IMPROVEMENTS IN BELTS TO BE WORN TO PREVENT SEA SICKNESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Griffith Brewer, of 89, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BELTS TO BE WORN TO PREVENT SEA SICKNESS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES."-A communication from abroad by Guillaume
Edard and Jacques Edmond Bazault, both of 2, Rue Sainte
Appoline, Paris, France.
Sealed the 19th January 1872, and dated the 25th July 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Griffith Brewer
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th July 1871.
I, EDWARD GRIFFITH BREWER, of 89, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BELTS TO BE WORN TO PREVENT SEA
SICKNESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” (a communication to me from abroad
by Guillaume Edard and Jacques Edmond Bazault, both of 2, Rue Sainte
Appoline, Paris, France,) to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is the construction and employment of
belts to be applied to or to be worn round the body for use during

page_text: voyages by sea to prevent sea sickness; also for affording protection
from contagious diseases, such as yellow and typhus fever, and for use in
mines and other places.
According to this Invention the belt is made of silk, hemp, linen,
wool, cotton, skin, or other suitable material. The central part, which
contains oxyde of iron or some other magnetic mineral, is made pre-
ferably somewhat wider at one end than the other, and this also applies
to the belt itself. It is stitched or quilted at the sides, so that the
mineral powder which is also contained there may be divided or sepa-
rated, and thus be kept in position. A buckle at one end and a strap
at the other is a convenient way of securing the belt to the body.
Buttons are also provided on the upper part of the belt to secure it to
button holes on to the clothes of the wearer.
Belts made according to this Invention, although being particularly
applicable for use by human beings, may nevertheless be applied with
advantage to the bodies of animals.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Griffith Brewer in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th January 1872.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
GRIFFITH BREWER, of 89, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Edward Griffith Brewer, Her special licence
that I, the said Edward Griffith Brewer, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward Griffith Brewer, 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 BELTS TO BE WORN TO PREVENT SEA SICKNESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" (a

page_text: communication from abroad by Guillaume Edard and Jacques Edmond
.Bazault, both of 2, Rue Sainte Appoline, Paris, France, upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward Griffith Brewer, 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 months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Griffith Brewer, do hereby.
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the samo
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to
say:-
The object of this Invention is the construction and employment of
belts to be applied to or to be worn round the body for use during
voyages by sea to prevent sea sickness; also for affording protection
from contagious diseases, such as yellow and typhus fever.
According to this Invention the belt is made of silk, hemp, linen,
wool, cotton, skin, or other suitable material. The central part, which
contains oxide of iron or some other magnetic mineral, is made pre-
ferably somewhat wider at one end than the other, and this also applies
to the belt itself. It is stitched or quilted at the sides, so that the
mineral powder which is also contained therein may be divided or
separated, and thus be kept in position. A buckle at one end and a
strap at the other is a convenient way of securing the belt to the body.
Buttons are also provided on the upper part of the belt to secure it to
button holes in the clothes of the wearer.
Belts made according to this Invention, although being particularly
applicable for use by human beings, may nevertheless be applied with
advantage to the bodies of animals.
In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 is a front view of a belt open;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same showing the mode of construction we
have found most convenient.
a and a¹ are the middle portions which as well as the other parts
contain the oxide of iron or other magnetic mineral (by preference
-

page_text: obtained from marine productions, although other mineral products may
be used, such for example, as are obtained from the earth, mines, or
other sources), broader at a than a¹; besides, the exterior of the belt
is larger at one end than the other. It is double stitched externally to
hold the mineral powder in the best position for proper action when
the belt is placed round the body. A buckle is intended to receive the
strap d, whereby the belt can be adjusted at will. The end ƒ may be
placed between the body and the belt, or it may be left under the
clothes. These belts being filled with iron mineral are of such a weight
as to have a tendency to fall. g, g, are buttons to keep them at any
required height, sewn to the upper part, which is buttoned into the
holes in the braces, so that a fixed position is thereby maintained. For
persons who wear flannel waistcoats next the skin button holes may be
made in them at convenient places to receive the buttons, so that braces
may be dispensed with. It must be understood that the waistcoat may
itself be at the height of the belt, and if desired may be filled in other
places with oxide of iron or other magnetic mineral iron.
This application of mineral can also be made to other articles of
clothing, for example, to corsets, jupons, trousers, brest pads, single or
double, one for the front the other for the back; plain or ornamental
caps, the latter being simply formed by bands containing mineral powder
as before described. Bands thus fitted may also be made into bracelets
of any required length and breadth, and making one or several turns
round those parts to which they are applied.
The Drawings shew the form and dimensions which have been found
to be most suitable, but experience, taste, and fancy may suggest other
designs and materials without departing from the Invention.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as the
Improvements in Belts to be Worn to Prevent Sea Sickness, and for
other Purposes," the application and employment for such purpose or
purposes of oxide of iron or other magnetic mineral, but especially
marine magnetic productions, although others may be used in the shape
or form of belts, waistcoats, breast plates, corsets, jupons, trousers, caps,
bracelets, and other articles of clothing and ornaments, which coming
in contact with the bodies of men, women, children, and even animals,
preserve them from sea sickness when on ship board, and on land from
some other affections or diseases, such as yellow, typhus, and other

page_text: fevers, and other different maladies more or less analagous, substan-
tially as herein-before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Griffith Brewer, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.
EDW³. GRIFFITH BREWER. (L.S.)