Specification of William Edward Newton : preserving skins.

  • Newton, William Edward.
Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of William Edward Newton : preserving skins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    aaaa/waaaa^wvwaaaaaaaaa^ \7\AaAaj'1 A.D. 1863, 3rd July. N° 1654. Preserving Skins. LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of “ Improvements in the Treatment and Preservation of Skins of all Kinds.”—A communication from abroad by Leonard Laureau, of Rue St. Sebastien, Paris, in the Empire of France. Sealed the 17th December 1863, and dated the 3rd July 1863. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd July 1863. I, William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery 5 Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improvements in the Treatment and * Preservation of Skins of all Kinds,” to be as follows:— This Invention consists in submitting skins to the action of liquid hydro¬ carbons previous to their undergoing the ordinary operation of tanning or 10 dressing. It has been found that if the skins be steeped in liquid hydro¬ carbons previous to being submitted to the action of the chemical ingredients used in the operations of tanning or dressing, the action of the chemical agent on the skin is much facilitated, and the operations consequently considerably shortened. In carrying out the Invention, heavy skins with the 15 hair on are first to be steeped for about 12 hours in the heavy oil, and then for about 24 hours in the light oil ; smaller skins may be steeped for about