Specification of John Gamgee and Arthur Gamgee : slaughtering animals.

  • Gamgee, John.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Specification of John Gamgee and Arthur Gamgee : slaughtering animals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J. ^ A, Gamgees Improvements in Slaughtering Animals. acid gases surround the meat, the vessel is hermetically closed by squeezing and soldering the tubes above mentioned. Having now described our Invention, we wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details of the various operations, nor to the proportions herein laid down, as the same may be altered without 5 departing from the principle of our Invention ; but what we claim and wish to be protected is,— Firstly, the use of carbonic oxide in the process of preserving animals whose flesh is to be used as human food, whether by causing animals to inhale carbonic oxide gas as they die, or by placing the meat in chambers or vessels 10 containing carbonic oxide alone or in conjunction with other gases or vapours. Secondly, the use of carbonic oxide in combination with antiseptic agents, for the purpose of preserving animal and vegetable substances. In witness whereof, I, the said John Gamgee on behalf of myself and the said Arthur Gamgee, have to this our Specification set my hand J5 and seal, this Twenty-third day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. JOHN GAMGEE. (l.s.) LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Sfottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1867.