IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WELDING OF IRON AND STEEL, AND THE FLUX USED THEREFOR
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WELDING OF IRON AND STEEL, AND
THE FLUX USED THEREFOR."-A communication from abroad by John
P. Price and Frank K. Hipple, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in
the United States of America.
Sealed the 8th October 1867, and dated the 9th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th May 1867.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WELDING OF IRON AND
STEEL, AND THE FLUX USED THEREFOR," to be as follows:--
This Invention consists in welding iron and steel by the aid of kryolite,
which is first ground or pulverized, and its impurities or most of them
removed, after which it is ready for use in the same manner as borax and
other fluxes and compositions are now used for the same purpose. Kryolite
possesses the property of aiding in producing more effective and perfect welds
than other materials, there being less burning of the iron or steel, and the

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 8th November 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said William
Edward Newton, my executors, -administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Edward Newton, 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, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, 'an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WELDING OF IRON AND STEEL, AND THE FLUX USED
THEREFOR," being a communication to me from abroad, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Williain Edward Newton, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under iny, 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 I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention; and in what manner-the-same-is
to be performed, to be particularly 'described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
This Invention consists. in welding iron and steel by the aid of kryolite,
which is first ground or pulverized, and its impurities or most of them
removed, after which it is really for use in the same manner as borax and
other fluxes and compositions are now used for the same purpose. Kryolite
possesses the property of- aiding in producing more effective and perfect welds

page_text: than other materials, there being less burning of the iron or steel when this
material is employed, and the joints are generally more perfect. By adding
to the kryolite about twelve to twenty per cent. by weight of boracic acid the
quality of the flux is improved.
The composition or, flux is prepared in the following manner :-To a
saturated solution of kryolite, say, at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, add the boracic
acid in powder in the above proportion, mix the materials intimately, and
then evaporate the solution to dryness, and pulverize the ingredients for use.
Having now described the Invention, which has been communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, and having explained the manner of carrying
the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters
Patent as aforesaid,
-
First, the welding of iron and steel by the aid of kryolite, as set forth.
Second, the mixture of boracic acid and kryolite for fluxing and welding
iron and steel, as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-eighth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)