Year: 1886

page_text: I, JAMES MACTEAR, of No. 2 Victoria Mansions, in the City of Westminster,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows, that is
to say :-
My said Invention has for its object to prepare soda for sale and distribution in
a more convenient form than the bulky and large irregular crystals in which it is.
ordinarily sold; my improvements tending to save labor and expense in weighing,
packing, and retailing, and also facilitating the accurate portioning of the soda in
cases in which particular quantities ought to be used.
In carrying out my Invention I take monohydrated or decahydrated carbonate
of soda in a granulated form or I take ordinary soda crystals ground to powder,
and I compress the same in suitable moulds so as to form tablets, cakes, or blocks
of convenient sizes and forms, and each weighing one pound or other convenient
weight. I prefer the blocks to be of a rectangular or other convenient form
allowing a number to be packed together without waste of space; and the moulds
may be arranged to impress a trade mark or other device on the blocks.
Dated this tenth day of February 1886.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent,

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Preparing Soda for Sale and Distribution.
I, JAMES MACTEAR, of No. 2 Victoria Mansions, in the City of Westminster,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 :-
My said Invention has for its object to prepare soda for sale and distribution in
a more convenient form than the bulky and large irregular crystalline masses
in which it is ordinarily sold; my improvements tending to save labor and expense
in weighing, packing, and retailing, and also facilitating the accurate portioning of
the soda in cases in which particular quantities ought to be used.
In carrying out my Invention I take monohydrated or decahydrated carbonate
of soda in a granulated form, or I take ordinary soda crystals ground to powder;
and I compress the same in suitable moulds so as to form tablets, cakes, or blocks,
of convenient sizes and forms, and each weighing one pound or other convenient
weight, I prefer the blocks to be of a rectangular or other convenient form
allowing a number to be packed together without waste of space; and the moulds
may be arranged to impress a trade mark or other device on the blocks.
In compressing the granulated or ground soda in the moulds I use a pressure
which is at least sufficient to form blocks that can be handled without crumbling;
and I pack each block in a separate paper or other cover, or I pack any convenient
number of the blocks in one cover.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The preparing of soda for sale and distribution by compressing granulated soda
or ground soda crystalls so as to form tablets, cakes, or blocks, of convenient size
and form and of definite weight substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this ninth day of November 1886.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.