CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Armand Messager-Abit, of 39, Rue de
l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE TREATMENT OF FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Armand Messager-
Abit at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 28th June 1856.
I, CHARLES ARMAND MESSAGER-ABIT, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in
the Empire of France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OF FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in treating the plants called ligneum spartium, stypa
tenasissima, the chamaerops humilis, and the plants of the genera genista and
stypa, for the purpose of obtaining fibrous materials therefrom. The above-
named plants are first submitted to bruising cylinders. The fibres obtained
from this operation are afterwards straightened, then placed carefully in small
bundles, and carded, when in a cold state, in a suitable carding machine. This
operation being completed, the fibrous substances are dyed, twisted, and dried
by the ordinary processes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Armand Messager-Abit in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th December 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
AMAND MESSAGER ABIT, of 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, in the -Empire of
France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Charles Amand Messager Abit, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her
special license that I, the said Charles Amand Messager Abit, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Amand
Messager Abit, my executors, 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
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE TREATMENT OF FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Charles Amand Messager Abit, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Amand Messager Abit, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in treating the plants called ligneum spartium, stypa
tenasissama, the chamaerops humilis, and the plants of the genera genista and
stypa, for the purpose of obtaining fibrous materials therefrom. The above-
named.plants are first submitted to bruising cylinders. The fibres obtained
from this operation are afterwards straightened, then placed carefully in small
bundles, and carded, when in a cold state, in a suitable carding machine. This
operation being completed, the fibrous substances are dyed, twisted, and dried
by the ordinary processes.
I also treat the sparta or alpha, and the dwarf palm, and other plants of the
growth of Spain and Algeria, by the application of steam, by which, in con-

page_text: junction with the above processes, I am enabled to obtain a substitute for horse-
hair, which I call vegetable horse-hair; with the above-named plants I am
also enabled to manufacture by the ordinary processes paper pulp, carpets, and
cordage of every description.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what I claim is,-
First, the treating the plants ligneum spartium, stypa tenasissima, the
chamaerops humilis, and the plants of the genera genista and stypa, for
obtaining fibrous materials therefrom, as herein-before described.
Secondly, the treating the sparta or alpha, or the dwarf palm, and other
plants of the growth of Spain and Algeria, for the production of a substitute
for horse-hair by the application of steam, such plants being also applicable to
the manufacture of paper pulp, carpets, and cordages..
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Amand Messager Abit, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
C. A. MESSAGER ADIT. (L.S.)