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ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPLYING FEED WATER TO BOILERS, APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Teague Junior at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th October 1882.
WILLIAM TEAGUE Junior of Pool in the County of Cornwall,
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPLYING FEED WATER TO BOILERS, APPLICABLE FOR OTHER
PURPOSES,"
"IMPROVED
My Invention for improved boiler feed consists mainly as follows;--and has for
its object the doing away with the complicated arrangements at present employed,
and further by my arrangements, inexperienced hands would understand its action.
In carrying out my Invention, I proceed as follows:-
The top of the boiler is supplied with a small reservoir or tank to contain water,
which should be supplied with a larger reservoir, but not necessarily so; the
supply to said reservoir or tank being controlled by a cock or valve. This tank
communicates with the boiler by pipes, one being connected in the steam space,
the other to supply, each pipe being controlled by stop cock or valve In action,
the tank or reservoir being filled with water, the cocks or valves are opened, and
the pressure of steam on the water in the tank forces the water out through the
supply pipe to the boiler.
The important point or feature of my Invention is the simple method of
feeding boilers by opening and shutting certain cocks as necessity requires, as
bove set forth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN * MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FIBRES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Ripley of Bradford in the County of York
Spinner and Manufacturer for, an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
* MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FIBRES
"
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Ripley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th December 1882.
FREDERICK RIPLEY of Bradford in the County of York. Spinner & Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FIBRES
This invention relates to the class of machinery employed for spinning known
as "ring spinning" and wherein a revolving tube or ring is employed concentric
to and within the ordinary "ring" and this invention is specially designed to
effect the spinning and building tapered cops direct or upon bare' spindles of small
diameter.
According to this my invention I connect the bearings, tubes, spindles or other
support carrying the inner revolving tube with a lifting or traverse so as to
impart a traverse or rising and falling motion to the said inner revolving tube or
ring such traversing motion of the inner tube or ring being distinct from and
additional to the traverse motion for building the cop the traverse of the inner
tube or ring as above being for purpose of securing relative adjusting of ring tube
and yarn when and during the time the smaller or conical part of the cop is being
wound or formed on the spindle.
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF LITTER FOR HORSES AND CATTLE AND OF DISINFECTANTS FOR USE IN PRIVIES AND FOR LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Carl Wilhelm Gottfried Ernst at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st May 1882.
CARL WILHELM GOTTFRIED ERNST of Scheessel Hanover at present residing
at the Manchester Hotel Aldersgate Street in the City of London "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PREPARATION OF LITTER FOR HORSES AND CATTLE AND OF DISINFECTANTS FOR
USE IN PRIVIES AND FOR LIKE PURPOSES
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in the preparation of litter for
horses and cattle and of disinfectants for use in privies and for like purposes.
It is a well known fact that the materials at present used as litter in stables be
they straw, sawdust, turf or other kinds of moss, evolve, owing to the putrefaction
of the excrements, gases-which are of nauseous odour, and very injurious to
animals, and also to human beings. In a yet higher degree is the decomposition of
human excrements in privies harmful in places where the sewer drainage is
defective and no water closets exist, so much so that such privies become in times
of epidemics actual breeding places for diseases.
The inventor purposes by his new manufacture to prevent the putrid decom-
position of excrement and to fix any nauseous and noxious gases which may arise
especially ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen gas and to increase the value of the
litter as manure.
The inventor for these purposes intends to impregnate with disinfectants peat
mosses which already possess in themselves excellent natural powers of
disinfection and absorption.
or
The inventor employs according to whether animal or human excrements are in
question about 2 to 5% of acid sulphate of sodium, sulphate of magnesia and
gypsum each substance alone or conjointly with the other substances.
°
Or ferrous sulphate in the proportion of 2 to 5% quicklime and carbolic acid
may be employed each either alone or mixed with the other substances before
mentioned. The carbolic acid loses its intense odour through the absorption
without deteriorating in effectiveness. Human excrements which in times of
typhoid fevers and other contagious diseases react acetously and whose highly
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page_text: volatile acids appear to be the very conveyors of such diseases become neutralized
through the lime contained in the mixture and consequently fixed and harmless.
The impregnation of the material used for litter can be effected by solution of
the chemical substances named, or by their careful admixture in a dry state in
which latter case the impregnation would be effected by the liquid contained in
the excrements. The quantities above named can be varied according to the
requirements of each special case.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MECHANICAL PARTS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS ORGANS, ORGANETTES, ORGANIA CABINETTS OR OTHER LIKE INSTRUMENTS FOR PRODUCING MUSICAL SOUNDS BY MECHANICAL MEANS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Mark Draper and James
Bartholomew Draper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
1st July 1882.
JOSEPH MARK DRAPER of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster Commission
Agent and JAMES BARTHOLOMEW DRAPER of Blackburn aforesaid Brass Finisher
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MECHANICAL PARTS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS
ORGANS, ORGANETTES, ORGANIA CABINETTS OR OTHER LIKE INSTRUMENTS FOR
PRODUCING MUSICAL SOUNDS BY MECHANICAL MEANS,"
This invention relates to improvements in Organs Organettes and other like
instruments wherein the tunes are set out or indicated by Perforated Paper passing
from Winding drum or drums..
According to this our invention the repeat of any particular tune may be secured
when desired instead as heretofore change from tune to tune. The drums and
labour of winding are dispensed with, and improved, apparatus for supporting and
carrying the indicating papers is substituted.
We mount at each end of the Organ a rack, each of which carries one or any
required number of Rollers over and around which the perforated music indicating
sheet is passed in the form of an endless web one of the racks is a fixture and
perforated for the axles of the Roller the other rack is looped for axles of Opposite
rollers so that the latter and the paper sheets may readily be removed as required
The Papers being kept perfectly even and not creased and liable to injury as
heretofore.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SAFES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th January 1882.
DANIEL ROWLINSON RATCLIFF of Finsbury Pavement in the City of London
Esquire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SAFES."
My Invention relating to improvements in the manufacture of safes or analogous
depositories has for its object increased strength and durability combined with
efficiency and simplicity.
According to my Invention I construct the entire safe of cast steel in only two
parts or pieces in order to minimise the possibility of having the joints or junctions
of structure forced by the insertion of wedges or other sharp implements. For
this purpose I prepare suitable moulds of the body of the safe and separate moulds
for the door with its strengthening ribs hinge lugs and lock cavity both of which
patterns and moulds may be suitably varied according to the size and configuration
of the safe to be constructed.
And into the gits of the moulds thus prepared I pour the molten steel for forming
the homogeneous castings. Strengthening ribs or pieces may be cast on the body of
the safe in order to acquire the most economical distribution of metal and obtain
great strength with lightness. When the safe is required to be impervious to the
effects of fire as well as burglar proof I form them with suitable liners with cavities
or intervening spaces into which is introduced convenient forms of nonconducting
and incombustible packing materials. The door is secured to the safe by a hinge
bolt or other similar device passing through the cast lugs or collars fitting and
closing with the greatest accuracy to prevent the presence of crevices or cracks
into which any tool might possibly be introduced for prising. The cast cavity for
receiving the lock or fastening is so formed within the inside of the door with
strengthening and baffling pieces that it is rendered extremely difficult to tamper
with it in any way when the safe is closed and secured.
IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS MATTRASSES BOLSTERS" BED-BOTTOMS AND My
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Kendrick at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th November 1882.
THOMAS KENDRICK of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS MATTRASSES
BOLSTERS"
BED-BOTTOMS
AND
My Improvements in Metallic bedsteads refer to those which may be converted
from a French bedstead into a half canopy so that the canopy and drapery may be
easily removed or attached. In one of its forms my Invention consists in attaching
the uprights of the canopy to the head pillars by detaching the base and by
passing over the screw by which such base is fixed an eye or ring which is
connected to the uprights of the canopy and then replacing the base on the screw,
the upright is continued downwards for some length when its lower end is turned
inwards and formed into a palm or clip embracing the head pillar and thus with
the eye beforenamed forming a bracket to steady the upright. Or by another
mode the uprights of the canopy may be made to telescope into or upon the head
pillar for a sufficient distance to keep them steady or the uprights may be made
to take their bearing off the head rail with a second bearing from either of the
secondary rails or from the angle iron of the frame. Or the uprights may be made
to slide in eyes down the outside of the head pillars. My Improvements in
Mattrasses and bed bottoms consist in the employment of bands of woven wire or
other resilient material attached to the frame or angle iron of the bedstead by
coiled wire or other suitable springs at side and foot and to each other by similar
springs or metal rods. My Improvement in bolsters consists in making them of
woven wire in the form of a drum or other required shape, or of metal laths
arranged in similar form covered with any suitable material, the wire or springs
affording the necessary resiliency. The bolster may be separate from the mattrass
or may be formed as a raised continuation of the mattrass or bed bottom.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPORTIONAL REDUCING VALVES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Wilson Quinlan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th November 1882.
ANDREW WILSON QUINLAN, [of] Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, "IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPORTIONAL REDUCING VALVES
"
This Invention. has for its object to improve the construction and action of
proportional reducing valves, and to render them suitable for very high pressures
of water or other fluid as well as for moderate pressures.
In one modification of the improved valves two pistons are used, these pistons
being formed in one piece or otherwise attached so as to move together, and their
areas being in the ratio to each other of the initial and required reduced pressures
of the fluid. The pistons are packed with cup leathers or other suitable packing
and work in cylindrical spaces formed for them in the body of the apparatus. The
fluid having the initial high pressure enters one end of the smaller cylindrical
space, and the outlet for the fluid of reduced pressure is at the opposite end of the
larger cylindrical space. There is a passage between the two cylindrical spaces and
this passage communicates with the smaller cylindrical space by two or more
comparatively small holes placed so as to be uncovered in succession by the smaller
piston as it recedes from the inlet end. When the outlet is closed (the inlet being
open) the pistons will be in such a position that the smaller piston will cover all
the holes into the communicating passage, but on the outlet being opened the
pressure on the large piston will be temporarily reduced, in consequence of which
the pistons will move so as to uncover the small holes to such an extent that the
fluid passing through them will be equal in quantity to that passing off by the
outlet and sufficient to maintain such a pressure on the larger piston as will
balance the greater initial pressure on the smaller piston. The movements of the
two pistons thus control the effective area of communication between the two
cylindrical spaces, and they may be made to vary such area in other ways besides
that described. Thus for example the communicating passage may be formed
through the pistons and a conical or taper pin or spindle may be fixed in the inner
end of the smaller cylindrical space so as to enter the communicating passage and
make the effective area more or less accordingly as the piston moves from or
towards the inlet end. In other modifications the pistons may be arranged to act
on a separate valve controlling the communicating passage.
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PEAT FUEL the Manufac
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Wilson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1882.
GEORGE WILSON [Engineer] of Elmers End in the County of Kent. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PEAT FUEL
This invention relates to Improvements in the Manufacture of Peat Fuel. The
object being to form a fuel chiefly in spherical shapes, which has self-stowage
properties, and from which no stench, or obnoxious vapours can arise. The Fuel
prepared as hereafter stated is applicable for steam vessel or other furnaces also for
the manufacture of Iron, Steel and other metals from the intense heat developed
during the burning. For the preparation of my spherical peat fuel I take say one
ton and a half of raw peat, this I dry in a suitable oven or kiln, within which_an
agitation of the mass is maintained by stirrers or scrapers from the outside. The
raw peat is supplied to one end of the casing, and after travelling along under the
action of the stirrers, will find an exit at the other end to establish a continuous
working; The peat during this action not only becomes dry by the expulsion of the
moisture it contained (which escapes through orifices or pipes attached to the casing)
but becomes disintegrated into small fragments or particles without destroying the
fibrous elements contained in it To this said quantity of dried peat say one ton, I
add about two bundred pounds weight of pure peat charcoal, and thoroughly
mix the two together either mechanically or by hand, this compound has then a
solution of silicate of soda, alum, glue or other glutinous body mixed into it so as
to form a kind of dough or stiff paste, that can be handled or manipulated. The
mass is then removed from the mixing vessel and is thrown into a powerful press,
in the lower part of which press is a semisphere cup lift forming a bottom to the
head, and an upper semisphere cup is inverted, is inserted into an opening of the
press head plate and under the action of knuckle press levers the two semispheres
are caused to approach each other and to compress the dough or paste between
them to the desired extent, the air and waste moisture escaping through the two
meeting edges of cups of the semispheres. During the pressure the two semispheres
mould cups slide within the press head and lower plate, and when the balls of peat
are sufficiently compressed, the lower semisphere cylinder is drawn out, for the

page_text: removal of each completed ball of fuel, and then reinserted for the reception of the
next piece of peat dough or paste. By the powerful compression the Balls are
made sufficiently hard and rigid, so as to retain their rotundity, and on exposure to
the atmosphere becomes more and more hardened.
I have described the prepared peat fuel as of spherical shape when finished
but it can be made in various shapes or forms according to circumstances or
requirements.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RING FRAMES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Nuttall and John Pitt Tapley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd May 1882.
JAMES NUTTALL of Farnworth in the County of Lancaster and JOHN PITT
TAPLEY of Patricroft in the same County. "IMPROVEMENTS IN RING FRAMES FOR
SPINNING AND DOUBLING
"
The object of our invention is to obtain a uniform drag or tension of the thread
or yarn during its passage from the front roller to the tube, bobbin, or spindle.
We effect this by connecting the board or rail which holds the thread wires or
guiders to the lifting rail or ring plate so that the thread wires move up and down
with the lifting rail and are always equidistant from the rings. We may effect
this by raising and lowering the thread wires in any other convenient manner.
We make an improved thread wire or guider by forming the loop open at the
front so that the thread may be passed in and to the rollers by a simple forward
movement of the hand.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Posner, Phillip Rosenberg
and Walter Ludski at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
6th June 1882.
BENJAMIN POSNER[,] PHILLIP ROSENBERG and WALTER LUDSKI all of Commercial
Road (East) in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTES"
Our Invention relates to improvements in the construction of cigarettes, whereby,
greater cleanliness and comfort is ensured to the mouth of the smoker than is the
case with cigarettes as ordinarily made.
Our Invention consists in the application and use to cigarettes of a mouthpiece
composed of tin foil, metal, or other suitable material, wound round or formed on
the end of the cigarette by which arrangement the unpleasantness to the smoker
arising from the wetting and consequent destruction of the paper end of the
cigarette hitherto used is entirely obviated and the mouth kept cool and free from
tobacco.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BASTING MEAT, POULTRY, GAME, AND OTHER FOOD WHILST MOORING
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Reynolds of Henwick Lodge near Worcester in
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the County of Worcester Esquire for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR BASTING MEAT, POULTRY, GAME, AND OTHER FOOD WHILST
MOORING"
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said James Reynolds at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th November 1882.
JAMES REYNOLDS of Henwick Lodge near Worcester in the County of
Worcester Esquire "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BASTING MEAT POULTRY
GAME AND OTHER FOOD WHILST COOKING
"
This Invention has for its object the arrangement and application of apparatus
suitable for basting meat poultry game and other food continuously whilst
cooking.
It is well known how important it is in good cooking to apply hot fat or
dripping frequently to joints of meat poultry and game whilst roasting before an
open fire or baking or cooking the same in an oven and the object of my invention
is so to arrange apparatus that a continuous supply of hot fat shall be caused to
fall or drip on to a joint of meat poultry game or other article of food whilst
cooking. And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily
ascertained I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.

page_text: The bottom of the inner vessel c is perforated with one or more small holes for
the fat to flow through as it melts on to the perforated bottom of the vessel 6 by
which it is distributed over the surface of the joint of meat poultry game or
other food whilst roasting or cooking.
b
The supply of fat which drips through the perforated bottom of the vessel 6 may
be regulated by flat metal rings placed over the perforated bottom to limit the
space to the central part if desired. Or other means of regulating the supply of
fat may be employed.
It will be evident that similar apparatus may be arranged so as to be supported
by a frame over a joint of meat poultry game or other food whilst the same is being
cooked or baked in an oven.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice I would remark that I. do not limit myself to the
exact details herein before described so long as the main features of my invention
are retained at the same time, I make no claim to any of the parts separately which
are well known and in common use But what I claim is :-
The improved arrangement and application of apparatus for basting meat poultry
game and other food constructed and arranged to act substantially in the manner
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto
annexed.
In witness whereof I the said James Reynolds have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Signed sealed and delivered by the
above named James Reynolds in
the presence of
JOHN H HOOPER
Solicitor
Worcester
JAMES. REYNOLDS. (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MINER'S LAMPS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Nicholas Thomas Hewens at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th September 1882.
NICHOLAS THOMAS HEWENS of Wellingborough in the County of Northampton,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MINER'S LAMPS
My Invention has for its object improvements in lamps, specially adapted for
miner's lamps, and specially to prevent the lamp being opened by the miner without
extinguishing the light.
In carrying out my Invention, I adopt mainly the following arrangements:
On the escutcheon carrying the axis of the lock is fitted, a catch-The said catch
when in position holds a spring arm carrying a disc or cap.-The lamp, which may
be of the Davy or other pattern, being fitted with these arrangements avoids the
liability to explosion now experienced by designed or accidental opening of the
lamp. The lamp with my improvements being locked, the spring arm is held by
catch before described.-The light is extinguished by the turning of the escutcheon
or covering of key hole, which releases the catch, allowing the spring arm with disc
or cover to fall directly on to the wick, thus extinguishing the light. The
escutcheon must be moved before a key can be inserted in the lock, thus ensuring
the light being extinguished before the lamp can be opened.-The extinguishing
apparatus can be applied to lamps opened from the bottom or other part of the
lamp. For new and existing lamps, locks may be dispensed with, a press, catch,
or suitable appliance being used in lieu thereof, the press button of such catch
being covered by a plate or escutcheon in connection with the aforesaid catch and
spring arm. By withdrawing the cover or escutcheon, the spring catch is released,
extinguishing the light.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SMOKELESS STOVES AND GRATES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Crane at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th November 1882.
ROBERT CRANE of 3 Stockwell Park Road Surrey Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SMOKELESS STOVES AND GRATES
"
My invention has for its object improvements in stoves and grates for burning
bituminous coals without producing smoke.
The form of the grate will somewhat resemble a vase and stand in the ordinary
fire place recess independently of brick work or setting. Attached to or formed in
one piece will be side arms or hoppers communicating with the bottom of the
grate on each side to ensure the fire being replenished with coal from the bottom
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOT
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Spence at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th September 1882.
THOMAS SPENCE of 13 Oxford Terrace Gateshead-on-Tyne "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOT"
My said Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of shot--According
to my said Invention I take asbestos, or slag wool or silicate cotton or similar
incombustible material whether natural or artificial either in a pure state or com-
bined with white lead or other suitable substances in the form of sheets in various
thicknesses as may be requisite and I make a series of holes or perforations therein.
The said sheets are fitted into suitable frames to which a slight notion may be
imparted if desired-Through the holes in the sheets the particles of lead passed
thereonto fall down a tower or pit into the water at the bottom. By the use and
arrangement of the sheets of the materials named I effect a great saving in the
manufacture of shot both in material and labour as the said sheets are not destroyed
by the heat of the molten metal and I am further enabled to make shot without
the use of arsenic salammoniac or other substances which are required to be used
in the methods of operation at present in use and I can make use of an inferior
quality of lead and yet produce a harder and better shot than that produced in the
ordinary way.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Spence in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th March
1883.
THOMAS SPENCE of 13 Oxford Terrace Gateshead in the County of Durham
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOT"
My said Invention relates to Improvements in the manufacture of Shot-
According to my said Invention I take Asbestos either in a pure state or combined
with white lead or other suitable material in the form of sheets of various
thicknesses as may be required and I make a series of holes or perforations
therein.
The said sheets are fitted into suitable frames to which a slight motion may be
imparted if desired. Through the holes or perforations in the sheets the particles
of the molten lead or alloy of lead with other metals which may be poured thereon
fall down a tower or pit into water at the bottom-By the use of the sheets of
the material named I effect a great saving in the manufacture of Shot both in
material and labor as the said sheets are not destroyed by the heat of the molten
metal as is the case when cardboard or paper is used, and the loss of time entailed
in the constant renewal of the sheets is thereby avoided.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed-I claim the use of asbestos whether in a pure state or
combined with any suitable material in the form of sheets substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein set forth
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Spence have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
THOMAS SPENCE (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLS APPLICABLE FOR PLAYING GAMES IN THE OPEN AIR
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jasper Wetter, of New Wandsworth, Surrey for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLS APPLICABLE FOR PLAYING GAMES IN
THE OPEN AIR A communication to him from abroad by Gretschel and
Heinemann, of Leipzig, in the kingdom of Saxony
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jasper Wetter at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th November 1882.
JASPER WETTER, of New Wandsworth, Surrey, "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLS
APPLICABLE FOR PLAYING GAMES IN THE OPEN AIR," a communication to me from
abroad by Gretschel and Heinemann, of Leipzig, in the kingdom of Saxony,
Coloured balls hitherto used for playing games in the open air have the
drawback, that they easily loose their colour by dampness and other_influences,
after which the balls cannot be easily distinguished from each other. In order to
mark them with unalterable colours, I provide them with pins or panels of
coloured glass sunk into the body of the ball and made flush with the surface of
the latter, which may be made of wood or other suitable material. The number
and arrangement of the pins or panels and the mode of fixing them may be adapted
to different circumstances.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Jasper Wetter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th May 1883.
JASPER WETTER, of New Wandsworth, Surrey, "IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLS
APPLICABLE FOR PLAYING GAMES IN THE OPEN AIR," a communication to me from
abroad by Gretschel and Heinemann, of Leipzig, in the kingdom of Saxony.
Coloured balls hitherto used for playing such games in the open air, in which
the balls touch the ground, have the drawback that they easily loose their colour
owing to dampness and other influences, in consequence of which the balls cannot
be easily recognized from each other, that is to say the balls of the different parties
cannot be easily distinguished, whereby the game is greatly interfered with.
The present invention, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, has for
its object to avoid the above mentioned drawback.
For the purpose of marking the balls with unalterable colours, they are provided
with any convenient number of pins or panels of coloured glass i sunk into the
body of the ball and fixed to the same in any suitable manner. The surface of the
pins or panels i is made flush with the surface of the ball.
The colour-of-balls marked in this manner is not altered by dampness. and other
influences, and the balls are easily distinguished from eachother.
The body of the ball is preferably made of wood, to which the pins or panels are
secured in any suitable manner.
AN IMPROVED PROCEEDING TO PREPARE PHOTOGRAPHICAL COPIES ON THE SURFACE OF ALL MATTERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Schroer at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 26th January 1882.
RICHARD SCHROER of Vienna, Austrian Empiro,
AN IMPROVED PROCEEDING
TO PREPARE PHOTOGRAPHICAL COPIES ON THE SURFACE OF ALL MATTERS,
This Invention consists in the production of photographic images on wood,
leather, paper, indiarubber, tissues, porcelain, stoneware, metals and other materials
by applying to their surface a sensitive coating containing tanned glue and
developing the image after exposure in the following manner. I dissolve one part
of alum in 300 parts of water, and add 16 parts of glue best quality, or of isinglass,
leaving it in the solution about 24 hours, during which time the liquid is frequently
stirred. Subsequently I pour out the solution of alum, wash the glue well with
water and allow it to dry. By this process the glue is tanned and obtains a very
high melting point.
I then dissolve in a bottle 2 parts of potassic iodide, 1 part of potassic bromide
1 part of sodic chloride, 16 parts of the tanned glue with 200 parts of water, and
at the same time in another bottle 65 parts of argentic nitrate with 50 parts of
water both solutions are then heated to 35° centigrade and mixed together. This
mixture is kept in a water bath of 30-38° centigrade for about 24 hours and
frequently agitated. Afterwards I add 20 drops of ammonia, agitate again and
filter the mixture through fine muslin. The proportion of chlorine iodine and
bromine salts may however be varied to suit certain requirements, and replaced by
other compounds of iodine, chlorine and bromine.
Non-metallic but compact materials such as glazed porcelain and stoneware, to
which the photographic image is to be applied are first slightly heated after which
Metallic
the sensitive mixture is poured over their surface and left to dry.
surfaces are first coated with a dull white lack or other dull lack-After the
coating is dry, it is cautiously polished and the sensitive coating applied.
Porous materials such as wood and paper are. first coated with a solution of
tanned glue (one part of glue in 15 parts of water), after which the sensitive
coating is applied. The photographic image is then prepared on the sensitive
surface by an exposure of 2 to 5 seconds to diffused daylight or electric light, and
subsequently developed by a mixture of the following solutions a, 1 part of

page_text: pyrogallic acid 2 parts of citric acid, 1 part of alum 300 parts of water, b, 5 parts
of argentic nitrate, 6 parts of citric acid and 100 parts of water, six parts of the
solution a being mixed with one part of the solution b.
After the image has been slowly developed by applying to the surface the above
mixture it is washed with water and fixed by a solution of 1 part of sodic 5
thiosulphate in 8 parts of water. Finally it is treated for 5 to 20 minutes with a
solution of alum and again washed.
IMPROVED GAS LIGHTING AND REGULATING APPARATUS."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Thorp at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st November 1882.
THOMAS THORP of Whitefield in the County of Lancaster Architect.
IMPROVED GAS LIGHTING AND REGULATING APPARATUS."
"AN
The object of my invention is to produce a steady light without shadow and to
cause the air to become highly heated before it enters into combustion with the
gas, also an improved mode of regulating the supply of gas.
In performing my invention I employ a central pipe which supplies gas from
above to the burner; to the bottom end of this pipe is secured a hollow perforated
metal cone, in the base of this cone are holes into which small vertical tubes
forming the burner are fixed-to the inner base of this cone is secured a chamber
composed preferably of a casing and radiating plates (having annular webs)
extending from near the centre and passing outward between the small vertical
tubes above mentioned-theso radiating plates form two chambers and the casing
which surrounds them is turned in at its lower edge to form a deflector at about
the same level as the bottom of the small vertical tubes. The flame is enclosed in
a glass globe which is arranged to open on hinges.
When the gas has been lighted the air for combustion passes down the outer
chamber formed by the radiating plates and casing and it enters into combustion
with the gas in a highly heated state. The flame turns inward and the products
of combustion pass upward through the inner chamber formed by the radiating
plates and then through perforations in the cone into a chimney which surrounds
the gas supply pipe.
In constructing my improved gas regulator I make use of an outer case
connected to the gas supply. Gas is admitted to the interior of the casing through
a hole near the edge of a convex plate, it passes upward through a hole into a
chamber from which it has to pass through a hollow curved passage in which a
disc of metal on the end of a light lever swings, near the fulcrum of this lever and
to it is fastened a plate of sheet metal which closes or partially closes the tube

page_text: admitting the gas to the interior chamber of the regulator as the pressure of the
gas increases.
For the purpose of adjusting the regulator to pass any required quantity of gas
without taking it to pieces I employ a screw to turn froin the outside which opens
or closes a passage in the interior of the regulator.
I apply this regulator to my improved gas lighting apparatus or to other
burners.
IMPROVEMENTS IN VOLTAIC BATTERIES
Year: 1882

page_text: "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Desmond Gerald Fitz-Gerald at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1882.
DESMOND GERALD FITZ-GERALD of Brixton in the County of Surrey Electrician
IMPROVEMENTS IN VOLTAIC BATTERIES
This Invention relates to improvements in Voltaic batt eries
The
According to my Invention I use as a depolarising agent in primary voltaic
batteries, peroxide of lead under pressure or in a strongly compressed condition.
The positive element of the battery is preferably either tin, iron or lead which
metals may be employed in a more or less spongy or porous condition.
negative element is preferably either carbon, such as gas-carbon or graphite, or
lend, either of which conductors is by means of considerable pressure maintained
in close contact with a layer of the above-mentioned depolarising agent. Dilute
sulphuric acid or a solution of ammonic sulphate may be employed as the
electrolyte. The compression of the lead peroxide may be produced either by
the use of a positive element of considerable weight, such weight being indirectly
brought to bear upon the layer of depolarising material or by the use of springs,
preferably of vulcanized caoutchouc which may be attached to the lid of each
battery cell, so that when the lid is screwed down, the two elements with the layer
of lead peroxide in contact with the negative and a separator of porous material
in contact with the positive, may be firmly pressed together. When a carbon
negative element is employed the lead peroxide may be used in admixture with
fine carbon fragments.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DYNAMO-ELECTRIC AND ELECTRO-DYNAMIC MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Hillier Antill of Osborne Terrace Lambeth in
the County of Surrey for an invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN DYNAMO-ELECTRIC
AND ELECTRO-DYNAMIC MACHINES
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Hillier Antill at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th April 1882.
BENJAMIN HILLIER ANTILL of Osborne Terrace Lambeth in the County of Surrey
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DYNAMO-ELECTRIC AND ELECTRO-DYNAMIC MACHINES "
According to my Invention electric currents are generated by the movement of
coils of wire through magnetic fields without change of polarity, or by the
movement of magnetic fields of constant polarity relatively to coils of wire.
In one form of my apparatus I wind the coil or coils of insulated wire upon an
iron or steel ring which forms a pole or polar extension of a permanent or electro-
magnet. Around this ring revolves an iron or steel armature whereby a current is
induced in the coils which current may be employed to excite the field magnets and
to do work in an external circuit.
It is convenient to combine two rings and two armatures in one machine so that
both poles of the field magnets are utilized. When I desire very powerful
magnetic fields, I arrange the armatures in such a manner that they form poles or
polar extensions of permanent or electro-magnets. In such cases it is sometimes
desirable to dispense with coils for exciting the iron rings.
According to a modified construction, I mount the ring or rings upon an axis
capable of being rotated and I cause the armature or armatures to remain
stationary, or the rings and armatures may rotate in opposite directions.
When I require currents of low potential I substitute for the ring or rings a
cylinder or cylinders either hollow or solid, and in some cases I cause the generated
Din 1

page_text: currents to traverse longitudinally the metal of the cylinder or a metallic envelope
surrounding its inner or outer periphery.
As in apparatus operating according to my invention the induced currents flow
in one continuous direction no commutator is necessary. When the rings or
cylinders revolve the currents can be led off from contact surfaces against which
brushes bear. When the rings or cylinders are stationary the ends of the
conductors may be led directly to fixed terminals.
Apparatus such as I have described are obviously applicable either as dynamo-
electric machines generating electricity or as electro-dynamic machines in which
electricity produces motive power.
IMPROVED STEEL INGOTS FOR ROLLING OR BEING ROLLED INTO PLATES AND WHEREBY THE ORDINARY OPERATION OF HAMMERING SUCH INGOTS IS DISPENSED WITH
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Beardmore of Parkhead Forge and Steel Works,
"
Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain for an invention of
IMPROVED STEEL INGOTS FOR ROLLING OR BEING ROLLED INTO PLATES AND
WHEREBY THE ORDINARY OPERATION OF HAMMERING SUCH INGOTS IS DISPENSED
WITH
>>
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Beardmore at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th June 1882.
ISAAC BEARDMORE of Parkhead Forge and Steel Works Glasgow in the County
of Lanark N.B. "IMPROVED STEEL INGOTS FOR ROLLING OR BEING ROLLED INTO
PLATES AND WHEREBY THE ORDINARY OPERATION OF HAMMERING SUCH INGOTS IS
DISPENSED WITH
"
This Invention has for its object to dispense with the operation or operations of
hammering steel ingots preparatory to rolling the same into plates or bars and also
to render such plates or bars rolled from ingot steel especially steel made on the
open hearth" or Siemens-Martin process which is as free from crevices or flaws as
possible.
**
The foregoing objects are effected by casting the ingots of an oval or elliptical
section in moulds specially constructed for that purpose. As the oval or elliptical
ingot passes through the rolls the rolls act first on the central or highest portion
thereof and in flattening it down compress or close up the gas holes and gradually
squeeze out the gas from the centre of the surfaces of the ingot outwards thus
rendering the surfaces solid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTILLATION OF COAL
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edwin Drew at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 19th December 1882.
EDWIN DREW of Queen's Road Bayswater in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTILLATION OF COAL
"
The Invention has for its object improvements in the distillation of coal and
relates to means whereby the various products thereof are obtained at a single
distillation in a sufficiently pure state for commercial purposes or in such a
condition as to reduce considerably the operations required to obtain products of a
given quality.
It has heretofore been proposed to distil coal in presence of a partial vacuum
but such partial vacuum has been employed either for the purpose of quickly
removing the evolved vapours from the distilling apparatus or of getting these off
at a lower temperature than would be necessary were such partial vacuum not
employed.
It has also been proposed to separate various substances or products from their
mixed vapours in a certain degree of purity by passing these vapours through a
series of condensers each of which kept at a temperature lower than its predecessor
in the series.
The method of endeavouring to separate various substances or products from
their mixed vapours by passing these vapours through a series of condensers each
of which is kept at a temperature lower than its predecessor in the series has not
been used together with the use of a partial vacuum.
Now my Invention consists in passing the mixed vapours from coal through a
series of condensers each of which is maintained at a temperature lower than its
predecessor in the series and at the temperature which in each case is adapted to
the condensation of the required product, and at the same time reducing con-
siderably the pressure within the series of condensers by the application of a
suitable air pump or exhauster, and I use and adapt this exhaust or partial vacuum
for the purpose of increasing the differences between the vapour tensions of the
various vapours as they pass through the series of condensers referred to and so
facilitating very much their separate condensation in the condensers under the
influence of the respective temperatures at which the condensers are maintained.
I do not confine myself to any exact degree of exhaust but I find it advantageous

page_text: to work with as high an exhaust as can be maintained economically and practically
in connection with the construction and working of the apparatus.
Nor do I confine myself to any particular form of condenser as I have found
that various forms and descriptions will answer fairly well, but I find it very
desirable to cause the vapours by slow passage or by intimate.contact or other
means to be brought as nearly as possible to the temperature of each condenser
before passing away from one condenser to the next of the series.
It is also-advantageous to cause the vapours on entering into any condenser in
the series to impinge closely upon or even to bubble through any fluid which has
been already collected.
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IMPROVE- MENTS IN DUST COLLECTING OR AIR FILTERING APPARATUS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Fiechter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 25th May 1882. A communication to him
from abroad from the firm of Kirk and Fender of Minneapolis in the State of
Minnesota.
"
'
LOUIS FIECHTER of Minneapolis in the State of Minnesota temporarily at the
office for Patents 6 Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN DUST COLLECTING OR AIR FILTERING APPARATUS [A communication
to him from abroad from the firm of Kirk and Fender of Minneapolis in the
State of Minnesota]
This invention consists-First in a series of extremely steep ridges of filtering
cloth projecting upward from a chamber below into which they open Second.
The chamber or box below for receiving the air to be filtered. Third a screw with
a single endless thread going the full length of the chamber and provided with a
nut or carriage riding on the screw so that by the constant turning of the screw in
one direction the carriage may be slowly carried backwards and forwards the length
of the chamber Fourth-a shallow box or tray forming the top of the nut and
extending the full breadth of the chamber and sufficiently wide to cover completely
the mouth of any one of the filtering cloth ridges and form a valve for the same
hermetically closing it below. Fifth A series of strikers preferably of stout wire
arranged on each side of each bar each pair connected by springs, and so arranged
that before the carriage entirely covers the mouth of a ridge they shall be pressed
apart and the instant the ridge of filtering cloth is shut off from the chamber by
means of the carriage they shall be released and strike against the cloth shaking
off the dust collected on the inside which falls down into the carriage. Sixth. A
wheel and hopper at one or both ends of the chamber so arranged that as the
carriage comes in contact with them the bottom of the carriage opens and deposits
the dust collected into the hopper. Seventh A. screw arrangement at the top of
each ridge suspends the cloth and by an occasional tightening keeps it in proper
tension.
The mode of action is as follows the air entering the chamber passes into all
the ridges but the one covered by the carriage depositing its dust on the inner
surface of the ridges and escaping from them purified-as each ridge in succession
is cut off from the air to be filtered it is struck by beaters and the dirt falls through
the still air of the ridge into the carriage from which it eventually is cast out into
the hopper.