Marginal Index for Bibles and other Books.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Marginal Index for Bibles and other Books.
I, BYRON LAING, of the Village of Acton, in the County of Halton, in the
Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in marginal indexes for Bibles and books.
alphabetically arranged, stamped upon the face or edges of the leaves of the closed
book, the index being so arranged that throughout there shall be intervening spaces,.
rendering the index of the several books or sections very separate and distinct,
at the same time reading parallel with the text, and exact to a leaf in opening.
This is also accomplished by bringing the index of two consecutive books or
sections into close proximity by the device of placing the index of these consecutive
books together at the end of the one and the beginning of the other. Distinctness
of the whole is further obtained, when necessary, by the division of the entire index
into sections as hereinafter specified. To secure exactness in opening to any desired.
book of the Bible, or section of other books, small pieces of the thinest suitable
material, leather being preferable, are attached to the leaf upon which the one
book or section ends, and the other begins, the proper index for the books or
sections, at every point, being close to the said pieces; these pieces clasp the leaf,
and project just sufficiently beyond the edge to be seen, and at the same time serve
for the thumb or finger to press upon, causing the book to open at the desired place
with exactness.
These pieces, when pinked and of different colors, lend a very attractive appear-
ance to the face of the book.
The objects of my invention being, First, in books of complex arrangement, to
facilitate reference by a parallel reading, and the greatest possible compactness,
Second, to afford facilities for the opening of the book at any desired place, and
Third, in Bibles, by the division of the index into sections by means of colored
indexes at the Psalms, the minor prophecis, the New Testament, and the shorter
Epistles, to make confusion less liable.
In the drawing, A indicates the covers, B the leaves, and C the indexes. These
indexes may be used as seen in Figure 1, of a Bible, and also in other forms of
books as shown in Figure 2. D represents the pinked attachments attached to the
leaves opposite to their respective indexes as described.
Dated this 6th day of June 1890.
JOHN HENDRY,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Marginal Index for Bibles and other Books.
I, BYRON LAING, of the Village of Acton, in the County of Halton, in the
Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in marginal indexes for Bibles and books
alphabetically arranged, stamped upon the face or edge of the leaves of the closed
book, the index being so arranged that throughout there shall be intervening spaces
rendering the index of the several books very separate and distinct, at the same
time reading parallel with the text and exact to a leaf in opening. This is accom-
plished by bringing the index of two consecutive books or sections into close

page_text: proximity by the device of placing the index of these consecutive books together at
the end of the one and the beginning of the other. Distinctness of the whole is
further obtained, when necessary, by the division of the entire index into sections,
as hereinafter specified. To secure exactness in opening to any desired book of the
Bible or section of other books, small pieces of the thinnest suitable material,
leather being preferable, are attached to the leaf' upon which the one book or
section ends and the other begins, the proper index for the books or sections, at
every point being close to the said pieces. These pieces, clasping the leaf and
projecting just sufficiently beyond the edge of the same to be seen, and at the same
time serve for the thumb or finger to press upon, causing the book to open at the
desired place with exactness. These pieces, when pinked and of different colors,
lend a very attractive appearance to the face of the book.
The objects of my invention are, First-in books of complex arrangement, to
facilitate reference by a parallel reading and the greatest possible compactness,
Second To afford facilities for the opening of the book to any desired place, and
Third In Bibles, by the division of the index into sections by means of colored
indexes at the Psalms, minor prophecies, the New Testament, and the shorter
Epistles, to make confusion less liable.
I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the drawing left with the
Provisional Specification, in which:
Figure 1 represents a Bible opened at the first index (at Exodus), and showing a
pinked attachment in full, and the others in position.
Figure 2 is a face elevation of a closed book, showing very fully my method"
applied alphabetically.
In the drawing, A indicates the covers, B the leaves, and C the indexes. These
indexes may be used as seen in Figure 1, in the Bible, and also in other forms of
books, as shown in Figure 2. D represents the pinked projections attached to the
leaves opposite to their respective indexes, as described.
I am aware that the device of stamping indexes on the edge of a book, is in itself
not new, and therefore do not claim such as my invention, but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st. In a marginal index for books, stamped upon the face of a closed book, the
index, C, placed at the end of one book or section and the beginning of the follow-
ing, to bring the index of two consecutive books or sections into one substantially
as described and set forth.
2nd. The lettering of the index, C, to read parallel with the text, substantially
as shown.
3rd. In a marginal index for books, the pinked projections, D, attached to the
leaves of the book with the index, C, arranged and combined substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Fourteenth day of January 1891.
JOHN HENDRY,
Agent.