the pan or box below. The pan
or box or the ash-pit is then closed, so as to exclude the draught, and the fire
will be quickly extinguished.
The use of this Invention will afford increased safety from fire, and at the
same time effect a considerable economy in the fuel employed.
AN IMPROVED TELL-TALE CLOCK OR TIME-KEEPER
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Marc Antoine François
Mennons at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 28th November 1857.-A communication.
I, MARC ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the British and Foreign Patent
Offices, 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 4, South
Street, Finsbury, London, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED TELL-TALE CLOCK OR TIME-KEEPER," to be as follows, that is to
say:
The Invention consists in the application to a clock or time-piece movement
of a mechanical arrangement which causes a trap to open when desired, that
is to say, every hour, half hour, and quarter of an hour, and maintains it in
this position for a greater or less space of time as required. The opening and
closing are effected by means of catches or triggers, which act on a lever fixed
to the dial of the clock: The opening of this trap permits the introduction
of a supply of numbered markers, or any other controlling medium, which
fall into receptacles fixed to a horizontal circular plate, worked by the same
escapement as the clock. These receptacles are numbered so as to correspond
with the figures on the dial. In this way the markers fall into the receptacles
which correspond respectively to the hours at which they were introduced.
This apparatus acts as a check on the going out or coming in of work people,
and for other similar purposes.
AN IMPROVED BREECH-LOADING FIRE- ARM, AND PROJECTILE TO BE USED THEREWITH
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Eade at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th August
1857.
1, THOMAS EADE, of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED BREECH-LOADING FIRE-
ARM, AND PROJECTILE TO BE USED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
The first part of this Invention relating to breech-loading fire-arms
consists in making the barrel with a moveable hinged breech to receive the
charge.
The second part relating to a projectile to be used with said fire-arm
consists in making a projectile or bullet with a hollow base and inclined
planes on the outside of the projectile. The hollow base keeps the weight
of the projectile in the front thereof and the wings ensure accuracy of flight
by causing said projectile to rotate.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILING PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edmund Burningham Curtis
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 19th November 1857.
I, JOHN EDMUND BURNINGHAM CURTIS, of St. James' Road, Croydon, in
the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILING PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for filing
papers and documents. For these purposes, each apparatus is made with a
flexible file of cord or other suitable material, which is constructed in such
manner as readily to be divided or severed in its length, and again connected
in order readily to admit of an intermediate paper or document being removed
when the two parts are separated, so as to leave the other papers or documents
on the two parts of the flexible file; the ends of the two parts of a flexible
file going again together and again acting as a single file, till an intermediate
document be again required to be removed without disarranging the other
papers or documents on the file. One end of the flexible file is made fast to
a paper board or suitable surface, the other is provided with a point to
penetrate the papers or documents, and when a second or more paper boards
are used with the same file, the flexible file is passed through such paper
boards. The fixed end of the flexible file may be fixed to one end of a box
or a drawer, or other receiver for papers or documents, and the several inter-
mediate paper boards may be formed to fit across such receivers. The parts
of a flexible file may be joined by screw or other suitable couplings.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SHUTTERS, WINDOWS, DOORS, &c.
Year: 1857

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David IIunter Brandon at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
April 1857.-A communication.
I, DAVID HUNTER BRANDON, of No. 7, Rue des Moulins, Paris, and No. 45,
Bedford Row, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declaro
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR
SHUTTERS, WINDOWS, DOORS, &c.," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to offer, 1°, greater facility, expedition, &
security in placing & retaining the bolts for shutters, etc.; 2°, greater facility
& expedition in extracting them; 3°, a means of keeping constantly closed
the aperture in the wall through which the bolt is inserted, which I effect in
the following manner:-The mode of fastening consists in the use of a bolt
provided with a bead on the external end, and a slotted hole on the other or
internal end, the distance between head & keyway depending on the thick-
ness of wall or shop front & shutter intended to be fastened.
In order to secure the bolt immediately on its being inserted, I taper its
point both on upper and lower face, & I fix on the face of wall inside the
building a plate, the inner side of which is provided with a sliding cottar pin,.
& the outer one with a slide or button connected with such cottar pin; the
point of bolt on being introduced presses against the cottar pin, which, being.
chanfered or tapered off at point of contact with said bolt, rises & allows a
free passage to same, untill the slot hole presenting itself immediately under

page_text: the cottar, this latter enters same, being impelled by a spring or simply by its
own gravity.
In order to extract the bolt it is necessary to raise the slide or button, the
inner side of which forms an inclined plane, which gradually expels the bolt
by pressing against its point; the same ascending motion of slide raises the 5
cottar pin completely out of the slot hole, & on the slide redescending, the
point of cottar pin thus liberated, exerting pressure against the tapered end of
bolt, expels it still further and completely disengages it.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MAKING BREAD AND PASTRY, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1857

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ebenezer Stevenns at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th October
1857.
I, EBENEZER STEVENNS, of Cambridge Road, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the naturo of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR MAKING BREAD AND PASTRY, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object, improvements in machinery for making
bread, pastry, and other similar articles; and consists in an improved machine
for mixing dough and other similar substances. The machine consists of a case
covered with a suitable lid, which case has a circular bottom, one end of
which case is conical, there being an outlet at the point of the cone through
which the dough or other similar substance is forced when sufficiently mixed.
When the dough or other substance is being mixed, this opening is closed by
means of a piston which fits the interior of the case. Through the other end
of the case an axis passes, on to which a cog wheel is attached, to which
In the end of this axis,
motion is communicated by any suitable means.
which projects into the case, there is a square slot into which the end of an
axis is dropped and held in securely by means of a pin, to which axis, blades,
set spirally, are attached, which knead and mix the dough or other substance;
the other end of this axis turns in a hole in the piston at the other end of the

page_text: When the dough or other substance is sufficiently mixed, the lid is
opened, and the axis to which the blades are attached is taken out of the case,
and the piston which was at the conical end is removed to the other end, and
a screw is introduced through a hole passing through the axis, in which hole
there is a screw thread which takes into the screw. The end of the screw fits
into a hole in the piston, and when the axis through which the screw passes is
caused to rotate, the screw forces the piston along the case, and the piston
forces out the dough or other substance at the conical end, where it may be
forced or allowed to fall into moulds of the required form.
The bottom of the case is formed double, in order that the kneading or
mixing chamber may be heated by means of steam or hot water if required;
the bottom of the case forming a stand for the machine.
Another part of my Invention consists in making the kneading chamber
and other parts of bread-making machines of enamelled iron.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROSCOPES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Rutt at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd April
1857.
I, WILLIAM RUTT, of No. 11, Sutton Place, Homerton, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MICROSCOPES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in microscopes. For this
purpose a microscope is made with a chamber at the end of the eye-glass tube,
suitable for inclosing the object glass of the microscope and also the object to
be viewed. The chamber is formed wholly, or for the most part, with the view
of shutting out the surrounding light, the light ordinarily being admitted
through an opening at the end of the chamber. Provision is, however, in some
cases, made for introducing light in at one side of the chamber; and the
chamber is so formed, that by applying an erecting glass and also a telescopic
object glass at the end of the chamber, and by removing the microscope object
glass, the instrument may be used as a telescope.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IRON RETORTS, SAFES, CISTERNS, OVENS, BOLLERS, CHESTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF IRON MANUFACTURE
Year: 1857

page_text: nis invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Thomas Crook at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th April 1857.
I, SAMUEL THOMAS CROOK, of Halifax, in the County of York, Ironmonger,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MODE OR METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IRON RETORTS, SAFES, CISTERNS, OVENS,
BOLLERS, CHESTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF IRON MANUFACTURE," to be as
follows:-
Instead of the usual methods of making or manufacturing retorts, safes,
&c., by casting them of molten metal in moulds, or making them of wrought
or malleable metal, by rivetting or dovetailing the sheets or plates together,
propose to weld sheets or plates of wrought or malleable iron together, to
the required shape, size, or configuration suitable for retorts, safes, or similar
purposes.
I
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edgar Brooks at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th April
1857.
I, EDGAR BROOKS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF FIRE-ARMS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in the following method of manufacturing
twisted barrels for fire-arms:-The iron rod is coiled upon a cylinder or
mandril into a helical form. The said helix after having been raised to a
welding heat is placed upon a bed or die, having a semi-cylindrical groove
in it, the said groove having a stop at one end. A roller, having a semi-
cylindrical groove, is passed over the heated helix or coil in the die, the said
roller passing from the open to the stopped end of the groove in the said die.
By this means the edges of the coiled rod are welded together. A steel tube
may be welded in the interior of the coil if thought desirable. The barrel may
either be tapered in making or be tapered afterwards.
My Invention consists, secondly, in the following methods of manu-
facturing the parts used to connect the barrel with the stock of the fire-
arm:-I cut or pierce the slots in the break-off into the required form, so as
exactly to fit the huts on the barrel in the following manner :-I fix the break-
off securely upon a piercing bed or tool, corresponding to the size of the slots
required. A punchi or tool also corresponding to the slots is then placed in

page_text: a holder or box, securely held by set screws. The said tool or punch is made
to revolve, or partially to revolve, which motion causes the punch to traverse
the required curve, so as exactly to fit the form of the huts on the barrels.
The required shape is given to the throat and back of the hut or breech
by fixing the barrel securely in a rest upon a lathe. Revolving cutters in
the lathe give the required figure to the said throat and back of the hut.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING STEREOSCOPEIC PICTURES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Seth Gill and Henry Newton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
19th November 1857.
We, SETH GILL, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Surgeon Dentist,
and HENRY NEWTON, of Liverpool aforesaid, Electroplater and Manufacturer
of Photographic Apparatus, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING STEREOSCOPEIC PICTURES," to be as follows (that
is to say)-
This Invention consists in obtaining the double image to form the stereo-
scopeic picture by a double reflector, and then taking the pictures by a camera
from the reflectors, which may consist of two silvered plates placed at a
convenient angle to each other.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STRIP AND HOOP IRON USED FOR MAKING WROUGHT-IRON TUBES, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1857

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Haden Hickman and Alfred
Hickman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 22nd January 1857.
We, GEORGE HADEN HICKMAN and ALFRED HICKMAN, of Bilston, in the
County of Stafford, Ironmasters, do hereby declare the nature of the Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STRIP AND HOOP
IRON USED FOR MAKING WROUGHT-IRON TUBES, AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in the method of manu-
facturing strip and hoop iron used for making wrought-iron tubes, and other
purposes. For this purpose, in place of rolling the iron to the widths desired,
and also in place of cutting iron rolled into sheets, by shears as heretofore
practised, the iron is, according to our Invention, rolled into a strip of the
thickness or guage desired, and is then passed through a pair of rotating
cutters, whereby the edges are cut or sheared away, so that the strip or hoop
is turned out perfectly smooth on the edge.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry Inskip at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd September
1857.
I, HARRY INSKIP, of Hertford, in the County of Hertford, Seed Crusher,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FIRE-ARMS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in fire-arms relates to the introduction of a
pin or spike in the breech of soldiers' muskets and other similar fire-arms,
which spike stands up from the breech and projects within the bore of the
gun, so that a cartridge, when rammed in the gun, is penetrated by this spike,
thus obviating the necessity of biting the cartridge before introducing it into
the gun. I place the bore of the nipple in communication with a passage
within the spike, to which passage there is an opening on either side to the
bore of the gun. Thus, when the gun is loaded, the sharp spike entering and
burying itself in the powder of the cartridge, places the powder in communi-
cation with the passage to the nipple, and this without biting or loosening the
powder of the cartridge in any way before loading the gun. Longitudinal
grooves formed in the sides of the spike at the apertures of the passage to the
nipple, I think of advantage.