Specification of the Patent granted to SAMUEL SALTER, of Watford, in the County of Herts, Maltster; for an Apparatus for the Purpose of drying Malt, Hops, or any Kind of Grain. Dated December 19, 1807.

To all to whom these presents shall come, &c.

NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I the said Samuel Salter do hereby declare that my said invention is described in the manner following; that is to say: The entrance of the kiln-hole or fire-place is inclosed with a cast or wrought-iron frame, or in any other way, or with any other suitable article that the heat of the inclosed fire will not destroy. In the frame two doors are fixed, one at or near the top, the other at or near the bottom, of sufficient dimensions to admit the supply of fuel for the fire, and also for taking out the cinders and ashes beneath the fire. In the upper door is an aperture, of proper size to admit the necessary quantity of air to carry off the steam that may arise from the malt, hops, or any kind of grain intended to be dried the size of the aperture must depend on the nature and construction of the kiln; and as in the different stages of drying any of the articles before specified, it is requisite to vary the quantity of air admitted, a slide or regulator is affixed to the door for that purpose. In the lower door is also an aperture, which may be of the same size as in the upper oue, with a slide or regulator to admit more or less air as the state of the fire may require. The bars on which the fire is placed or kept are either of cast or wrought-iron, and are placed at the

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distance of about half an inch from each other, in order not only to make the fire burn freely, but that a considerable quantity of air may pass through the fire; and being rarified thereby, will greatly assist both in drying the articles before specified and carrying off the steam also; the number and length of the bars must be governed by the size of the kiln.

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The sides of the kiln-hole or fire-place are cast-iron, or any other article or thing that the fire will not easily destroy; if of cast-iron about half an inch thick will answer the purpose, and in that part on each side against which the fire lies is a piece of cast or wroughtiron, or any other article or material that will hold the heat, of about eighteen inches long, about six inches deep, and about two inches thick, to project into the fire-place, which not only prevents the sides from being destroyed by the fire; but being kept red-hot, thereby necessarily throws a great heat into the body of the kiln. The upper edge of the projecting piece may be bevelled off, to prevent the coals or fuel resting on it, and thereby damaging the sides. The top of each of the sides forms the base of an arch of cast-iron, or any other material that will answer the purpose, of about the same thickness of the sides. The ash-hole beneath the fire should be about eighteen inches long, twelve inches wide, and twelve inches deep.

In witness whereof, &c.

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Specification of the Patent granted to ROBERT Barlow, of Spring Gardens, in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the Liberty of Westminster, and County of Middlesex, Chemist and Medical Electrician; for certain oriental, aromatic, chemical Compositions or Compounds, to be made up and moulded into various Forms, Shapes, and ornamental Devices, as Amulets in Butterflies, Birds, Shells, and Animals, and to be worn as an ornamental Part of Dress by Ladies and Gentlemen as Rings, Broaches, Lockets, Pins, Combs, Bandeaus, and other Ornaments; and for various other useful Purposes ; which oriental, aromatic, chemical Compositions he denominates "Ebenbosamic and Ebengavui bosamic Compositions or Compounds," or aromatic variegated artificial Marbles and Stones, opaque and transparent.

Dated June 16, 1807.

To all to whom these presents shall come, &c. Now KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I the said Robert Barlow do hereby declare, that my said invention is described in manner following; that is to say: Take of various aromatic herbs agreeable to the scent required, one pound well dried by the solar rays, beat the same in a mortar to a powder, and put them in a wide-mouthed jar or bottle made of glass, and as much of the best alcohol or high-rectified spirits of wine as will cover or rise above the surface when pressed down six inches; then place such jar or bottle in the rays of the sun for six or seven days, more or less as may be required, then draw off the same by distillation; when this aromatic spirit is fully prepared, there must be dissolved

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