Specification of Richard Warren : medicinal compound.

  • Warren, Richard.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Richard Warren : medicinal compound. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Warrens Medicinal Compound. executors, admors, and assigns, or by his or their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as the said Richard Warren, his executors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, should and might make, use, exercise, and vend his said Invention within that part of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in 5 such manner as to him, the said Richard Warren, his executors, admors, and assigns, should seem meet; and that the said Richard Warren, his executors, admors, and assigns, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage, from time to time accruing and arising by reason of the said Invention, for the term of fourteen years from the date of 1C the said Letters Patent then next ensuing, subject to a proviso therein contained, that if the said Richard Warren should not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of his said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be prepared, by an instrument in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to to be inrolled in His Majesty’s High Court of Chancery within four 15 calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything therein-before contained to the contrary notwithstanding, as in and by the said Letters Patent, and inrollment thereof, relation being there- 20 unto had, does more fully appear. NOW KNOW YE, that the said Richard Warren, in compliance with and performance of the said proviso or condition, doth hereby declare that the following is the true description, receipt, composition, and manner of making of the said volatile essence of lavender (that is to say) :— , 25 Take of fixed alkaline salt nine pounds, nine pounds of crude salt, three pounds of sal ammoniac, mix them and put them into a large glass retort, then add eight pounds of the best alcohol, lute on a receiver, and draw it off gently in balneo marise; to this spirit when drawn off add two pounds of the finest essential oil of lavender, return it again into the retort and draw it properly off 30 as before. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of February, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-three. R. WARREN. (l.s.)