IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL MANURE
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Fitt, of Copenhagen Wharf, Limehouse, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL MANURE."
Sealed the 15th May 1868, and dated the 18th November 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Fitt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
November 1867.
I, GEORGE FITT, of Copenhagen Wharf, Limehouse, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ix-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL MANURE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of
artificial manure whereby a cheap and efficient manure is produced.
I I propose to take cinder ash or refuse, or what is known by the name of
"breeze," and to mix the same with tallow refuse or other waste or residue
from fat or oil manufactories; the properties of the "breeze" and tallow or other
fatty matters may vary, but generally it will be sufficient to use as much tallow
as will serve to form a mass incapable of holding together or producing lumps.
The ingredients are to be thoroughly mixed or ground together at a temperature
sufficient to melt the tallow or other fatty matter or admixture, and powdered
lime may be added to prevent the tendency of the mixture to form pieces of
any considerable size, and also to improve the quality of the manure.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Fitt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
May 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
FITT, of Copenhagen Wharf, Limehouse, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Fitt, Her special licence that I, the said George Fitt, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Fitt, 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
MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL MANURE," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said George Fitt, 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 George Fitt, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of artificial
manure whereby a cheap and efficient manure is produced.
I take cinder ash or refuse, or what is known by the name of "breeze,'
and mix the same with tallow refuse or other waste or residue from fat or oil
manufactories; the proportions of the breeze and tallow or other fatty matters
being wariable, but generally it will be sufficient to use as much tallow as will
serve to form a mass incapable of holding together or producing lumps. These
ingredients are to be thoroughly mixed or ground together at a temperature
sufficient to melt the tallow or other fatty matter or admixture, and powdered
lime or other alkali may be added to prevent the tendency of the mixture

page_text: to form lumps or pieces of any considerable size, and also to improve the
quality of the manure and its efficiency by the separation of its component
particles.
As an example of a quality of manure made according to my Invention, and
which I find very efficacious, I take the following ingredients and proportions,
viz., one ton of ashes ground and finely sifted, to which are to be added four
hundredweight of tallow or other fatty or oily matter, half a hundredweight
of brown acid, half a hundredweight of salt, and four bushels of powdered
lime prepared by slaking quicklime with a solution containing potash, soda,
and ammonia, the whole to be well mixed. These proportions may, however,
be varied according to the price at which the manure is to be sold.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I would remark that I do not limit
myself to the use of powdered quickline treated as described with the solution
of potash, soda, and ammonia, as lime in any other form may be used if
desired; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein in
part recited Letters Patent is, the manufacture of manure consisting of cinder
ash or "breeze" in combination with fatty or oily matters and alkalis with or
without brown acid, substantially as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Fitt, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
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Witness,
ALEX. M. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross.
GEO. FITT. (L.B.)