IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOW JARS, LAMPS, SIGNALS, AND LIGHTHOUSES, AND OTHER METHODS OF ILLUMINATION
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Henry Fielden, of No. 35, Castle Street,
Holborn, in the City of London, Commercial Traveller, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOW JARS, LAMPS, SIGNALS, AND LIGHTHOUSES, AND
OTHER METHODS OF ILLUMINATION."
Scaled the 5th September 1862, and dated the 30th April 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Henry Fielden
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 30th April 1862.
I, ALFRED HENRY FIELDEN, of No. 35, Castle Street, Holborn, in the City.
of London, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOW JARS, LAMPS, SIGNALS, AND LIGHTHOUSES,
AND OTHER METHODS OF ILLUMINATION," to be as follows:-
The objects of the said Invention are, firstly, to reduce the weight of show:
jars, and at the same time to increase the brilliancy of the same by the use of
glass rods or tubes, bent or straight, either white or colored glass, or of white
glass filled with colored liquids, and so disposed and arranged as to admit of
the said tubes or rods being illuminated inside the circle formed by the said
rods or tubes, or by means of light reflected through the said rods or tubes.
Secondly, to make a marked distinction in the colors used, and in the

page_text: nature of the light thrown out, the rays of color being distinct, according to
the colors used, being a great difference and improvement on the present
show jars now in use.
Thirdly, in using this method of illumination for signal purposes, such as
lighthouses, where the combination of colors used would give to that place a
positive character, the disposition and colors of the tubes used at once deciding
the position of the lighthouse or signal.
Fourthly, the light to be employed for the said show jars, lamps, signals, or
lighthouses to be of any description suitable to the place and position of the
said show jars, lamps, signals, or lighthouses, as desired or required, aided by
lenses and reflectors.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows the light as applied to a lighthouse; it admits of various
changes of form and colors.
Figure shows the light applied to a signal lamp.
Figure 3 shows the light as applied to a show jar or lamp, admitting of any
style of ornamentation or arrangement of colors.
Figure 4 is a section of the same, showing a frame half filled with tubes,
the space in the centre for lamps, lenses, and reflectors.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of g
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details so long as the method of using the rods or tubes is the
same.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Henry Fielden in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 29th October 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, ALFRED
HENRY FIELDEN, of No. 35, Castle Street, Holborn, in the City of London,
Commercial Traveller, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters 3
Patent, bearing date the
day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Alfred Henry Fielden, Her special licence that I, the

page_text: said Alfred Henry Fielden, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Alfred Henry Fielden, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHOW JARS, LAMPS, SIGNALS, AND
LIGHTHOUSES, AND OTHER METHODS OF ILLUMINATION," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Alfred Henry Fielden, my executors or administra
tors, 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Henry Fielden, 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
The objects of the said Invention arc, firstly, to reduce the weight of show
jars, and at the same time to increase the brilliancy of the same, by the use of
glass rods or tubes, bent or straight, either white or coloured glass, or white
glass filled with coloured liquids, and so disposed and arranged as to admit of
the said tubes or rods being illuminated inside the circle formed by the said
rods or tubes, or by means of light reflected through the said rods or tubes.
Secondly, to make a marked distinction in the colours used, and in the
nature of the light thrown out, the rays of colour being distinct according to
the colours used, being a great difference and improvement on the present
show jars, lamps, signals, and lights in lighthouses now in use.
Thirdly, in using this method of illumination for signal purposes, such as
lighthouses and railways, where the combination of colours used would give to
that place a position and positive character, the disposition of the tubes and
colours used at once deciding the position of the lighthouse or signal.
Fourthly, the light to be employed for the said show jars, signals, lamps, or
lighthouses to be of any description suitable to the place and position of the
said show jars, lamps, signals, or lighthouses, as desired or required, aided by
lenses and reflectors.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows the light as applied to a lighthouse; it admits of various
changes of form and colours.
Fig. 2 shows the light applied to a signal lamp.
Fig. 3 shows the light as applied to a show jar, admitting of any style of
ornamentation or arrangement of colours.
Fig. 4 is a section of the same, showing the frame half filled with tubes,
the space in the centre for lamps, lenses, and reflectors.
Fig. 5 shows the light applied to a lamp for either ornamental or business
purposes.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood I do not confine myself to
the precise details so long as the methods of useing the rods or tubes is the
same.
In witness whereof I, the said Alfred Henry Fielden, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this
day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ALFRED HENRY FIELDEN. (L.S.)