AN IMPROVED METAL TO BE USED FOR MAKING JOURNEY BRASSES FOR MILLS, ROLLERS, FORGES, AND ALL KINDS OF SHAFTS AND MACHINERY, AND ALSO FOR SHIPPING, AND FOR BEARINGS FOR SHAFTS AND JOURNEY BRASSES IN GENERAL
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Hartshorne, of West Bromwich, in the
County of Stafford, Brassfounder, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
METAL TO BE USED FOR MAKING JOURNEY BRASSES FOR MILLS, ROLLERS, FORGES,
AND ALL KINDS OF SHAFTS AND MACHINERY, AND ALSO FOR SHIPPING, AND FOR
BEARINGS FOR SHAFTS AND JOURNEY BRASSES IN GENERAL,"
Sealed the 15th July 1859, and dated the 27th January 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Hartshorne at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th January 1859.
THOMAS HARTSHORNE, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford,
Brassfounder, do hereby declare the. nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED METAL TO BE USED FOR MAKING JOURNEY BRASSES FOR MILLS, ROLLERS,
FORGES, AND ALL KINDS OF SHAFTS AND MACHINERY, AND ALSO FOR SHIPPING, AND
FOR BEARINGS FOR SHAFTS AND JOURNEY BRASSES IN GENERAL," to be as follows:-
The metal will be composed of iron, copper, tin, and reckelous of antimony,
the component parts to be increased or decreased according to the size of the
bearing, so as to make them tougher. The metal thus produced will be
tougher and more durable than the metal now used for bearings, and can be
made at much less cost.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Hartshorne in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, THOMAS
HARTSHORNE, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, Brassfounder,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto him,
the said Thomas Hartshorne, Her special licence that he, the said Thomas
Hartshorne, his executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as he,
the said Thomas Hartshorne, his 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, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED METAL TO BE USED FOR MAKING JOURNEY BRASSES FOR MILLS, ROLLERS,
FORGES, AND ALL KINDS OF SHAFTS AND MACHINERY, AND ALSO FOR SHIPPING, AND
FOR BEARINGS FOR SHAFTS AND JOURNEY BRASSES IN GENERAL," upon the condition
(amongst others) that he, the said Thomas Hartshorne, his executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under his, 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 months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that he, the said Thomas Hartshorne, do hereby
declare the nature of his said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The metal will be composed of iron, copper, tin, and reckelous (or regulous)
of antimony, the component parts to be increased or decreased according to
the size of the bearing.
"EXAMPLE."

page_text: (1 oz.) of reckelous (or regulous) of antimony; waste, one-quarter of a pound
(lb.) The component parts must be increased or decreased according to
the size of the bearings so as to make them tougher; very large bearings
would require more tin, because the thicker the substance the more tin it
would require to harden it and make it more durable. The above metal can
be manufactured into bearings at a much less cost than the metal now in use
for such purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Hartshorne, hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
THOMAS HARTSHORNE. (L.S.)
Witness,
WILLIAM WALFORD RIDDEN.