Specification of John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley : furnaces.

  • Sloughgrove, John William.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Specification of John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley : furnaces. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sloughgrove <Sf Wheatley s Improvements in Smoke-Consuming Furnaces. SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed by the said John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th September 1855. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, John 5 William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley, of Windsor Street, Islington, Engineers, send greeting. WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her reign, 10 did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley, Her special licence that we, the said John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley, our executors, 15 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 Smoke-Consuming Furnaces,” upon 20 the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley, by an instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or unde? the hand and seal of one of us, 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 25 Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent. NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John William Sloughgrove and James Henry Wheatley, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described 30 and ascertained in and by the following statement:— The object of our Invention is to thoroughly consume the combustible gases which emanate from burning coal, and are usually allowed to pass off into the atmosphere, forming those dense volumes of smoke which are so frequently observed issuing from engine shafts or chimnies, funnels of steam vessels, and 35 other places where furnaces are used. These improvements are applicable to the furnaces of all varieties of boilers, whether plain or tubular, brewers’ and sugar refiners’ furnaces, bakers’ ovens, chemical works, and other places where it is desirable to prevent the emission of visible smoke. The improved furnace