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Specification of the Patent granted to JOHN CURR, of Belle Vue House, in the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York, Gentleman; for a certain Invention of spinning Hemp for the Making of Ropes or Cordage. Dated March 8, 1808.

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

NOW WITNESS THESE PRESENTS, that the said John Curr, by this present instrument in writing under his hand and seal, doth describe and ascertain the nature of the said invertion and manner in which the same is to be performed, used, and exercised as follows; that is to say: To the axis of the spinning-wheel usually applied for spinning hemp for cordage, annex a small drum made of tin, wood, or other fit material, about twelve inches diameter, which may be about twenty inches or two feet long, upon which small drum a small cord, wire, or chain, or other fit material, must be wound, of the length at least of the thread proposed to be spun; and by turning round the spinning-wheel which commands the spindles, the small cord, wire, or chain, or other fit material (which should be annexed or fastened to one of the spinners), will at the same time turn off the drum, and give the speed the spinners must go. If the spinners want to go a quick speed, the spinning-wheel will require to be turned quick, and, if slow the wheel must be turned slow; and it will be necessary to proportion the drum herein explained to the wheel and spindles, in such manner as to give the desired twist to the yarns, which for the making of a rope is of very considerable importance; and if for different uses it is required to have the yarns spun harder or softer, the introduction VOL. XIII.-SECOND SERIES.

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of larger or smaller whirls will produce the desired effect. It will be adviseable to have all the whirls of one and the same size, that are in use at the same time, and all the spinners employed upon one wheel to begin and end their threads together, and keep the same speed, as near as may be, with the person to whom the cord, wire, or chain is attached, to produce in all the threads the most regular twist possible. By more complicated machinery, the cord, wire, or chain, that points out the speed to the spinners, may be used and applied in a different manner, or a distinct person may carry the cord, wire, or chain to give them the speed; but what I lay claim to as my invention, is a cord, wire, or chain, or other fit material, connected or applied in any way with the spinning-wheel and the spinners of the yarns, which may to any convenient distance keep up a regular connection between them. All the yarns being spun with one twist, will make them stretch nearly alike, during the operation of using the rope, as well as that of laying the rope; and when the yarns are not equally twisted, and the strands are twisting up during the operation of laying, the yarns are in part untwisted again, which generally produces the effect of giving an unequal tension to the strands, which defect the rope-maker generally remedies (in order to make the strands lay well in the rope), by twisting up or untwisting one or two of the strands; but if the strands that compose a rope have an unequal number of twists, they cannot when applied to use take an equal share of the burthen.

In witness whereof, &c.

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Specification of the Patent granted to JOHN HARRIOTT, of Wapping, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire; for a new Fire Escape, or Machinery to be used in Cases of Fire. Dated May 10, 1808.

With a Plate.

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

NOW KNOW YE, that I the said John Harriott, in compliance with the said proviso, do hereby declare, that the nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly described and ascertained in the drawings hereunto annexed, and the following description thereof; viz. The nature and principle of this invention or improvement for furnishing the means of escaping from a house or building when on fire is very simple, as shewn by the annexed drawings and the following description. The internal or chamber fire-escape consists in having a fastening made of wood, iron, or other metal, in the nature of a small crane, as shewn by No. 1. (Plate XII.) or in the nature of a hinge as seen by No. 2, to fix to the bottom, top, or sides of any window, or other opening in any house or building. At the projecting end of this fastening or fire-escape there are two holes, as seen A A in No. 1 and No. 2, through both of which a rope is to be reeved or passed, as shewn A A No. 1. At one end of this rope an eye

is to be spliced or tied for the other end to pass through, which then forms a slip noose B. The rope is to be long enough not only to reach from the window to the earth when doubled, but to extend several feet more, ..slanting from the building; a small line is likewise to be added C, fastened to the noose. This is all the appafire-escape (though a

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pulley and block, and other things may be easily added if required), and may be applied or put to use in the

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