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Iм- PROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederich Ludewig Hahn Danchell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th April 1854.
I, FREDERICH LUDEWIG HAHN DANCHELL, of Acton, in the County of Middle-
sex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER " to be as follows:-
Firstly, in raising and removing liquids and fluids by the direct applica-
tion of steam in the form of a jet within a tube or series of tubes; and,
secondly, in causing motion thereby, either to the tube or tubes, itself or
themselves, or to bodies outside or inside the said tube or tubes. For this
purpose I provide a tube or series of tubes connected together, and intro-
duce into the same a jet of steam through a pipe leading from the boiler or
generator, and its mouth directed towards the one end of the said tube or
tubes. These said tubes may sometimes, as the case may be, and the object
to be attained require, either be immersed entirely or partially in water or
liquids, or be made to act entirely disconnected with water or fluids.
Rotary motion may be given by connecting a tube or tubes, bent or made
in form of a circle or part of a circle, to an axle box revolving on a hollow
axle, through which steam can be admitted, and allowing the steam to pass
from the said hollow axle box, through a pipe or pipes, into the circular bent
tube or tubes in the way already.described.
Motion to vessels may be given by placing a tube or a series of tubes
alongside the vessel immersed in water, and by admitting steam into the said

page_text: tube or tubes in the manner already described. Motion to carriages or a
train of carriages may be given by placing the said carriages within a tube or
series of tubes, and by causing a vacuum or partial vacuum in front of the said
carriages, by introducing steam into the said tube or tubes in the same
manner as described.
Motion to solid bodies inside a tube or tubes may be imparted vertically or
obliquely, either from mines or from beds of rivers, canals, lakes, or pits con-
taining water, by introducing steam in the same or similar way into a tube
or tubes, as described.
Water and other liquids may be raised, either in form of a fountain or in
pipes, to any desired elevation by the above means.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN APPLYING SHAFTS TO AGRICULTURAL IMPLE- MENTS AND CARRIAGES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Oliver Maggs at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th May 1854.
I, OLIVER MAGGS, of Bourton, Dorset, do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN APPLYING SHAFTS TO AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
MENTS AND CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to obtain a ready adjustment of the position
of the shafts of agricultural implements and carriages. For this purpose the
shafts are attached by pin joints to the implements or carriages, and they have
each a curved bar passing thro' them, perforated with holes; and according
as the shafts are to be adjusted for a higher horse or other animal, so will be
the position to which the shafts are to be raised; and they are to be retained
by pins passing thro' the shafts and the curved bars, and the set or position of
the implements may also be adjusted thereby.
A MODE OF PRESERVING INSCRIP- TIONS AND PAINTINGS ON GLASS, APPLICABLE FOR MONUMENTAL AND OTHER TABLETS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Maria Morrison at the Office of
the Commissioners. of Patents, with her Petition, on the 18th December
1854.
I, MARIA MORRISON, of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A MODE OF PRESERVING INSCRIP-
TIONS AND PAINTINGS ON GLASS, APPLICABLE FOR MONUMENTAL AND OTHER TABLETS,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a mode of preserving inscriptions and paintings
and ornamental work on glass; that is to say, I take two plates or slabs of
glass, one of which I denominate the back plate, the other the front plate.
At the back of the latter I inscribe or paint the letters or design required; I
then lay the two plates one upon the other (the front plate upon the back
plate), with the lettered or painted matter between them, and I then cement
the two together round the edges, and for a depth therefrom of one inch more
or less between the plates, according to their size. The object of this
Invention is to produce an almost imperishable inscription, ornament, or
painting, for monumental and other tablets and windows of churches and
other buildings.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN PREPARING OXIDES AND CARBONATES OF LEAD OR ZINC AND CARBONATE OR SULPHATE OF BARYTES, TO RENDER THE SAME SUITABLE FOR PAINTING OR COATING SURFACES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Ransome at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th November
1854.
I, FREDERICK RANSOME, of Ipswich, do hereby declare the nature of the
5 Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN PREPARING OXIDES AND CARBONATES OF LEAD
OR ZINC AND CARBONATE OR SULPHATE OF BARYTES, TO RENDER THE SAME SUITABLE
FOR PAINTING OR COATING SURFACES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of grinding and mixing oxides and carbonates of
lead or zinc and carbonate or sulphate of barytes with soluble silica, which
compound will be found very valuable for coating or painting over surfaces,
whether they be used alone or have mixed therewith coloring or other
matters.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hippolyte Lamy at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th March
1854.
I, HIPPOLYTE LAMY, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 16, Castle
Street, Holborn (City), London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE
SUBSTANCES" to be as follows:-
The Invention is applicable to all kinds of vessels, and consists in the intro-
duction of sulphurous gas into the vessel containing the substance to be
preserved, which is then closed. If an acid taste be engendered by this
process, it can be easily removed by the use of solution of baryta or bicarbonate
of magnesia.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS, SHOES, GOLOSHES, OR IN SHOE-MAKING GENERALLY
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Manteguès at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th June
1854.
I, HENRI MANTEGUES, of Rouen, in the Empire of France, and of 16, Castle
Street, Holborn (City), London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS, SHOES, GOLOSHES, OR
IN SHOE-MAKING GENERALLY," to be as follows, viz. :-
My Invention relates to shoemaking on the mixt system, that is to say, the
soles of such boots, shoes, &c. being of wood, and the upper leather or vamp
being of leather, or any other suitable material.
The distinguishing features of my improvements consist in nailing the
vamp internally to the top surface of the sole, instead of securing it to the
edges of the same, as hitherto. This may be effected by various processes.
the principle of all of which consists in placing nails either in holes made
round the turned-in edge of the vamp, or else placing them on the contour of
the internal sole, under which the edges of the vamp are tucked in; this being
done, a metallic last is placed under the vamp on the head of the nails, and
by exerting the necessary pressure on the last the nails are all driven in at
The said sole is cut out by means of a circular and reciprocating saws.
A NEW OR IMPROVED WAISTCOAT
Year: 1854

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Brookes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th September
1854.
I, JOHN BROOKES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED WAISTCOAT" to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists of a waistcoat constructed as follows:-The
collar of the said waistcoat passes closely round the neck, similar to the collars
of waistcoats now commonly worn, and buttoning closely from the neck to the
waist. In my improved waistcoat, the collar may be buttoned or fastened by
a chain, or left open at pleasure; but below the said collar, passing round the
neck, the waistcoat is opened to a greater or less distance downwards, and the
sides of the said opening are furnished with flaps, somewhat resembling those
of rolled collared waistcoats. I will call these flaps the lower collar. The
said lower collar forms an elliptical opening, which displays the front of the
shirt advantageously, giving a bulged or convex form to the same. In the
inside of the waistcoat, and under the lower collar, are flaps, provided with
buttons and button holes, by which in rainy weather the front of the waistcoat

page_text: can be completely closed, and the shirt front defended from wet. When it is
wished to leave the lower collar open, the flaps used for buttoning the said
lower collar are turned under the waistcoat, and kept out of sight. The
buttoning flaps may be omitted where it is thought desirable.
AN INSTRUMENT APPLICABLE TO PROJECTILES TO BE DISCHARGED FROM CANNON, WHETHER RIPLED OR OTHERWISE, AS A MEANS OF INCREASING THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF SUCH PROJECTILES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hackett at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th September 1854.
I, JOHN HACKETT, of Derby, in the County of Derby, Manufacturer, and
also of Chesterfield, in the said County of Derby, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN INSTRUMENT APPLICABLE TO
PROJECTILES TO BE DISCHARGED FROM CANNON, WHETHER RIPLED OR OTHERWISE, AS A
MEANS OF INCREASING THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF SUCH PROJECTILES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists of an instrument composed of steel or of steel and
iron combined, which instrument I purpose fastening upon or inserting within
the front end of a projectile to be discharged from cannon, whether rifled
or otherwise, which I consider will increase the destructive power of such
projectiles, and thereby render essential service to the means of warfare in
present use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING YARNS AND THREADS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Ronald at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th March
1854.
I, JOHN RONALD, of Patrick Bank, near Paisley, Printer and Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING
YARNS AND THREADS" to be as follows:-
Hitherto it has for the most part been the practice to print yarn by causing
a carriage with a colour box and roller to pass across from end to end of the
drum on which the yarn or thread is wound, giving the impression to the yarn
or thread as it passes under the drum.
Instead of such carriage, colour box, and roller, I impress the colour upon
the yarn or thread by means of a series of parallel rollers brought into contact
with the yarn wound upon a drum; these rollers extend from end to end of
the drum, each roller being partially immersed in colour contained in a colour
trough, the rollers corresponding in number with the number of colours
required for a pattern.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING BAGS AND OTHER TUBULAR FABRICS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Levey at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd May 1854.
I, CHARLES LEVEY, of Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the
County of Middlesex, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING BAGS AND OTHER TUBULAR FABRICS"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of simultaneously working two shuttles when
weaving bags and other tubular fabrics. For this purpose, the loom is con-
structed and the harness arranged in such manner as to open two sheds in
the two warps at the same time, and the two shuttles are simultaneously
thrown through the two sheds so opened. The shuttle boxes are arranged to
rise and fall in such manner as to bring the respective shuttles into position
for passing through the upper and under sheds alternately, so that a shuttle,
having been thrown across through the upper shed at one movement, it is
in its next movement caused to fall through the lower shed. The ends of
the bags or fabrics may be closed at intervals and all the warps woven solid,
or the ends may be sewed after the fabrics come out of the loom.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF HEATING AND VENTILATING BY GAS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Jeakes at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th November
1854.
I, WILLIAM JEAKES, of Great Russell Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MODE OF HEATING AND VENTILATING BY GAS" to be as follows:-
The main object of this Invention is to warm and ventilate apartments by
the economic application of ignited gas. For this purpose I provide a metal
pipe, to which I attach a series of parallel metal plates, set at any required
distance apart. To this pipe I apply a gas burner for imparting heat thereto,
which heat is taken up by and distributed over the series of plates. This
apparatus I enclose in a case, which is open at top and bottom for the passage
through of air, which air, by coming in contact with the heated plates, will
become heated, &, when allowed to escape into an apartment, will diffuse the
required amount of heat to the apartment. It will be obvious that this
apparatus may be used for drawing off vitiated air from buildings, a suitable
provision being made for the admission of fresh air to supply the place of the
current drawn off by the apparatus.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN FIXING THE SPINDLES OF DOOR AND OTHER KNOBS AND HANDLES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Clark at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd May 1854.
I, FREDERICK CLARK, of King Street, Whitehall, do hereby declare the
nature of my Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN FIXING THE SPINDLES OF
DOOR AND OTHER KNOBS AND HANDLES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of forming the spindle of a lock with. a slit or
opening at one or both ends, and with ratchet or inclined teeth, so that the
spindle can be introduced into a handle or knob, the inclined teeth passing
a spring catch or pall till the length of spindle is adjusted, and then the
spring catch will retain the spindle, and the same can only be released,
when it is desired to remove the same from the lock, by pressing back the
spring catch by a wire or other instrument, passed through a hole in the
shank or stem of the handle or knob and through the slit or opening in
the spindle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYERS FOR MACHINERY FOR PREPARING FLAX AND CERTAIN OTHER FIBROUS MATE- RIALS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis Preston at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th February
1854.
I, FRANCIS PRESTON, of the City of Manchester, Spindle and Flyer Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FLYERS FOR MACHINERY FOR PREPARING FLAX AND CERTAIN OTHER FIBROUS MATE-
RIALS" to be as follows:-
My improvements are applicable to those flyers that are used without
pressers, and consist in the application of a ring to the lower extremities of
the legs of the flyer; the fibrous material to be wound on the bobbin, after
passing down the flyer leg, may be twisted one or more times round the ring,
and is then guided to the bobbin through a hole in the ring.
I prefer to increase the thickness of the ring at that part where the hole is.
made, and to balance this increased thickness by a corresponding increase at the
opposite side of the ring.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN ROOFS OR COVERINGS FOR BUILDINGS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edouard Pechenard at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th October
1854.
I, EDOUARD PECHENARD, Contractor, of Monthermé Canton, in the French
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN ROOFS OR COVERINGS FOR BUILDINGS" to be as follows:-
My roofs or coverings are formed of slate or other suitable covering medium,
and of wrought or cast iron beams, and transverse rafters or supports, which
drop into steps or grooves cut in the sides of the beams. The slates are held
in position by a band or strip, which lies over and parallel with the beam, and
overlaps the sides of the slates on each side of the beam. This band is
secured, and thereby the slates also, to the beams, by means of a bolt with a
broad head and screw, threaded at the end or point. This bolt passes first
through an orifice in the band, then through the space left between the slates
in setting them up, traverses an aperture in the beam, and is finally secured
from the inside of the roof by a nut. In some cases the cross rafters may
be dispensed with, and each slate will then overlap that next adjacent to it.
The beam must be slightly hollowed out to permit of this arrangement.
Again, the slates may be fixed to the cross rafters, either by joining them
end to end, or by hollowing out the cross rafters and filling them up with

page_text: cement, to prevent leakage; or the edges of the slates may be bevilled off or
scarfed, so as to fit flush.
Where the beams and rafters, as also the bolts, are of iron, and the covering
of slate, a perfectly incombustible roof will be formed. Where, however,
circumstances require it, the beams, rafters, or bolts may all or either of them
be composed of wood. Thus, my Invention will afford an incombustible and
waterproof roof, will allow of all repairs being effected from the inside, and
will avoid the necessity of perforating slates or tiles used as the covering.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING VESSELS
Year: 1854

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bauer at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th June 1854.
I, WILLIAM BAUER, of Munich, in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PROPELLING VESSELS" to be as follows:-
It consists in driving screws, paddle-wheels, or other propellers with which
vessels may be fitted, with fans or rotating sails, such fans being connected
with the shafts of the propellers by suitable mechanisme.
If the vessel is to be propelled by a screw, a portion of the keel is divided to
allow that end of the shaft upon which the screw is fixed to be lowered, so as
to work, if desired, at an angle of about 10° with the level of the water. The
dimensions of the sails constituting the wings of the fan can be reduced to
any desirable extent, and the vessel is fitted with such mechanisme as will,
self-actingly, place the fans into the required position with the direction in
which the vessel is moving forward.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING, CUTTING, AND PERFORATING TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1854

page_text: Patents, with their l'etition, on the 3rd February 1854.
We, JAMES ROGERSON, SAMUEL ROGERSON, and JAMES ROGERSON, junior, of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Embossers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR EMBOSSING, CUTTING, AND PERFORATING TEXTILE FABRICS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain means of embossing, cutting, and perfo-
rating textile fabrics (when required) by one and the same operation. To this
end cutting edges are formed on the metallic embossing roller which carries
the engraved pattern, such cutting edges corresponding in their outline to the
pattern of the perforations required.
Between this roller and a plain pressing roller the fabric to be operated
upon is passed, whereby the embossing, cutting, and perforating operations will
be simultaneously performed. Or, instead of the above described arrangement,
two or more pairs of rollers may be used, and one roller may have the cutting
or raised edge on its periphery, and work against a plain or engraved roller.
It will be evident that various arrangements of actuating agents may be
used to perform the above operations, but it will not be necessary for us
to particularize the same in this our Provisional Specification.
AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ALCOHOL FROM THE STEM AND EAR OF MAIZE
Year: 1854

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Armand le Comte de
Fontaine Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 1st September 1854.-A communication.
I, PETER ARMAND le Comte DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of No. 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, and 89, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention of "AN IMPROVED PROCESS OF
MANUFACTURING ALCOHOL FROM THE STEM AND EAR OF MAIZE" to be as follows:-
The Invention communicated to me consists in the following process of
treating maize for the manufacture of alcohol :-
The maize is cut when a few or many inches above ground, and either when
the ear is commencing to form or when completely formed. I then cut the
plant into small pieces and crush them, so as to form a kind of pulp, which
is submitted to fermenting and distilling processes for obtaining alcohol
therefrom.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRINGS POR PRESSING TOGETHER ROLLERS FOR MANGLING AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Lamb Scott and Samuel
Bennett at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 28th July 1854.
We, GEORGE LAMB SCOTT, of the City of Manchester, Moulder, and SAMUEL
BENNETT, of Manchester aforesaid, Brassfounder and Coppersmith, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRINGS POR
PRESSING TOGETHER ROLLERS FOR MANGLING AND OTHER PURPOSES" to be as
follows:-
In machines of the ordinary construction for mangling and other purposes,
it has heretofore been customary to press the rollers together by means of steel
springs, screws, or weights. The nature of our improvements consists in
producing the requisite pressure by means of springs of vulcanized india-rubber
or other suitable elastic material; by this means the machinery is considerably
simplified, and the cost thereof diminished.
THE APPLI- CATION OF ELECTRICITY AND FIXED OR MOVEABLE AEROSTATION TO MILITARY STRATEGY AND PYROTECHNY
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Pierre Alexis Francisse Bobœuf
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd April 1854.
I, PIERRE ALEXIS FRANCISSE BOBŒUF, of 16; Castle Street, Holborn (City),
London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE APPLI-
CATION OF ELECTRICITY AND FIXED OR MOVEABLE AEROSTATION TO MILITARY STRATEGY
AND PYROTECHNY" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, 1st, in the employment of fixed or moveable balloons,
retained by ropes enclosing wires for conducting electricity, and which may be
put in communication with electric telegraphs, operating so as to obtain the
instantaneous transmission of observations or orders necessary for directing
the balloon, or loosening & inflaming the hostile matters raised by the
balloon.
2nd, in the employment of the gas used for inflating the balloon to the
projection of missiles by the means of a compressing apparatus.
3rd, in the isolated, simultaneous, and instantaneous inflammation of the
explosive matters used in pyrotechny by means of the electric battery.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Morison at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd February
1854.
I, JAMES MORISON, of Paisley, in the County of Renfrew, North Britain,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of celestial and terrestial globes
for educational and scientific purposes, by inflating elastic or other globular
chambers so as to produce the required spheres out of collapsed fabrics. A
convenient mode of doing this is that of taking two hemispherical cups or
sheets of india-rubber, and cementing the two sections together to form a com-
plete globe, which can then be inflated with air or distended by the admission
therein of other matter, as a liquid, for the production of an even globular form.
These inflatable or distendable chambers may obviously be made of various
materials and in various ways, the system of distension affording a convenient
and economical means of securing the required globular form.
AN IMPROVED SAFETY GUARD FOR GUN LOCKS
Year: 1854

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Maderson and George
William Warren at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 22nd March 1854.
We, HENRY MADERSON, of Clapham, and GEORGE WILLIAM WARREN, of
Lambeth, both in the County of Surrey, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SAFETY GUARD FOR GUN LOCKS"
to be as follows:-
Our improved safety guard consists of a bolt working on studs or screws
against the face of the lock plate, and provided with a catch piece fitting into
a corresponding recess on the lower part of the hammer, the bolt being held
fast against the hammer by means of a spring, so as to prevent it from falling
beyond a given point, and thus keep it from coming in contact with the nipple,
except when the bolt has been previously pressed out of contact with the
hammer. This is done when the gun is to be fired by depressing the rear end
of the bolt, which is prolonged for that purpose, so as to be under the control
of the user of the gun.
The spring to the bolt may in some cases be dispensed with, and the bolt
itself be made to act as a spring.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN STRINGS POR PIANOPORTES AND OTHER STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRU- MENTS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Maynard at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th March
1854.
I, JOHN MAYNARD, of Drury Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Music
Wire Drawer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN STRINGS POR PIANOPORTES AND OTHER STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENTS" to be as follows..
My Invention consists in wrapping round steel wire a wire drawn from a
particular composition of metals known as "union metal," and I employ such
strings for the bass notes of pianofortes, harps, and other stringed musical
instruments. The color of the strings is superior to that of others heretofore
made, while the body and richness of tone is improved.
SOLING SHOES AND BOOTS WITH LEATHER COMBINED WITH GUTTA PERCHA AND WOOD, SEWED WITH METALLICK WIRE
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Toussaint Cortin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st March
1854.
I, JEAN TOUSSAINT CORTIN, of 64, New Compton Street, Soho Square,
London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "SOLING SHOES AND BOOTS WITH LEATHER COMBINED WITH GUTTA
PERCHA AND WOOD, SEWED WITH METALLICK WIRE," to be as follows:-
Instead of using as usually the sole leather for soling shoes and boots, I
make soles combined with leather in one part, gutta percha in another, and
wood in the third; and this combination being performed, I sew the soles to
the shoes and boots with a metallick wire, so that my shoes and boots worked
in that manner are cheaper and stronger than the other ones.
IMPROVE. MENTS IN OBTAINING FIBRE FROM WOOLLEN RAGS
Year: 1854

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Baptiste Toussaint Aubert
and Fedele Antonio Cossus at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 7th August 1854.
We, JEAN BAPTISTE TOUSSAINT AUBERT and FEDELE ANTONIO COSSUS, of
Paris, Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVE.
MENTS IN OBTAINING FIBRE FROM WOOLLEN RAGS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in obtaining the fibre from woollen rags, by passing
them, in the first place, as a preparatory process, between a pair of rollers, on
each of which are formed teeth and grooves, and these rollers are so arranged
that the teeth of one roller enter into the grooves in the other roller. The
rags prepared by these rollers are afterwards subjected to the action of other
rollers, on which are rows of points so placed as to pass between the rows of
points on the opposite roller, and these latter cylinders have motion given to
them, so that their points travel in opposite directions, and they work immersed
in water up to their axes.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING FOR PISTONS, PISTON RODS, PUMPS, JOINTS OF PIPES, AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Jefferis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th May 1854.
I, JOHN JEFFERIS, of the Grove, Southwark, in the County of Surrey,
Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING FOR PISTONS, PISTON RODS, PUMPS, JOINTS
OF PIPES, AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
I prepare the "spun yarn" or hempen cord to be used for packing pistons,
piston rods, pump buckets, joints of steam and water pipes, and other like
purposes requiring such packing, by passing the "spun yarn" or hempen cord
through a solution of india-rubber, so as to give it a complete coating of that
material, which renders it impervious to moisture, and therefore better adapted
for the purpose of packing.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRINTED RECEIPT STAMPS
Year: 1854

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Albert Gatty at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
July 1854.
I, FREDERICK ALBERT GATTY, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRINTED RECEIPT STAMPS " to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in applying such colours for the printing of receipt
stamps as will change, disappear, or efface when treated with acids or other
chemical agents. The colours which I recommend are lead, orange, ultra-
marine blue, or some other colours of the same kind, mixed with gluc or
gummy substances, without any varnish or oily substance.
AN IMPROVED MANU- FACTURE OF WOVEN FABRIC
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Mallinson and Horatio
Ridings at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 30th December 1854.
We, GEORGE MALLINSON, of the City of Manchester, Weaver, and HORATIO
RIDINGS, of Newton Heath, near Manchester aforesaid, Card Cutter, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANU-
FACTURE OF WOVEN FABRIC " to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in producing a double fabric, which is woven together
in such wise that the weft is floated on the face of the upper fabric. These
floated portions of weft may be cut asunder lengthwise of the piece to make
ribbons or trimmings; or they may be cut in suitable places to form flounces;
or they may be cut to form tassels and fringes, or other ornamental articles.
This fabric is also applicable for making caps, bonnets, or other articles of
wearing apparel.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN AXLE-BOXES
Year: 1854

page_text: on Jor Letters Patent was not given inthin the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Wilson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th February 1854.
I, GEORGE WILSON, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
AXLE-BOXES" to be as follows:-.
The object of this Invention is to facilitate the removal of brasses from axle
boxes when worn and required to be replaced or repaired. To this end, instead
of making the brass bear directly against the top of the box, as is usually the
case, I enterpose between the two a filling piece or wedge suitably shaped to
retain the brass in position by means of a lip or other projection which, bearing
against the brass, will prevent it from moving in the direction of the length of
the axle. The filling piece itself is retained in position by reason of the
removeable cap or cover of the axle box bearing against its outer end. In
order to withdraw the brass it is only necessary to remove the cover and lift
the carriage slightly so as to relieve the filling piece from pressure; the filling
piece being then drawn out, the brass may be readily lifted out of the box and
replaced by a fresh brass. The filling piece is then placed over the brass and
the cover of the box re-attached.
AN IMPROVED SAW
Year: 1854

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Turnbull at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th November
1854.
I, ALEXANDER TURNBULL, of Manchester Square, London, in the County of
Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, at present residing in Boston, in the State.
of Massachusetts, in the United States of America, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SAW" (of which I am the first
introducer), to be as follows:-
The nature of this Invention is so to construct the teeth of the saw that each
tooth shall cut its way clean through the wood without tearing or forcing the
saw, each tooth acting as a mortising chisel, and cutting a chip or core of
the same thickness that each tooth stands in advance of the one next behind it.
The cutting part of each tooth is exactly vertical, and notwithstanding each
tooth advances in front of the one next behind it, the blade of the saw may be
of equal width, requiring the back of the saw to be inclined forward; the size
of the opening between the teeth to be increased or reduced, according to the
length of the saw and size of the timber to be cut, so that each space between
the teeth shall be capable of holding the entire chip or core that the tooth
behind it may cut off. The saw may be attached to any mill.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES
Year: 1854

page_text: rotection,
proceed
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter George Harris at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th February
1854.
I, PETER GEORGE HARRIS, of Buckingham Street, Adelphi, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES," a communication, to be as follows:-
An arrangement which has the advantage of transferring the greatest weight
to the driving wheels and easing the locomotive round the sharpest curve; this
arrangement is shewn in the accompanying Drawings, No. 1 and 2. The fore
part of the locomotive supports the boiler and engine, and the hind part the
tender, and a portion of the weight of the boiler, as seen in Drawing No. 1.
These two parts are coupled by a strong axis, placed between the hind axle of
the fore part and the fore axle of the hind part. The fore part has an inside
frame and the hind part an outside frame, the fire-box being so situated
within the latter frame as to allow the fore part, and consequently the
boiler, to revolve on the axis in accordance with the sharpest curve of the
railway.
The fore part may contain three or only two axles, and the axis ought to be
situated at such a point that both parts of the locomotive may, on passing any
curve of the line, occupy the same relative position as they would do if
independent of each other.

page_text: The tanks are placed on both sides along the cylindrical part of the boiler
upon a platform resting upon the driving wheels in order to increase their
adhesion. The wheels of the fore part are coupled in the usual way by means
of coupling rods; if, however, increased adhesion should be required the hind
axle of the fore part may be coupled to the front axle of the hind part by
means of toothed wheels, the four wheels of the hind part of the locomotive
being coupled by ordinary coupling rods.
As indicated in Drawing 2, the wheels work together exactly under the axis,
and the axis of the wheel is supported by cross beams, so as to follow the
movements of the locomotive wheels attached thereto, and to cause the toothed
wheels to work together in a straight line.
Drawing No. 1, Fig. 1 is an elevation; and Fig. 2, plan.
Drawing No. 2, Fig. 3, 4, and 5, views, shewing the arrangement of the
toothed wheels; and Fig. 6, shewing the position of the toothed wheels with
reference to the axle.
The claim is for the arrangement by which the weight is distributed over a
long portion of line, and the articulation of the fore and hind parts of the
locomotive, as before described.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ORDNANCE AND FIRE-ARMS, AND IN LOADING THE SAME
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Wilhelm Ehrhardt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st March
1854.
I, WILHELM EHRHARDT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ORDNANCE AND FIRE-ARMS, AND IN LOADING THE
SAME," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to breech-loading ordnance and fire-arms. Figure 1
represents the essential parts of my Invention in vertical section; and Figure 2
represents a side elevation of the same. a is the barrel, having a longitudinal
opening b, of sufficient size for the introduction of a cartridge; the said cartridge
is placed in the chamber c of the revolving piece d, turning upon the axis e.
By turning the said revolving piece round by means of the handle f, the
cartridge in the chamber c is brought opposite the opening b, and by pushing
the handle f, the plate g forces the said cartridge into the barrel a. On
bringing the revolving piece again into the position represented in the Drawing,
the opening 6 into the barrel a is closed, and the discharge may be effected.
h is a cutter, which cuts open the cartridge as the same is carried past it by
the chamber c. The cartridges may be placed in a tube parallel to the barrel,
and pushed forward as required.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF OPERATING THE JACQUARD APPARATUS OF LOOMS EMPLOYED IN FIGURE WEAVING
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hughes at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th March
1854.
I, JAMES HUGHES, of James Street, Bethnal Green Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF OPERATING THE JACQUARD APPARATUS OF LOOMS EMPLOYED
IN FIGURE WEAVING" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to render the employment of a second
jacquard apparatus (now used for producing the ground work) unnecessary.
This is effected by applying two sets of cards to the same jacquard cylinder;
one set for producing the ground, and the other the figure. That part of the
cylinder which carries the figuring cards is covered on two sides (supposing
the "cylinder" to be four-sided) with blank cards, so that only every other
card, as it is brought opposite the needles of the jacquard apparatus, will operate.
This necessitates the adoption of the following mode of adjusting the figuring
cards: Supposing 21 to form a set, they are arranged thus:-1, 11, 2, 12,
3, 13, and so on; and after No. 10 has been brought round, the higher
numbers will follow in their proper order. The ground cards are arranged as
usual, and operate at every beat-up of the jacquard cylinder.
THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOVELS IN IRON
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adolphus Dormoy at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th December
1854.
I, ADOLPHUS DORMOY, Ironmonger, at Seuillon, Département de la Haute
Marne, now residing at Mr. Bresson's, Civil Engineer, 57, Rue de Bretagne,
Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for "THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOVELS IN IRON " to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in hammering or forging two shovels at once, so as to
shorten the labour and effect an economy of fuel and of iron, and this I do in
the following manner :-I prepare, or cause to be prepared at the iron works,
bars of iron three inches and a half broad and one-third part of an inch thick,
or thereabouts, by passing the bar through rollers suitably adjusted, the result
being pieces of iron which I can join and work together, so as to produce two
shovels at once.
TREATING SCRAP AND WASTE IRON SO AS TO RENDER THE SAME MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON
Year: 1854

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Brownentt at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th January
1854.
I, HENRY BROWNENTT, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "TREATING
SCRAP AND WASTE IRON SO AS TO RENDER THE SAME MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON " to be as follows:-
The nature and object of this Invention is to render more readily available
scrap and waste iron, such as is known in the trade as light scrap iron, which
from its great bulk is at present very ill suited for conveyance and for manu-
facturing purposes.
I therefore take iron such as above stated, and collect together in a box,
frame, or binder the various portions thereof, and submit them thus brought
together to strong and heavy pressure, as for instance, by the use of the
hydraulic press, whereby I form the same into blocks or masses convenient
for stowage and carriage, and render the same more readily available in the
manufacture of iron.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFECTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATIONS IN RAILWAY TRAINS AND VESSELS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Leon Glukman at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd May 1854.
I, LEON GLUKMAN, of Sackville Street, in the City of Dublin, Professor of
Natural Philosophy, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFECTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATIONS IN RAILWAY TRAINS AND
VESSELS" to be as follows; and consists of and. in the application and
adaptation of electricity, by means of suitable couplings, to railway trains and
-vessels, for the purpose of transmitting signals between the various officers.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF SWINGING FURNITURE AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR TRAVELLING BY SEA OR LAND, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Brown at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th March
1854.
I, JOSEPH BROWN, of 71, Leadenhall Street, in the City of London, Uphol-
sterer and Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF SWINGING FURNITURE AND OTHER ARTICLES
FOR TRAVELLING BY SEA OR LAND, AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows, viz. :-
By this Invention the above articles are made to retain their horizontal
position without oscillation, and consequently prevent sea sickness by effec-
tually counteracting the motion of the ship when used on ship board.
Thus, a swing table for ship's use is made with one centre,, on the ball and
socket principle; that is, a round hole is made about six inches diameter in
the centre of a fixed table at the top, to which is fixed over the hole a hollow
cone or socket, on which is placed the table intended to swing on the top of
the cone or socket; and up through this is passed a rod, at the bottom of
which is a weight fixed into the centre of the bottom of the table; the table
will then swing freely, the weight keeping it in the horizontal position
required, and thereby counteracting the motion of the vessel or carriage. And
in order to prevent oscillation and adjust the balance, I attach indian-rubber
or other springs, in the same way as I do to my swinging furniture, for which
I have a Patent, No. 156, dated 2nd Oct. 1852.
This Invention I can apply to articles of furniture, and is applicable to
travelling and other purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF PICKING WARPS
Year: 1854

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Fish and John Thompson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
4th September 1854.
We, JOHN FISH, of Livesey, near Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
and JOHN THOMPSON, of Witton, near Blackburn, aforesaid, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD
OF PICKING WARPS" to be as follows:-
Instead of the usual method of leasing the warps at the sizing machine, we
propose to make a reed or wraith about half the width of the usual reed, with
one side loose, so that it will slide on and off a peg or slide at each end. This
half reed or wraith will resemble a long rod with fine teeth, similar to a comb
which we put on the warp when it is on the bowl of the sizing machine, the
We then
teeth or comb separating the warp threads with the greatest ease.
put on the loose side or rod at the other side of the warp threads, thus forming
a complete reed, which we allow to remain, and doff the warp with it on, so
that it is ready for looming without the trouble of leasing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GUIDING SHIPS AND BOATS
Year: 1854

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Lipscombe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
May 1854.
I, FREDERICK LIPSCOMBE, of 233, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Water Filter Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GUIDING SHIPS AND BOATS" to be as follows:-
I place one or more boards of wood, or plates of metal, or other material, or
combination of materials, on one or both sides of the keel of a ship or boat,
or in the keel. They are so placed as to be paralel when not in action with
the onward course of the vessel; but when in action they are set to any
convenient angle.
The object of this Invention is not to supersede or do away with the rudder,
but is simply intended to assist the rudder in guiding the ship or boat under
certain circumstances, such as when the wind or current is acting more or less
on the side of the vessel, tending to drift her out of her course. This drifting
of the vessel an ordinary rudder, placed as it is at the extremity of a vessel,
cannot prevent; under these circumstances, I project the board or metal plate,
before mentioned, that is, on the leeward side of the keel, in an oblique direc-
tion. The water, as the vessel moves onwards, strikes it, tending thereby to
drive the vessel sideways, in a direction more or less contrary to the course of
the side wind or the side current.