A NEW METHOD OF REFINING COPPER ON THE TEST BY AIR AND BLAST WITH PROPER FURNACES AND WITH SEA COALS, WHEREBY THE COPPER IS PURIFIED AND REFINED AT ONE OPERATION, WITH LESS CHARGE OF FIRE OR LOSS OF COPPER, OR THE MATERIALS VSED AS FLUXES, THAN BY ANY WAY HITHERTO KNOWN, AND WHEREBY THE WORST COPPER IS MADE FIT FOR THE BEST VSES
Year: 1722

page_text: GEORGE, by the grace of God, &c., to all to whom these Presents shall
come greeting.
WHEREAS our trusty and welbeloved GEORGE MOORE, of Lambeth, in our
County of Surrey, Merchant, hath, by his petičon humbly represented vnto
vs, that he hath for twenty years last past and upward cheefly employed
himself in the refining of metals, and by repeated tryals and at a great
expence hath at last invented and brought to perfection "A NEW METHOD OF
REFINING COPPER ON THE TEST BY AIR AND BLAST WITH PROPER FURNACES AND
WITH SEA COALS, WHEREBY THE COPPER IS PURIFIED AND REFINED AT ONE OPERATION,
WITH LESS CHARGE OF FIRE OR LOSS OF COPPER, OR THE MATERIALS VSED AS FLUXES,
THAN BY ANY WAY HITHERTO KNOWN, AND WHEREBY THE WORST COPPER IS MADE FIT
FOR THE BEST VSES;" wherefore, and for that he is the first inventor and bringer
of the said method into publick vse, he hath humbly prayed vs to grant him our
Royal Letters. Patent for the sole vse and benefit of his said Invention, for
the term of fourteen years, according to the Statute in such case made and
provided, wee being willing to give encouragement to all arts and inventions
which may be of publick vse and benefit, are gratiously pleased to gratify him.
in his request.
KNOW YEE, THEREFORE, that wee, of our especial grace, certain know-
ledge, and meer.meçon, have given and granted, and by these Presents for vs,
our heis and successors, do give and grant vnto the said George Moore, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, especial lycence,

page_text: full power, sole priviledge, and authority, that he, the said George Moore, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, by himself or them-
selves, or by his or their deputy or deputies, servant or agents, or such
others as he, the said George Moore, his executors, administrators, or assignes,
shall at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
during the term of years herein expressed, shall and lawfully may exercise,
work, vse, and enioy, within that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
his said new Invention as above described, in such manner as to him, the said
George Moore, his exccutors, administrators, and assignes, or any of them,
shall in their discretions seem mect, and that he, the said George Moore,
his executors, administrators, and assignes, shall and lawfully may have and
lawfully may have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, comodity, and advantage
from time to time coming, growing, accruing, and ariseing by reason of the
said Invention, for and during the full term of years herein menconed; to have,
hold, exercise, and enioy the said lycence, powers, priviledges, and advantages
herein-before granted or menconed to be granted vnto the said George Moore,
his executors, administrators, for and vnto the full end and term of fourteen
years from the day of the date of these Presents next and immediately
ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended according to the Statute in such
case made and provided. And to the end that the said George Moore, his
executors, administrators, and assignes, and every of them, may have and
enioy the full benefit and the sole vse and exercise of the said Invention,
according to our gratious intention herein-before declared, wee do by these
Presente, for vs, our heirs and successors, require and strictly command all
and every person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, and all other
our subiects whatsoever, of what estate, quality or degree, name or con-
dičon soever they be in that said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed,
aforesaid, that neither they or any of them at any of them at any time
during the continuance of the said term of fourteen years hereby granted
either directly do make, vse, or put in practice the said Invention or any part of
the same so attained vnto by the said George Moore, as aforesaid, nor in any
wise counterfeit, imitate or resemble the same, nor shall make, or cause to be
made any addition thereunto or substracčon from the same whereby to pretend
himself or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof,
without the lycence, consent, or agreement of the said George Moore, his
executors, administrators, or assignes in writing, vnder his or their hande and
seals first had and obtained in that behalfe, vpon such pains and penalties as

page_text: can or may be iustly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our
royal comand; and further, to be answerable to the said George Moore; his
executors, administrators, and assignes, according to law, for his and their
damages thereby occasioned. And, moreover, wee. do by these Presents, for.vs,
our heirs and successors, will and command all and singular the justices of the
peace, mayors, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers
and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires and successors, for the time being,
that they or any of them do not, nor shall at any time hereafter during the
said terme hereby granted, in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the saint
George Moore, his executors, administrators or assignes, or any of them, or
his, or their, or any of their deputies, servante, or agente, in or about the due
and lawfull vse or exercise of the aforesaid Invenčon or any thing relating
thereto Provided always, and these our Letters Patente are and shall be vpon
this condition, that if at any time during the said terme hereby granted it shall
be made appear, to vs, our heirs and successors, or any six or more of our or
their Privy Council, that this our grant is contrary to law, or preiudicial or
inconvenient to our subiects in general, or that the said Invention is not a new
Invention as to the publick vse and exercise thereof within that said part of
our Kingdom of Great Britain called, England, our Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed, aforesaid, or not invented and found out by the
said George Moore, as aforesaid, then vpon signification and declaration thereof
to be made by vs, our heirs or successors vnder our or their signet or privy
seal, or by the Lorde and others of our or their Privy Council, or any six or
more of them, vnder their hande, these our Letters Patents shall forthwith
cease, determine, and be, vtterly void to all intente and purposes, any thing
herein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding:
Provided also that these our Letters Patente or any thing herein contained
shall not extend or be construed to extend to give priviledge to the said George
Moore, his executors, administrators, or assignes, or any of them to vse or
imitate any Invention or work whatsoever which hath heretofore been found
out or invented by any other of our subiects whatsoever, and publickly vsed
or. exercised within, that, said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called.
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-vpon-Tweed;
aforesaid, vnto whom like Letters Patents or priviledges have been already,
granted, for the sole vse, exercise, and benefit thereof, it being our will and
pleasure that, the said. George Moore, his executors, administrators, and
assignes, and all and every other person and persons to whom like Letters,
Patents or priviledges have been already granted, as aforesaid, shall distinctly.
vse and practice their several inventions by them. invented and found out

page_text: according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective Letters
Patente, and of these Presente: Provided likewise nevertheless, and these
our Letters Patents are vpon this express condicon, that if the said George
Moore, his executors, or administrators, or any person or persons which shall or
may at any time or times hereafter during the continuance of this grant, have
or claime any right, title, or interest in law or equity of, in, or to the power,
priviledge, and authority of the sole vse and benefit of the said Invention
hereby granted, shall make any transferr or assignment, or any pretended
transferr or assignment of the said liberty and priviledge, or any share or shares
of the benefit or profit thereof, or shall declare any trust thereof, to or for any
number of persons exceeding the number of five, or shall open or cause to be
opened any book or books for publick subscriptions, to be made for any number
of persons exceeding the number of five, in order to raise any summe or sums of
money vnder pretence of carrying on the said liberty or priviledge hereby
granted, or shall by himself or themselves, or his or their agents or servant?
receive any suite or sumes of money whatsoever, of any number of persons
exceeding the number of five, for such or the like intents or purposes, or shall
presume to act as a corporate body, or shall divide the benefit of these our
Letters Patents, or the liberty and priviledge hereby by vs granted, into any
number of shares exceeding the number of five, or shall committ or do or pro-
cure to be committed or done, any act, matter, or thing whatsoever during such
time as such person or persons shall have any right or title, either in law or
equity, in or to the said premisses which would be contrary to contrary to the
truc intent and meaning of a certain Act of Parliament, made in the sixth year
of our reign, entituled, (An Act for the better securing certain Powers and Privi-
ledges intended to be granted by His Maiesty by Two Charters for Assurance of
Ships and Merchandizes at Sea, and for lending Money vpon Bottomry, and for
restraining several extravagant and vnwarrantable Practices therein mentioned,)
if these our Letters Patents had not been granted, or in case the said power,
priviledge, or authority, shall at any time hereafter become vested in or in
trust for more than the number of one persons, or their representatives at any
one time (reckoning executors or administrators as and for the single person
whom they represent, as to such interest as they are or shall be intituled vnto
in right of such their testator or intestate), that then and in any of the said
cases these our Letters Patents, and all liberties, priviledges and advantages
whatscover hereby granted, shall vtterly cease, determine, and become void,
anything herein-before contained to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwith-
standing. And lastly, wee do by these Presents, for vs, our heirs and suc-
ressors, grant vnto the said George Moore, his executors, administrators, and

page_text: assignes, that these our Letters Patente, or the inrollment or the exempli-
ficačon thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient,
and effectuall in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof,
and shall be taken, construed, and adiudged in the most favourable and bene-
ficial sense for the best advantage of the said George Moore, his executors,
administrators, and assignes, as well in all Courts of Record as elsewhere,
and by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of vs, our heires
and successors, within that said part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed aforesaid,
and amongst all and every the subiect of vs, our heirs and successors, what-
soever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing
the nature or quality of the said Invention, or of the materials thereto
conduceing or belonging.
In writnace Ren
Witness our colfo at Westminston the One-and-tmontieth
day of April.
By Writt of Privy Seal.