Specification of John James Ridge : treating farinacious substances.

  • Ridge, John James.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Specification of John James Ridge : treating farinacious substances. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treating Farinaceous Substances. LETTERS PATENT to John James Ridge, of Thomas Street, St. John’s, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, M.D., for the Invention of “ Im¬ provements in Treating certain Farinaceous Substances applicable to Infants’ or Invalids’ Food, and in Apparatus to be employed therein.” Sealed the 24th April 1863, and dated the 27th October 1862. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John James Ridge at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th October 1862. I, John James Ridge, of Thomas Street, St. John’s, Southwark, in the 5 County of Surrey, M.D., do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improvements in Treating certain Farinaceous Substances applicable to Infants’ or Invalids’ Food, and in Apparatus to be employed therein,” to be as follows (that is to say) :— My Invention has reference to an improved process for treating and im- 10 parting medicinal properties to wheaten flour, Indian corn, rice, or like fari¬ naceous substances, and obtaining therefrom a purer and more nutritious focd applicable to infants or invalids than at present, and consists in subjecting the said farinaceous substances to a roasting or drying process contained within closed cylindrical vessels or chambers surrounded by and maintained under heat 15 uniformly for about six hours to the temperature of boiling water, steam, or otherwise, suitable outlet pipes or passages in the apparatus being provided fur the escape of vapour or gases evolved during the process, the ingredients thus