CERTAIN MACHINERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEASURING DISTANCE, AND WHICH WILL NOT ONLY ASCERTAIN WITH THE GREATEST PRECISION THE NUMBER OF MILES A PERSON TRAVELS, BUT WILL ALSO AFFORD SECURITY TO THE PASSENGER IN A CARRIAGE, AND PRESERVE THE BODY THEREOF FROM INJURY, IN CASE EITHER OF THE SPRINGS OR ANY PART TO ARE ATTACHED SHOULD BREAK OR GIVE WAY
Year: 1789

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RALPH
Gour, of the Parish of Saint Luke, in the County of Middlesex, Watchmaker
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventh day of November, in the thirtieth year of His reign,
give and grant unto me, the said Ralph Gout, His especial licence that I, the
said Ralph Gout, during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick upon Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN MACHINERY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MEASURING DISTANCE, AND WHICH WILL NOT ONLY ASCERTAIN WITH
THE GREATEST PRECISION THE NUMBER OF MILES A PERSON TRAVELS, BUT WILL
ALSO AFFORD SECURITY TO THE PASSENGER IN A CARRIAGE, AND PRESERVE THE
BODY THEREOF FROM INJURY, IN CASE EITHER OF THE SPRINGS OR ANY PART TO
ARE ATTACHED SHOULD BREAK OR GIVE WAY;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said Ralph
Gout, under my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be
inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same
(relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Ralph Gout, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in the
plan and description thereof hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, 'I, the said Ralph Gout, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of December, One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-nine.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the First "day of December,
in the year above written, the aforesaid Ralph Gout came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the
Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the Seventh day of December, in the year above mentioned.
A represents the tooth fixed on a plate, which plate screws over the nave;
B, a tooth fixed in a frame, which acts with the tooth A by means of a spring
and crank which are contained in the frame C, fixed with screws on the cap D;
E, the upper part of the cap with the tooth when in action, and is screwed
over the axletree; F represents the spring No. 1, tooth No. 2, crank No. 3,
when in position for action; G, the axletree, with the cap spring No. 1, tooth 2,
crank 3, when in action, and communicates 'by"é, e, 'springs, worms, or other-
wise, to the crank No. 4, from thence by a spring worm along the perch to the
crank No. 5, from thence by a'chain, wire, or other contrivance 'to crank No. 6;
and in like manner to crank No. 7, from thence by spring worm to top of
machinery No. 8, and to the Fig. No. 14, which is bolted to No. 8, where the
sedometer is fastened for action, as in Fig. 17. Upon the perch is H, I, a
strong piece of iron or other metal fixed, with one joint, which goes thro' the
bottom of the carriage, and at the end K are three joint's standing angleways,
the better to convey the motion to one or two pedometers, as pr draught; L, L,
two pieces of iron, forming angles from K, with arches and screws in the
middle to contract or expand the lines, chains, &c., which gó upon two or more
rollers that lead along them. These pieces of iron may be made straight or of
any other form, and used with or without the regulator. M, jointed pieces of
iron in an erect position, jointed to the pieces L,and extend to the top of inside
of carriage wherein is fixed a bolt N, near the bottom of 'which is 'a square
hole to receive the case O, which is bolted on by bolt P in its proper position.
The case O is to receive the pedometer. "Bý pressuré on the button 2 the

page_text: bolt.unlocks, and the case O is. disengaged at pleasure by putting up the bolt
The bolt may be made. different ways if required. Nos. 1 and 2 are bridges
that screw on to the plate. The upper piece of the bolt P that locks the
case O-is-made as a straight bolt at bottom, to go thro' a square hole in the
. before-mentioned case; from the middle of the said bolt a crooked piece R
extends, falls with a catch, and receives or locks in the lower spring S. Fig. 9,
a piece of steel, with a square hole, and bolt in the broadest end; the other end
is fastened by a pin thro' the inner hole of d°, and is jointed to the piece N;
in the other hole passes the line which conveys the motion of every revolution
of the wheel of. the carriage, and is displayed by the hands of the pedometer
distinctly as one tooth to each round of the carriage wheel, to the amount of
what number is described on the dial plate. Fig. 10 represents the bolt
that secures the piece Fig. 9 to the back of the regulator Fig. 11. No. 1
and 2 are bridges, rivetted or screwed wherein the bolt slides. No. 3 is the
upper part or nib of the bolt, which answers two purposes, that of bolting the
piece, Fig. 9, to the ornament and regulator, and also for keeping steady the
upper-part. It is to be observed that bolt Fig. 10 must be covered with a
plate of brass or other metal, and the spring No. 4, which is rivetted or screwed
to.letter..N, must have a pressure against the said plate to recal Fig. 14 to its
place. Fig. 11.represents Fig. 9, 10, 12, & 18, and, in fact, a back represen-
tation of the whole. regulator. Fig. 12, No. 1, a screw which passes thro
No. 2, that is fastened with two screws on the upper back part of the regulator.
No. 3, a hollow.piece of brass or other metal wherein the screw No. 1 works.
No. 4, a small.rod. or conductor, screwed or fixed at the bottom of No. 3, and
slides in a notch or groove, as in Fig. 13, which may be made spiral or otherwise,
and answers every purpose of regulating or adjusting the length of the ribbon
or.string. To make it receive the motion from the revolution of the wheel, a
piece, as Fig. 18, is to be screwed on Fig. 13. Fig. 14 represents a front view
of the regulator, or. complete with a spiral hook and loop No. 1, which is
attached to the end of the rod or conductor, and receives the string or con-
ductor of the pedometer. The before-mentioned piece of iron I goes thro' a
hole of six inches square, more or less, in the bottom of the carriage under
the seat, and is capped with the ornament, Fig. 15, or any fashion that may be
thought proper, of wood, plate, iron, or other metal, on the top and bottom of
which is leather, or any other material fit for the purpose, sewed and nailed, in
order to make it act as joints when the carriage is in motion, and likewise to
prevent the air from entering into the carriage. It may be necessary to observe,
the motion of both wheels as described are conducted by cranks and springs
from the axletrees G to the Fig. 14, and may likewise be conducted to any

page_text: corner of a carriage by rollers, cranks, springs, chains, wires, lines, and sundry
joints of ironwork, fashioned according to the shape or make of the carriage
or vehicle designed to count the revolution of wheels by any pedometer
whatever. The pedometer may be conducted to any corner of the inside of a
carriage, and also may be conducted along the perch, so as to come to the out-
side front to the carriage by a piece of iron of an upright or other form, as
may be requisite, at the end of which the pedometer may be fixed beside the
principle delineated in H, I, K, and L, L, the main supporters of ironwork,
which not only conduct every revolution the wheel makes to the pedometer,
but is likewise of the greatest service as a preventative against accidents; for
instance, as there is but six inches in the whole square that is appropriated for.
the conveyance of the hole that the ironwork goes thro' in the bottom, and-
consequently the ironwork being in the centre of the hole, if an accident
should happen whereby the springs or leathers should break, the carriage
could not fall against the wheels, there being full six inches space between the
carriage and wheels, and the ironwork being in the centre of six inches, must
of course keep it full three inches from the wheels, which is not the case in
other carriages.
A delineation of the construction and form of an equestrian pedometer, with
its appendages annexed to the saddle, pillion, or other thing that is meant to
shew the exact number of paces a horse shall make in any rate of travelling,
the rider only observing to get his horse to that speed he intends to pursue, and
byl oosing a ribbon or leather from the stud M on the pommell of the saddle,
which instantly sets the whole machinery in motion; and so long as the horse
continues that speed the pedometer will reckon, and when the rider pleases to
stop his horse, or the horse unable to continue that speed, the pedometer may
instantly be stopped by returning the ribbon or leather to the stud it was at
first loosed from. No. 1 represents the saddle with the watches affixed in
their proper state for action. No. 2 represents the whole machinery in its
compleat state when situated under the flaps of the saddle, on the saddletree,
or any part thereof.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PIECE AFFIXED UNDER THE SADDLE, AS AT FIG. 18.
A, the frame wherein the machinery is contained, and consists of a frame of
brass or other metal of a long square form, or any other shape that may be
most convenient for the said saddle. B is a pulling piece, with a ring, loop, or
any contrivance whereby a leather, ribbon, or string may be affixed, and acts in
C, which is a tooth and slider, at the extremity of which is D, a piece screwed
on to the slider with E, a crank lever or roller, screwed or rivetted thereto,

page_text: and slides in a notch, with holes at each extremity for the convenience of
fastening a leather, ribbon, chain, wire, or string, as No. 4, at the end of which
leather, ribbon, chain, or string may be affixed a ring loop, button, hook,
buckle, or any contrivance whatever, which is conveyed by a leather, ribbon,
chain, or string, as No. 5, wheron a buckle or buckles are affixed, for the
convenience of shortening or lengthening at pleasure. F, G, are two screws,
screwed on to the tooth and slider, and pass thro' two square holes in the side
of the frame A, and is to be affixed to H, a double loop, which passes thro
over a hole at the extremity of the frame A, wherein is affixed a roller I
which roller is screwed or rivetted thereto; on the lower loop K is to be affixed
a leather, ribbon, chain, wire, or string, as No. 6, and is to lead through the
roller I to have immediate communication to the roller L, that is affixed on
the saddle, in the pommell of which is an ornament M, of such make and
shape as shall be thought proper, which is for the conveniency of the rider
setting the machinery off or on at pleasure. The lower loop K is screwed
with a nut N, or rivetted to the spring O, which spring is screwed with a
nut P to the frame A. The main spring Q, which is contrived in such manner
to engage the pulling piece B, by notch or screw, as to recoil it, which main
spring is screwed by a screw. The bridge R is screwed or rivetted on the
frame A, to secure and prevent the main spring Q from rising. S, the screw
that screws the pulling piece B, and slides in a notch the back of the frame A.
Over the crank lever or roller goes E, a protector. T, a piece with a roller and
screw that receives a ribbon from the pusher of watch or pedometer, and hooks
by a swivel U to convey the motion to the watch or pedometer. V, screws or
other fastenings to fasten the frame to the saddle. No. 7, the martingale with
the bellyband W. No. 1, the centre buckle, which has a loop of leather, and
slides in another loop on the bellyband, or other contrivance, to keep it in
proper direction; the buckles No. 2 are at each extremity of the martingale,
and are to be buckled to the strap of the pulling piece B, as No. 2. X, a
O piece of leather, fastened at one side and buckled at the other, in order to
shorten and lengthen at pleasure; U, T, the swivel and string which give
motion to the pedometer, may be attached to any part of the martingale or
other tackle. The watches are fixed in outside cases that are bolted on the
saddletree, and covered at the pendants (to prevent wet or dust from entering)
5 with masks or covers, as No. 3, and prevents their being seen, but may be
taken off at pleasure, and may be made of any other form, and fixed by screw,
spring, or other manner convenient. A spring and dovetail may be fixed
under the pommel of the saddle to answer the purpose of the ornament M,
as before described; upon the principle as described by the letter B, double

page_text: steps may be ascertained, if required. A piece of steele may be affixed to the
inside of the frame A, to answer the purpose of the screw S, that secures the
pulling pièce B, whereon the pulling piece may slide. If the watch or watches
should not be approved in the manner described, they may be fixed in any other
manner agreeable to the wearer, and may be placed in any saddle. It is neces-
sary to observe that the main spring Q may likewise be conducted by spiral
spring or springs, and to form a circular action, according to the degree of pull
that may be wanted to hold proportion with such tackle, as expressed before
in U, T, swivel and string, and likewise the springs may be made of various
forms, and planted as may be most agreeable for action. The ribbon that leads
from the pedometer is to have a 'small buckle affixed on it, the better to secure
it from being fretted by the mask or cover (as described, No. 3,) of the pendant.
The piece T, with the roller and screw that receives the ribbon from pedometer,
may be affixed to such part of the saddle'as conveniency may require. Fig. 16
is ä case to receive' a pedometer.
The above machinery may be applied to other useful purposes, and may be
made to perform from any part of the horse with proper tackle. The
machinery of Fig. 18 may be altered' and made to act as Fig. 19. F, G, are two
Bridges affixed in frame A, and answers 'the same purpose as F, G, in Fig. 18.
The loop of the tooth in Fig. 20 may have a shoulder sideway long enough to
give a pull to the machinery, if required.