AN IMPROVED MODE OF MANUFACTURING CEREALINE
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Vincent Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughts-
man, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MODE OF MANUFACTURING
CEREALINE." A communication from abroad by James Brown, of the City'
of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Sealed the 23rd September 1864, and dated the 16th April 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th April 1864.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66; Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare the
nature of-the said Invention- for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF MANUFACTURING
CEREALINE," to be as follows:-
In manufacturing cerealine according to this Invention, the wheat or other.
grain from which it is to be obtained is first deprived of its external coat or
bran, by preference, by means of machinery constructed according to Letters
Patent granted to me 12th October 1861 (No. 2555,) or by any other suitable
means. The unbranned grain is ground in an ordinary flour mill, and the
meal produced is bolted in the usual manner. The coarser products of the
bolting, consisting of starch, gluten, and cerealine are, by preference, reground.
and bolted again, but this is not essential. In either case the coarser products
of the bolting, will be found to contain the cerealine in a much larger pro-

page_text: portion than the finer grades. The cerealine being soluble in water while the
gluten and woody fibre with which it is associated are insoluble, the products are
treated with water to dissolve out the cerealine, and the solution is evaporated
to dryness when the cerealine is wanted in a dry form; when, however, a paste
containing cerealine is wanted, the solution of cerealine is used to compose the
paste. The cerealine in a dry state may be put up in packages for use, or it
may be mixed with the finer products of the bolting, consisting of cerealine,
starch, and gluten, and put up in a pulverulent form, or the finer grades of
the products above mentioned may be mixed with the water containing the
cerealine in solution, and converted into a paste which may be rolled or
pressed and cut into wafers or cakes of other desired forms, or by a vermicelli
machine may be made into tubular or vermicular forms, which when dry will
be ready for use. In this way the cerealine, which is physiologically considered
the most valuable element in grain, by being converted into convenient and
portable forms ready for sale and use, is utilized for the purposes of food and
nourishment, and applicable to the human system in its most beneficial and
nutritive condition. The articles thus produced, owing to the presence therein
of a large proportion of glutinous ingredients, are peculiarly adapted for shipment
to warm climates or on long voyages, as they will keep without deterioration
for long periods of time. In their dietetic use they possess all of the merits
and none of the disadvantages attending the ordinary miller's bran which is so
frequently prescribed for dyspepsia.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Vincent Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office, on
the 13th October 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, Her special license that I; the said
Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time

page_text: 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 Inven-
tion for." AN IMPROVED MODE OF MANUFACTURING, CEREALINE," being a com-
munication from. James Brown, of the City of Philadelphia, in the State of
Pennsylvania, United States of America, upon the condition, amongst others,
that I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, 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 Alfred Vincent Newton, do hereby
déclare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement. (that is to say.):
Cercaline is a recently discovered substance analogous to gluten, but distinct
therefrom. It has been ascertained by chemical investigation to be the
nutritive and digestive principle of wheat and other grain. Prior to this dis
covery nearly the whole of the cerealine was lost in ordinary miller's bran,
and treated as offal, and applied to the feeding of beasts. When originally
discovered it was obtained intermixed with, many impurities by regrinding the
ordinary millers' bran, and then bolting it one. or more times; and the sole
purpose for which it was thus obtained was to use it in bread-making by
mixing it with the dough in a certain proportion. after the process of fermen
tation had progressed to a certain point, it having been found. that an excess
of cerealine in the dough had the effect of. darkening the flour after fermen:
tation, in conseqence of which result the cerealine could not be wholly utilized.
By the Invention or discovery communicated to me by my foreign corre-
spondent, the cerealine is, however, obtained in a much purer form, and: in
such quantities that it may be employed in any proportion desired as the basis
of. articles of. food: and. diet specially prepared, as herein-after mentioned; for
developing and applying the valuable qualities of this substance to household
use and the purpose of hospitals, sick rooms, and nurseries.
The improved mode of procuring the cerealine for the purpose named is as
follows:-The wheat or other grain. is first deprived of its external coat or
bran by means of machinery constructed according to Letters Patent granted
to me as a communication from Samuel Bentz, of the United States, bearing
date February Eleventh, One thousand. eight hundred and sixty-two, or by any
other approved apparatus which will strip off. the external coating without

page_text: abrading the kernel or seed.
The grain having been unbranned is ground in
an ordinary flour mill, and the meal produced is bolted in the usual manner.
It has been found by experience preferable to regrind the coarser products of
the bolting, consisting of starch, gluten, and cerealine, and to bolt them again,
'but this is not essential. The coarser products of the bolting will in either
case be found to contain the cerealine in a much larger proportion than the
finer grades. As the cerealine is soluble in water while the gluten and woody
fibre with which it is associated are not soluble, this property of the cerealine
affords a ready means of separating it from the substances with which it.is
combined; thus the products of the bolting are immersed in water and the
cerealine is dissolved out. When the cerealine is wanted in a dry form the
water is driven off by the application of heat, but when a paste containing
cerealine is wanted, the solution of the cerealine may be used to compose the
paste. The cerealine when thus procured in a dry state may be put up in
packages for use, or it may be mixed with the finer products of the bolting,
consisting of cerealine, starch, and gluten, and put up in a pulverulent form,
or the finer grades of the products above mentioned may be mixed with the
water containing the cerealine in solution and converted into a paste, which
may be rolled or pressed and cut into wafers or cakes of desired forms and
sizes, or by a vermicelli machine may be made into tubular or vermicular forms,
which when dry will be ready. for use. In this way the cerealine, which
physiologically considered is the most valuable element in grain, by being
converted into convenient and portable forms ready for sale and use, is utilized
for the purposes of human food, and applicable to the human system in its
most beneficial and nutritive condition. Edible articles produced as above
indicated, owing to the presence therein of a large proportion of glutinous
ingredients, are peculiarly adapted for shipment to warm climates or for use
on long voyages, as they will keep without deterioration for long periods of
time. In their dietetic use they possess all of the merits and none of the
disadvantages attending the ordinary miller's bran which is so frequently pre-
cribed for dyspepsia. The woody and siliceous portions of the bran are
irritating and injurious to the stomach, but by the improved method of pre-
paring the articles they are all removed, and the benefit of the cerealine, which
is the valuable element in the bran, is thus obtained in its fullest extent
without the accompanying disadvantages.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of an improved mode
of manufacturing cerealine, as communicated to me by my foreign corre-
spondent, and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish
it to be understood, that under the above in part recited Letters Patent, I

page_text: claim obtaining cerealine from the meal of wheat or other grain containing
the same, which grain has been submitted, previously to grinding, to the
unbranning process by dissolving out the cerealine, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Vincent Newton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66; Chancery Lane.
A. V. NEWTON. (L.S.)