A NEW MACHINE FOR RELEAVING OF ALL SHIPS THAT ARE AFFECTED OR TROUBLED WITH WATER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, BY THE HELP OF A PUMP
Year: 1771

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
STOREY, of North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, Shipwright, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I, the said James Storey, did, by my Petition, humbly repre-
sent unto His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, that
by long study and experience, and at a great expence, I had found out and
Invented "A NEW MACHINE FOR RELEAVING OF ALL SHIPS THAT ARE AFFECTED OR
TROUBLED WITH WATER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, BY THE HELP OF A PUMP;" and
that in regard to the great advantages that would arise to this Kingdom from
the said new-invented machine, and to the great labour and expence of me,
the Petitioner, and in rendering the same perfect and compleat, I therefore
most humbly prayed His said Majesty that He would be graciously pleased
to grant unto me, my executors, admors, and assigns, His Royal Letters
Patent for the sole use and benefit of the said Invention, within that part of
His Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of fourteen years pursuant to the
Statute in that case made and provided; His said Majesty, being willing to
give encouragement to all arts and inventions which might be for the publick
good, was graciously pleased to condescend to my request, and therefore, by
His Royal Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the Eighteenth day
of July, in the eleventh year of His reign, of His especial grace, certain
knowledge, and meer motion, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did give
and grant unto me, the said James Storey, my executors, adiñors, and assigns,
His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said

page_text: James Storey, my executors, adiñors, and assigns, and every of us, by myself
and ourselves, or by mine and our deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or
such others as I, the said James Storey, my executors, admors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make,. use, exercise, and vend my Invention within that part of
this Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner to me, the said James Storey,
my executors, adiñors, or assigns, or any of us, should in our discretions seem
meet, and that I, the said James Storey, my executors, adiñors, and assigns,
should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, com-
modity, and advantage from time to time coming, growing, accrewing, and
arising by reason of the said Invention, for and during the term of years
therein mentioned, to have hold, exercise, and enjoy the licence, powers, privi-
ledges, and advantages therein-before granted, or mentioned to be granted unto
me, the said James Storey, my executors, adiñiors, and assigns, for and during
and unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of the said
Letters Patent next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be compleat and
ended, according to the Statute in such case made and provided; in which
said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that if I, the said James Storey,
should not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and scal, and cause the same to be inrolled in
His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within four kalender months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the
said Letters Patent, and all libertys and advantages whatsoever thereby
granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything therein
contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding, as in and by
the said recited Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had, more fully and
at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Storey, in compliance with
the said proviso, do hereby, and by the Plans hereunto annexed, which is
hereby referred to, describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as follows (that is to
say)-
Number 1. A, the pillar which supports the machine; B, the beam or
lever; C, the beam head; D, the frustrum which communicates to and nioves
E, the quadrangular wheel, which gives motion to F, the semicircular wheel
ballanced by G, the swing or fly; H, the crank raised by the lever which moves

page_text: I, the pinion, moving also the K, the tooth wheel connected to L, the great water
wheel; M, the watercourse rising from N, the pump. Number 2. A, the lever
which raises B the crank, and moves on its centre C, the frustrumi, thence moving
D, the second beam or lever, to which are fixed E, the four pumps. F, the
frame of the machine. Number 3. A, the lever or beam, to which is hung
B, a weight proportioned to the quantity of water to be raised; C, the axle
of D, the beam head; E, the frustrum and crank; F, the chain and pumps;
G, the frame of the machine. Number 4. A, the lever or beam; B, the
bean head; C, the chain and pump which supplys D, the bucket, with water,
and becomes a balance for E, the full corf of coals; F, the empty bucket
rising with the corf; G, the roller; H, the shaft or pitt mouth; I, the
convoy or brake; K, the pillar supporting the roller; L, the valves of the
pump.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Storey, have hereunto sett my
hand and seal, the Fifteenth day of November, in the twelfth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of
God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and seventy-one.