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IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR TAKING AND APPLYING VACCINE MATTER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Rice and William
Matthews at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 18th November 1853.
We, JAMES RICE, of Foley Place, in the County of Middlesex,
Surgeon, and WILLIAM MATTHEWS, of Portugal Street, in the same
County, Surgical Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR TAKING AND
APPLYING VACCINE MATTER" to be as follows:-
'This Invention consists of combining parts into an instrument to
facilitate the taking and applying vaccine matter. For this purpose
a cylinder or barrel is used, having within it a piston moveable by a
piston rod in the manner of a syringe. To the piston is applied a
grooved point which is capable of being passed out from and drawn
back through the end of the cylinder or barrel. The outer end of the
barrel is made somewhat concave, and there is a small hole in the
centre for the passage of the puncturing point. On the interior of the

page_text: end is a small chamber through which the pivot passes. The piston
rod is moved outwards by pressure, and is by preference brought back
by a spring. The quantity of motion given to the piston may be
adjusted by a screw nut, or otherwise. In using the instrument to
take vaccine matter, the outer end is applied against the place, and the
puncturing point pressed outwards; the piston and point are then
allowed to move back, and the vacuity in the small chamber caused
by the moving back of the piston will be filled by the vaccine matter.
When such matter is to be applied the end of the instrument is to be
placed on the part of the skin, and the point in passing outwards will
carry with it the vaccine matter and apply it by puncturing the skin.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CASES FOR CONTAINING HATS IN CHURCHES AND SIMILAR SITUATIONS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Vivian at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EDWARD VIVIAN, of Torquay, in the County of Devon, Banker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CASES FOR CONTAINING HATS IN CHURCHES AND SIMILAR SITUATIONS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the making of hassocks for use in
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churches, and similar situations, in the form of a box with a lid.
box serving to contain a hat, the lid may be covered with a cushion, if
required, for kneeling upon. The cover or lid of the box being
extended, or the upper portion of the sides of the box expanded out-
wards, to suit the contour of the rim of the hat, and afford space at the
lower part of each box of a series for the insertion of the feet whilst
sitting.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN KINDS OF CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Edwards Lilly at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 17th September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS EDWARDS LILLY, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN KINDS OF CARRIAGES" to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to such carriages or vehicles as have but one
pair of wheels, and are connected with the axle by means of springs,
such as Hansom cabs. My said Invention consists in connecting the
step by which the driver mounts to his seat with the axle of the said
carriage, instead of with the body or springs thereof, and also in con-
necting the iron or frame on which luggage is placed underneath the
vehicle with the said axle, instead of with the body of the carriage, as
is usually done. By thus connecting the said step and luggage iron
with the axle, instead of with the body or spring of the carriage, the
balance of the said carriage is not disturbed by the said luggage, and
the shaking of the said carriage and disturbance of its balance produced
in ordinary cabs when the driver mounts his seat is avoided.
A CERTAIN IMPROVED CEMENT FOR CLOSING STEAM OR OTHER JOINTS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Howarth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the-Act.)
I, THOMAS HOWARTH, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster,
Chemist, &c., do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A CERTAIN IMPROVED CEMENT FOR CLOSING STEAM OR OTHER JOINTS" to
be as follows:-
My improved cement, which I call the "Vulcan Cement" is
applicable for closing all kinds of steam joints, gas joints, and water
joints, and for other similar purposes, and is capable of withstand-
ing any required amount of heat or pressure. To prepare the said
cement I take the following ingredients, viz :
Of levigated litharge
Of common whiting
Of Welsh ochre
Of super-acetate of lead
Of sulphate of zinc
Of Venetian red
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4 parts.
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page_text: These several ingredients, in the proportions above named, or
thereabouts, must first be well mixed together in a powdered state.
When the cement is required for use take a sufficient quantity of
the above compound, and having heated it in order to evaporate or
discharge all moisture, mix it whilst warm with a sufficient quantity
of boiled oil to bring it to the consistency required, and use the
cement immediately.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN WASHING OR SCOURING WOOL, AND FABRICS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OR PARTLY OF THAT MATERIAL
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Murgatroyd at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 8th December 1858.
I, BENJAMIN MURGATROYD, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Dyer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WASHING OR SCOURING WOOL, AND FABRICS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OR
PARTLY OF THAT MATERIAL," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the use of potash in combination with
saponaceous substances.
The compound may be formed by mixing potash with any of the
soaps ordinarily used for washing or scouring; one method I adopt
is to add potash to oleine, or substances of that immediate class, so
as to combine with the fatty matter and leave an excess of the alkali.
A METHOD OF DRIVING SHAFTING SO AS TO OBTAIN TWO REVOLUTIONS OF A SCREW OR OTHER SHAPT TO ONE REVOLUTION OF A DRIVING SHAFT, OR TO OBTAIN THE CONVERSE RESULT
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Nesserwanjee Ardaseer at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th July 1853.
I. NESSERWANJEE ARDASEER, of Bombay, in the Honorable East
India Company's Service, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A METHOD OF DRIVING SHAFTING SO AS TO OBTAIN TWO
REVOLUTIONS OF A SCREW OR OTHER SHAPT TO ONE REVOLUTION OF A DRIVING
SHAFT, OR TO OBTAIN THE CONVERSE RESULT," to he as follows:-
On the extremity of the steam engine shaft I mount a wheel or disc
with three channels or grooves drawn from periphery to periphery, and
intersecting in the centre of the wheel or disc. On the screw shaft I
mount a three throw crank or wheel with three projecting studs or pins
placed near the periphery, and equidistant from each other. The pro-
jecting studs or pins from the crank or from the wheel are brought into
the channels or grooves of the larger disc on the steam engine shaft.
The screw shaft will be found to make two revolutions to every
revolution of the engine shaft. By changing the discs, that is, mounting

page_text: the small one on the driving shaft, and the large one on the screw or
other shaft, then for every two revolutions of the engine shaft the screw
would only make one revolution.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Morgan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th March 1858.
(This Invention did not proceed, the Law Officer having refused
Provisional Protection.)
I, JOSEPH MORGAN, Tin Plate Worker, in the employment of Tyler
and Pace, of Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES OR
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS," to be as
follows:-
I take a receiver made of vulcanized caoutchouc, or other similar
yielding material, in which a vacuum is formed by pressure alternately
applied and withdrawn.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PISTONS AND STUFFING BOXES OF ENGINES MOVED BY WATER, STEAM, OR GAS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hippolyte Charles. Vion at the
Office of the Commissioners, of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
December 1853.
I, HIPPOLYTE CHARLES VION, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 16,
Castle Street, Holborn, City, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PISTONS AND STUFFING BOXES OF ENGINES MOVED
BY WATER, STEAM, OR GAS," to be as follows:-
My improvements in the above packing surfaces consist in substituting, for
the springs, screws, cones, etc, usually employed for tightening, the resilient
action of water, ether, or any other suitable liquid, or of any compressed and
liquefied gas whatever. I at the same time replace the metallic segments by
a ring of india-rubber, vulcanized at the temperature of ten atmospheres, or
358 degrees Fahrenheit. The property of liquids and gases here made use of
is that of transmitting pressure equally in all directions. Besides, as liquids
are only slightly compressible, it is only necessary to reduce their volume to a
very small extent in order to obtain a very great pressure. This diminution of
volume may be obtained by the turn of a screw which bears on the liquid; it
may also be obtained by the pressure of a nut, as I have figured it in the
following example of my Invention :-
The accompanying Drawing represents a vertical section of a piston. A is
the piston rod; B, the bottom plate having fillets b; C, the top plate having

page_text: fillets C; D, india-rubber ring vulcanized at five atmospheres. This ring is
maintained in its place by means of the fillets of the top and bottom plates,
and forms the body of the piston. E, ring or collar of vulcanized india-rubber,
which preserves the piston rod from contact with the liquid; F, angular space
containing the liquid that has to act as a spring upon the two rings D, E; G.
is a valve whose stem e, projects into the annular space F, and which is held
down by the helical spring f; it is kept tight by an india-rubber washer, shewn
in section. This valve serves to regulate the pressure of the liquid. H is a
nut on the piston rod, & bearing against the top plate C, so as to press it
down, and produce the required pressure; h is a set screw to prevent the nut
from loosening. In case metallic rings are preferred, the india-rubber ring D
may be replaced by an exterior brass ring which rubs against the cylinder, and
an interior ring of lead, which transmits the pressure of the liquid.
Having thus given an example of my Invention, I wish it to be understood
that I reserve to myself to make in the Complete Specification such modifica-
tions and applications of the same as will come under the title set forth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DIRECT ACTING STEAM ENGINES WITH FIXED CYLENDERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bull at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM BULL, of Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DIRECT ACTING STEAM ENGINES WITH FIXED CYLENDERS"
to be as follows:-
I construct an engine with one or more fixed cylinders in which the
pistons act upon the crank from each end, so that the power can be
applied to a double crank, while the same also admits of the power
being applied to a single crank. There are three piston rods to each
piston, and one or more pistons to each cylinder, according to the form of
the crank. At one end of the cylinder there is attached to the piston
a compound piston rod with shoulders and arms, which arms pass down
the side of the cylinder, and are jointed to two other arms from a cross

page_text: head attached to the piston rods at the opposite end of the cylinder,
through which the said piston rods pass in fixed stuffing boxes; the
compound piston rod passes through a moveable stuffing box placed
on the outside of the cylinder, the opening through which is only
required the size necessary for the passage of the piston rod itself.
The axis of motion of the main piston rod and the two arms is in
one and the same line, and passes through the piston itself.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COATS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1853

page_text: with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Parrock at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th December 1858.
I, ROBERT PARROCK, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COATS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF DRESS" to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in cutting the material of which the coat or
other garment to be made so as to obtain a more easy and elegant
fit, with less waste of material than is involved in the ordinary system
of cutting. According to this Invention the material for the breast
and side of the skirt of the coat is in a single piece, which also extends
considerably round to the back of the coat. A triangular piece is cut
out under the arm, the broader part of the triangle being downwards;
into the space thus left a piece of cloth is introduced, of equal or nearly
equal width throughout its length, and whilst this piece serves to give
fullness to the breast of the coat, it causes that portion of the original

page_text: piece which forms part of the back of the coat to lie across the line of
the cloth. This gives it a certain degree of elasticity, which adds much
to the comfort of the fit, as the tension is diagonally across the fabric
and not in the line of the component threads. By these means the
skirt and breast are formed in one piece, but in such a manner that the
skirt is as full and sits with as much freedom on the person as if it
were formed of a separate piece from the breast, thus doing away with
the clinging of the skirt to, the person, a defect hitherto inseparable.
from coats in which the skirt has been formed in one piece with the
breast. The sleeves of the coat are also cut out in an improved manner
according to this Invention, the body of the sleeve being formed of a
single piece, thus doing away with the seam usually seen at the back of
the sleeve, and improving its appearance.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MANTEL OR CHIMNEY PIECES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Kinder, of Chesterfield, in the
County of Derby, Ironfounder, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MANTEL OR CHIMNEY PIECES."
Sealed the 27th May 1853, and dated the 18th February 1853.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Kinder
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th February 1853.
I, CHARLES KINDER, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANTEL OR CHIMNEY PIECES" to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing mantel or chimney pieces
of cast iron, which may be afterwards ornamented by painting,
japanning, or otherwise, according to the taste of the manufacturer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEATING FURNACES
Year: 1853

page_text: Sealed the 27th August 1853, and dated the 4th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis Steigewald
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th April 1853.
1, FRANCIS STEIGEWALD, of Munich, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HEATING FURNACES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a mode of constructing apparatus for
generating gas and obtaining heated air at the same time, and con-
ducting them to the furnace which is to be heated thereby. A close
furnace or chamber is constructed, having fire-bars or gratings at the
bottom, under which is constructed a chamber, into which the air first
comes, and is heated, and there is an outlet pipe by which the heated
air passes to a furnace to be heated. At the upper part of the furnace

page_text: or chamber which is to contain the coal a feeding place is formed,
which is closed by a valve, and a pipe leads from the upper part of
the furnace or chamber to the furnace which is to be heated, so that
the gas and heated air come together, and by ignition heat such
furnace.
MENTS IN INDICATING AND REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CONVEYED IN PUBLIC CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Horrocks at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th January 1853.
I, JOHN HORROCKS, of Seacombe, in the County of Chester, Account-
ant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN INDICATING AND REGISTERING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS CONVEYED
IN PUBLIC CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
I affix to the door or other convenient part of a public carriage, say
an omnibus, an instrument or apparatus enclosed in a box; the front of
the box inside carries a plate of glass. The back of the box, open to
the view of the conductor, carries an index or pointer and dial. Inside
the box, and travelling over rollers, is a web on which are figures up
to the full number of passengers the omnibus is intended to carry.
A handle, accessible to the conductor or other person or persons in-
structed by the proprietors, is affixed to a spindle, which traverses the
back of the box, and causes the figured web to move immediately be-
hind the plate of glass in the front, and at the same time the index
open to view of the conductor or other person appointed to work the
Each time a passenger gets in the conductor turns the handle,

page_text: which causes a bell to strike, and alters the figure behind the plate
to correspond with the number of passengers in the carriage; the
same figure is also thereby indicated at the back of the box. In addi-
tion to the number of passengers travelling at any one time being
indicated, I obtain the gross number carried by means of an index con-
nected to the shaft of the handle, which is only moved when the handle
is turned forward, but when any passenger leaves, and the handle is
turned back, no action in this inner index takes place. If the indicator
is worked so as to shew the number of passengers travelling at any
one time the gross amount carried must, according to my method, be
correct. When there is a diversity of fares, and it is necessary to
ascertain the number of passengers in each, I employ as many registers,
registering not only the number taken into the carriage, but the number
getting out, and I change-the-action from one to another by means of
a second handle, having a pointer and index of the number of fares
also affixed to the back of case containing the moving figured web
and the registers. This handle, by the same movement, turns a roller
within and at one side of the case, to correspond with a similar roller
on the other side, also within the case, moved by some other person
appointed to do so. These rollers have painted on their surface as
many colours as there are fares to be charged.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRAID, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Rogerson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, SAMUEL ROGERSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Braid Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRAID,
AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be
as follows:-
My improvements in the manufacture of braid consists in the
production of certain novel and peculiar forms, designs, or patterns of
braid from non-elastic threads, or a combination of elastic and non-
clastic threads, by means of the following improvements in ma-
chinery connected therewith. In the first place, the "drawing
off iron" or "braiding bar," instead of being a fixture as hereto-
fore, is moveable, and any desired regular or irregular motion
is given to it during the operation of braiding, either in a
lateral, longitudinal, vertical, or other direction, by means of
suitable cams or wheels, or other convenient mechanical means.
Secondly, the "taking up roller," which takes up the braid as it

page_text: is formed, instead of being cylindrical, as heretofore, is to be
excentric, oval, triangular, square, pentagonal, or of any suitable
form which will give to the braid an irregular motion, in contra-
distinction to the ordinary regular motion imparted by a cylin-
drical roller. These two improvements in braiding machinery,
either separate or in combination with each other, will produce an
alinost endless variety of fancy braids, not hitherto manufactured.
My third improvement consists in a new form or construction of
braiding spindle, whereby I am enabled to put a much greater
length of thread at one time upon a bobbin of the ordinary dia-
meter. And my fourth improvement consists of a new method of
and apparatus for actuating or propelling the spindles of braiding
machines by means of toothed wheels alone, whereby I am enabled
to dispense entirely with the ordinary vertical "carriers" with their
"roses" or heads, as hitherto employed.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR ADDITION TO SUGAR BASINS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by André Gaspard Guesdron
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th December 1858.
I, ANDRÉ GASPARD GUESDRON, of Montmartre, Paris, France, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN OR ADDITION TO SUGAR BASINS " to be as follows:-
My sugar basin consists of two vessels or cases, of glass, marble, or
other material. These vessels are placed one above the other, in such
manner as to allow one to rise and fall, by the action of a spring.
The vessel rising or falling indicates by a pointer on a graduated scale,
the quantity of sugar placed in or taken from the sugar basin.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES, WHEREBY IN THE EVENT OF COLLISION THE CRUSHING OF THE CARRIAGES WILL BE PREVENTED
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edwin Dalton Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th October 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EDWIN DALTON SMITH, of Number 7, Hertford Street, May Fair,
in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY
CARRIAGES, WHEREBY IN THE EVENT OF COLLISION THE CRUSHING OF THE
CARRIAGES WILL BE PREVENTED," to be as follows:-
The ends of the carriage and framework to be constructed as in
Drawing Number 1 (herewith deposited). The buffer is seen projecting
beyond the wedge-shaped form of the solid framework. A collision
taking place sufficiently powerful to destroy the buffer, the points of
contact will then be upon the projecting shoe form of the end of the
carriage. The point of this shoc, being placed out of the centre,
coming in contact with the shoe of the next carriage, will have the
effect of throwing the carriage off the line. The other carriages will
alternately be thrown off' on opposite sides of the line, so that there will
be the distance of a carriage between each, and thus the crushing of
the carriages will be prevented.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WINNOWING OR CORN DRESSING MACHINES
Year: 1853

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Josiah Mackelcan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
December 1858.
I, GEORGE JOSIAH MACKELCAN, of Lechlade, Gloucester, Agricultural
Implement Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WINNOWING OR CORN DRESSING MACHINES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in combining a series of sieves of varying degrees of
fineness with ordinary winnowing apparatus. The corn or grain first falls on
to the finest of the sieves from the winnowing apparatus, and passes from that
on to other sieves of varying degrees of fineness, so as to separate the several
qualities of corn or other grain.
AN IMPROVED CIGAR LIGHT
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Isaac Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st December 1858.
I, ALFRED ISAAC JONES, of New Oxford Street, London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CIGAR
LIGHT to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of placing easily ignitible matters at one end
of a thin piece of wire, or other like material, which may be stuck into
the cigar for the purpose of lighting it. The ignitible matter is com-
posed of cotton or other wool, scented with gum benjamin and cascarilla,
and tipped with a composition of phosphorus, nitre, or other similar
matters. The phosphorus end is rubbed or struck, and the wire piece
is then inserted in the cigar, saving the trouble of holding it. I do not
bind myself to the details hereof.
A NEW OR IMPROVED ELECTRO- MAGNETIC APPARATUS, WHICH, WITH ITS PRODUCTS, IS APPLICABLE TO THE PRODUCTION OF MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Augustino Carosio at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th July 1858.
I, AUGUSTINO CAROSIO, of Genoa, now of Upper Montague Street,
in the County of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED ELECTRO-
MAGNETIC APPARATUS, WHICH, WITH ITS PRODUCTS, IS APPLICABLE TO THE
PRODUCTION OF MOTIVE POWER," to be as follows:-
My apparatus consists of four separate parts. The first, which I
call the "combinator," consists of two or more reservoirs, which contain
chlorine gas and hydrogen gas separately. I effect a communication
between or combine these two gases by means of hydrochloric acid,
and generate an electric current by the aid of platinum or some other
substance which assists the combination of hydrogen and chlorine gases
in forming hydrochloric acid. The second part of my apparatus I call
the "regenerator." It consists of one or more receivers, which con-
tain hydrochloric acid. I introduce into this regenerator" by
means of suitable conductors the electric current generated in the
combinator." I separate the hydrochloric acid into its elements, viz.,

page_text: hydrogen gas and chlorine gas. I then convey these two gases
separately into the third part of my apparatus, which I term the
"multiplier," and which consists of two receivers, where the gases are
condensed before passing into the fourth part of my apparatus, which
consists of cylinders provided with pistons nearly similar to those of
ordinary steam engines; the pistons are set in motion by the elastic
force of the hydrogen and chlorine gases acting separately; and in the
same manner as steam.
After having set the pistons in motion, the gases (still separated
from each other) return into their respective reservoirs in the "com-
binator or first part of my apparatus, where they are combined again
as before, and the whole operation repeated.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUFFER, TRACTION, OR SUSPENSION SPRINGS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES, TRUCKS, TENDERS, OR LOCOMOTIVES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gustave Gourgas at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GUSTAVE GOURGAS, of Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUFFER,
TRACTION, OR SUSPENSION SPRINGS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES, TRUCKS,
TENDERS, OR LOCOMOTIVES," to be as follows:-
The spring a, g, (see Sketch) is composed of one or more blades or
pieces of steel (called spring steel), the length, breadth, or thickness of
which vary according to the purposes to or for which the springs are
employed; it is to have two fulcrums or rests, one as shewn at r, and
the other at v. One of the ends, is fixed for resistance; the other
v, is moveable in such manner that diagonal torsion is produced the
whole length of the spring a, g. A lever b, h, is to be adapted to the
extremity of the spring at v, to secure tortuary (torsion) mouvement
The spring blades a, g, are to be straight, and attached together near

page_text: the fixed end of the spring . The lever b, h, applied to the end v, like
a key, will keep the spring blades together at the trunion s; this trunion
is passed through an orifice in the apparatus, and will follow the move-
ment caused by the lever b, h, retaining meanwhile as an axle a vertical
position, and serving as fulcrum to the spring a. g.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CYLINDERS COATED WITH FINE WIRE WEBBING FOR DRESS- ING FINE FLOUR BY THE PROCESS OF GRAVITATION, OR SIFTING WITHOUT THE AID OF ANY INTERNAL BRUSHES OR FANS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Kawbonn Dell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 19th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM RAWBONN DELL, of Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Flour Machine Maker and Wire Weaver, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CYLINDERS COATED WITH FINE WIRE WEBBING FOR DRESS-
ING FINE FLOUR BY THE PROCESS OF GRAVITATION, OR SIFTING WITHOUT THE
AID OF ANY INTERNAL BRUSHES OR FANS," to be as follows:-
Among the various ways of dressing flour to get rid of coarse or
extraneous substances or offal, cylinders, armed in their interior
with fans or brushes, have been used. I think it will be sufficient
for the purposes of a Provisional Specification to state, that in my
improvements I dispense entirely with the use of such internal
brushes or fans; that the cylinders I manufacture for the above pur-
poses are either circular, or consist of any number of flat sides, the
whole being covered by or with wire gauze or webbing of the number
(or mesh) of 64 to the inch, or upwards of that number.
These

page_text: cylinders, so provided with wire webbing by the principle of gravi-
tation, aided by their own revolution, sift or separate the fine flour
from the coarse, as aforesaid, without the aid of any internal brush
or fans, or forcing, or blowing through the wire. A brush or brushes
may be placed on the outside, if or when required to keep the wire
gauze free or clear from all obstruction. In my Final Specification,
full particulars of the mode of making, fixing, and otherwise arrange-
ing my improved cylinders will be given, and Diagrams illustrating
their forms, positions, and, apparatus appertaining thereto, where
necessary.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BLEACHING APPARATUS
Year: 1853

page_text: time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Anthony Park Coubrough
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th November 1853.
I, ANTHONY PARK CONBROUGH, of Blanefield, in the County of Stir-
ling, North Britain, Calico Printer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLEACHING APPARATUS" to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the so constructing the boiling pots or
vessels used by bleachers in the ordinary bleaching process that waste
by the boiling over of the bleaching liquor may be prevented. On the
top of the pot or bleaching vessel is a vertical pipe opening into the
vessel at its lower end, and carried up to a considerable height above
the vessel. The upper end of this pipe opens. into a separate small
reservoir or receiving chamber entirely closed up, except that it has a
steam discharge pipe opening into its upper side. This steam discharge
pipe, which is of smaller bore than the other pipe, is carried up from

page_text: the top of the receiver, and out through the roof of the house, so as to
expose it to the cold air. This pipe then returns down again to a
second small reservoir, placed a little above the level of the bleaching
vessel's cover. And from the bottom of this second vessel a small pipe
governed by a stop valve passes back into the bleaching pot, or to the
first main pipe in the bleaching pot's cover or top. A safety valve
is added to prevent chance explosion. As the bleaching operation
proceeds, whenever accidental "boiling over" occurs the steam and
bleaching liquid carried upwards by the internal pressure rises up the
main pipe, and enters the first reservoir or receiver above. This pre-
vents all waste of the boiled over fluid, for on the pressure subsiding,
the elevated fluid falls back again down the pipe into the bleaching
pot. Then, as the ascending steam carries up with it a quantity of
the bleaching matter, the steam pipe from the upper side of the first
reservoir allows the steam current to pass upwards, and through the
exposed open air pipe, so that the results of condensation finally descend
the other leg of this pipe, and enter the second reservoir; so long as the
bleaching operation goes on this second reservoir has no communication
with the bleaching pot. But when the pot is discharged, the pressure
being off, the stop valve is opened, and the result of condensation at
once falls back into the bleaching pot, and all the bleaching matter
carried up is thus fully economised. The apparatus may be variously
modified, keeping in view the essential feature of allowing space for the
boil over, whilst the liquid matter so raised is recoverable for use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPO- GRAPHIC PRINTING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William-Little at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM LITTLE, of the Strand, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPO-
GRAPHIC PRINTING" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to printing, where type is set round the sur-
face of a cylinder; and the improvements consist in forming the type
wedge form, that is, each type and space is formed with two inclined
sides and two parallel sides, in such manner that the columns of type
when set up and placed on the cylinder are around the cylinder, and
not longitudinally, or in a line with the axis of the printing cylinder.
The "leads" are also made wedge shape, and have at their ends
projections, on to which the column rules, which are segments of circles,
come, and thus facilitate the fastening of the whole to the cylinder.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STRETCH- ING FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hirst junior and
William Mitchell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 5th March 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hirst junior and
William Mitchell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 5th March 1853.
(This Invention did not proceed to the Great Seal.)
We, JOHN HIRST junior, of Dobcross, in the County of York,
Woollen Manufacturer, and WILLIAM MITCHELL, of Crossland Moor,
near Huddersfield, in the County of York, Millwright, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STRETCH-
ING FABRICS" to be as follows :-
Our improvements in stretching fabrics consist in causing the same
to travel over the peripheries of two drums or pulleys, each one of
which receives one side of the fabric, and which are so placed as to be
inclined from each other at a moderate angle. A gutta percha or leather
endless band presses against a portion of the periphery of each drum,
so as to keep the selvages of the cloth in contact with them; and the
drums are capable of adjustment with respect to each other, so as to
enable fabrics of different widths to be stretched in the same machine.
On leaving the drums the fabric passes between a pair of rollers, pressed
together, and revolving at a greater speed than the drums, and accord-

page_text: ing to the excess of the speed of the pressing rollers over that of the
drums, so will be the extent of stretching action to which the fabrics
will be subjected in the direction of their length, after having been
stretched in the direction of their breadth by the action of the drums
or pullies.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MAKING ROADS AND WAYS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Dumarchey (François Fré-
deric) at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 10th March 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, DUMARCHEY (FRANÇOIS FREDERIC), Contractor, of Paris, in the
French Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MAKING ROADS AND WAYS" to be as
follows:-
My Improvements in making roads and ways consist in laying, first,
on the ground, which has been previously well rammed, a layer of forge
ashes, of a thickness of about an inch and three quarters; then upon
that a layer of hard grit, broken small, of about an inch and three
quarters in thickness; after that, a layer of sandstone, broken into
pieces of about an inch and a half to two inches in diameter; the
thickness of this layer is to be about three and a half inches; and
finally, on this is to be placed a surface of about an inch and three

page_text: quarters in thickness, composed of equal parts of sandstone, broken into
pieces from one third to two thirds of an inch in diameter, iron ore,
ore, and powdered granite. The whole is now to be consolidated by roll-
ing, and the road will be complete. It is to be kept in repair in a
manner similar to a macadamized road, employing the same materials
as those of which the surface is formed.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS
Year: 1853

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed
with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Redford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
November 1853.
I, JOSEPH REDFORD, of Pilkington, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Weaver, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to such looms only wherein two or more
shuttles are used or employed, and consists of a revolving drum placed
in any convenient part and actuated by any convenient motion of the
loom, having a series of moveable tappets or keys sliding in longi-
tudinal grooves either from or towards the centre, and placed on the
exterior surface of the drum. These tappets or keys have each a
projecting rim forming a segmental portion of a flange. Upon these
tappets a lever bears, being composed of two limbs or parts, and
having small rollers where it is in contact with the tappet drum, and
being brought into one piece at either ends, the one end forming the

page_text: fulcrum, and the other the connection with the shuttle box or boxes.
The centre part of the circumference of the said tappet drum is made
with recesses to receive the links of an endless chain, which gives
motion to the tappets and also supplies the pattern; the chain being
furnished at such parts or intervals necessary to form the pattern with
springs or other contrivances to press outwards or draw inwards or
otherwise retire one or more of the moveable sliding tappets or keys,
and thereby causing the lever in contact with them to fall, and by
acting upon the shuttle box or boxes; substitute one shuttle for another
according to the number of picks required to be made by any respective
shuttle to work the pattern or colours required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES FOR LADIES UNDER CLOTHING, AND IN FABRICS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Lord at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
November 1853.
I, JAMES LORD, of Farnworth, in the County of Lancaster, Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES FOR LADIES UNDER CLOTHING,
AND IN FABRICS FOR THE SAME," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in certain methods of producing petti-
coats for ladies' wear. According to one of these I arrange the warp
threads of a loom, and impart such shedding to them that an orna-
mental device or stripes are produced in the direction of the selvage
of the cloth; a sufficient length of this fabric is then cut off' and united
at the severed parts, by which a petticoat is formed with stripes or
devices and the warp threads around the body. :
According to another plan I arrange the warp threads so as to pro-
duce a double cloth for a portion of the width at one selvage, and unite
the inward edge thereof by working the two sets of warp threads
together, by which means a loop is formed in a longitudinal direction.

page_text: The fabric thus formed being cut off in suitable lengths and turned
round at right angles, the said loop will be suited for the reception of
a tape to be passed round the body.
A third method consists in so arranging the warp as to produce
double cloth at regular or irregular intervals across the width of the
loom, whereby a series of open pipings will be manufactured, which,
being severed into suitable lengths, turned round and united, as before
mentioned, will form a petticoat with the said pipings around the
body.
A fourth method consists in weaving a double piece of cloth, and
uniting the same at certain intervals by a stitching thread of the
shuttle; the fabric being then severed between two sets of such stitch-
ings will form a petticoat without the necessity of sewing up the edges
by hand.
A fifth iniprovement consists in forming a fabric for petticoats partly
of a fustian or other such fabric, in stripes or other patches, which por-
tions may be cut in the ordinary manner of cutting fustians or may
remain as woven. The fabrics required for the above methods of
producing petticoats may be double, united by a stitching thread of the
shuttle; or single, and afterwards united at their edges by sewing,
if desired; also a fabric for two articles may be produced side by side
in the loom.
Another part of my improvements consists in a method of producing
chemises or under shirts with ornamental parts, and consists in so ar-
ranging the shedding of the warp or throwing of the weft that patterns
are produced in the direction of the shape the chemise is to assume
when finished; I then cut out the fabric thus produced into a suitable
form, and complete it by sewing.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: their Petition, on the 11th May 185%..
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JOHN CRABTREE, of Heywood, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner, & THO* LIVESEY SCOTT, of Heywood, aforesaid, En-
gineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING AND SPINNING COTTON AND
OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES" to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in the application of a metallic wire or spring
to the flyers of slubbing, roving, or other frames of the like nature,
in such wise that the torsion of the wire or spring shall give the
requisite pressure to the presser, by which the cotton or other fibrous
substance is consolidated or pressed on the bobbin.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PROPELLING CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Mills at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
July 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES MILLS, of Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman's Servant, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PROPELLING
CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
The object of the present Invention is to dispense with the use of
horses for drawing carriages on common roads, and to employ in place
thereof an arrangement of mechanism whereby the running wheels may
be actuated by manual labor. To effect this object, I propose to con-
struct the running wheels of a greater diameter than usual, and to
connect them to a fly wheel, drum, or pulley by means of a rod, one end
of which is attached to a crank pin connected with one of the spokes of
the running wheel, and the other end to a similar pin on the side of the
drum, wheel, or pulley, which is made to oscillate or rock backwards and
forwards by manual labor, and thereby impart rotary motion to the
running wheels. Sometimes on ascending hills, or on rough or heavy
ground, when an increased amount of tractive power is required, the

page_text: running wheels are driven by means of toothed gearing, bevil toothed
wheels being mounted on the axle of one or both running wheels, and an
intermediate bevil wheel is made to gear into such toothed wheels. Upon
communicating motion to the intermediate wheel by means of a winch
handle attached thereto, the other wheels, and consequently the running
wheels, will be actuated and cause the carriage to move forward.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Loude Tabberner
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th July 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN LOUDE TABBERNER, of Lorn Road, North Brixton, in the
County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON " to be as follows:-
Heretofore in the manufacture of iron it has been usual to smelt the
iron stone generally in a calcined state by feeding it in lump with fuel
and flux into blast furnaces. Now my Invention consists of reducing
iron stone to powder, and causing it to be smelted by the aid of fuel
and fluxes by means of a blast furnace.
IMPROVEMENTS IN VENTILATING BRICKS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Houseman Hutchinson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN HOUSEMAN HUTCHINSON, of Grantham, in the County of
Lincoln, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VENTILATING BRICKS" to be as follows:-
Figure 1, is a top plan; Figure 2, a side elevation; Figure 3, a
back elevation; and Figure 4, a view of the bottom of a brick formed
according to my Invention. From these Figures it will be seen that
the apertures are not carried right through the brick, and are only
continued about one-half or two-thirds of the distance from the top
When the bricks are put together, a zig-zag opening or ventilating
chamber is formed, extending to the distance required.