IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES FOR RENDERING THEM WATERPROOF
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Bolton, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES FOR RENDERING THEM WATERPROOF."
Sealed the 15th June 1866, and dated the 19th December 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Bolton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
December 1865.
I, JAMES BOLTON, of Halifax, in the County of York, Boot and Shoe
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES FOR RENDERING THEM
WATERPROOF," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in placing a layer of "American leather cloth," or
of india-rubber cloth, or other waterproof cloth betwixt the top or upper
leather and the lining thereof.
Also in placing a layer of one or more of these articles, either alone or in
combination with 'a layer of "asphalte roofing felt" betwixt the in-sole and
out-sole, or the felt may be used alone.
A solution or paste of gutta percha is applied to fill the holes made by

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Bolton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
June 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
BOLTON, of Halifax, in the County of York, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Bolton, Her special licence that I, the said James Bolton, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Bolton, 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, éxercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES FOR RENDERING THEM WATERPROOF," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Bolton, my executors
or administrators, 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
mouths next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Bolton, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in placing a layer of "American leather cloth” or
of "india-rubber cloth," or other waterproof cloth betwixt the top or upper
leather and the lining thereof.
Also in placing a layer of one or more of these articles; either alone or in
combination with a layer of "asphalt roofing felt" betwixt the in-sole and
out-sole, or the felting may be used alone.

page_text: A solution or paste of gutta percha (or other substance not soluble in
water) may be applied to fill the holes made by "lasting" or stretching the
upper leather to the in-sole, and the out-sole is pegged or riveted on in the
usual manner.
The manner in which this Invention is to be performed or carried into
practical effect will be so obvious to those conversant with the manufacture
of boots and shoes that any further description thereof I deem unnecessary,
and the advantages to be derived from its application or use in keeping the
feet of the users dry and warm are self-evident, and consequently need no
explanation.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Bolton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named James Bolton in
the presence of
WM. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax.
JAMES BOLTON. (L.S.)