impels the minute wheel; whilst the rod is in this position, the said button is turned round and the hands are set. By this arrangement the hands of the watch may be moved either way. "The part of the spindle used for working this setting right is put in its place only when all the other parts of the movement are in the watch case." 66 66 66 66 [Printed, 8d. Drawing.] A.D. 1860, September 14.-No 2234. HALL, NATHANIEL RICHARD.--(Provisional protection only.)— Improved apparatus for winding up clocks or timekeepers." Clocks may be wound up by the opening of the door of the apartment in which they are fixed. Upon the end of the shaft of the mainspring or axis of the weight lines grooved pulleys are secured. The said grooved pulleys are "provided with teeth or pawls upon the sides thereof, taking into ratchet wheels mounted upon the same axis, to which motion is communicated upon the opening of the door through the medium of a connecting line, cord, or other suitable contrivance, one end of "which is wound round and attached to the said pulley wheels, "whilst the other end is secured in any suitable position to the "door in such manner, that upon the door being opened the "cord or otherwise may cause the said pulleys, ratchet wheels, " and shaft or axis to revolve, and thereby wind up the clock, the "said pulleys being caused to revolve in the contrary direction, "and to return to their original position upon the closing of the "door, by means of springs or other ordinary reacting mechanism "in connection therewith, and the clock prevented from being overwound, by the employment of stops, against which the "weights or otherwise impinge and throw the teeth or pawls upon "the pulleys out of gear with the ratchet wheels upon the clock being fully wound up. The said line, cord, or other contrivance actuated by means of a gate, turnstile, 66 66 may in like manner be millwork, steam, or other motive agency." Printed, 4d. No Drawings.] A.D. 1860, October 8.-N° 2437. JOLLY, LOUIS JULIEN OLIVIER.-(A communication from Felix Berthet.)" Improvements in the means of winding up and 66 setting watches." 66 66 66 The object of this invention is to wind up and set watches "without having to open them, or to use keys for those purposes. According to this invention certain of the working arrangements are so combined that they can be shifted altogether according as required, in order to wind up or set the "watch, instead of having to throw the wheel acted on off its "centre, or to displace its axis separately, or by itself, to bring it "into and out of connection." The mainspring is acted upon to wind the watch and the hands to set the watch "by means of one and the same pinion or actuating contrivance worked from "outside the watch." A lever, beam, bar, plate, or piece is "so "moveable or so working on a centre or fulcrum, or so centred 66 or fitted, that its ends alternately may be raised and depressed, "that is to say, it may be raised at one end while being depressed "at the other, and vice versâ, according as it is desired to act on "the mainspring for winding up the watch, or on the hands for setting it." 66 The drawing shows a watch which is acted upon, for the above purposes, by a knob at the outer end of a spindle that passes through the button of the watch. To bring the above-mentioned plate into such a position that the proper wheel (of the two wheels that are centred upon the said plate) can gear into the train of wheels for setting the hands, a knob, projecting from the edge of the watch case, is depressed. [Printed, 8d. Drawing.] 66 A.D. 1860, November 2.-No 2681. WILLIAMSON, HENRY, the younger. "silver watch cases." - Improvements in This invention "relates to the combination of gold and silver "in the manufacture of silver watch cases, and consists in inlaying "and making parts thereof of gold." These inlaid and other parts of gold are formed of ornamental design; they " may be flush, sunk, or raised above the other surfaces of silver, and engine-turned, engraved, or otherwise ornamented as may be required." 66 66 In carrying out this invention, one or more recesses are sunk in the watch case; these recesses are made "to represent flowers, birds, an escutcheon, or garter, or other suitable devices or designs." Like designs of gold are formed to fit into the said recesses, so as either to fill them up flush with the surface of the 66 "watch case or they may be sunk a little below or raised above "the surface." The gold pieces are soldered into the recesses with hard solder; soft soldering will answer the purpose if the case is not subjected to great heat. The devices are engraved so as further to carry out the design. "Instead of positively inlay"ing the gold the recesses might be cut through the cases, and "the devices in gold inserted from the back, and if necessary "backed up with a plate on the inside; or, further, the design in gold may be soldered to the exterior of the case, so as to appear in relief and be further ornamented by engraving or "otherwise." 66 66 [Printed, 4d. No Drawings.] A.D. 1860, November 8.-No 2756. AITKEN, JOHN. (Provisional protection only.)-" Improve"ments in clocks." 66 66 This invention "is more particularly adapted for turret or "other clocks where the necessary depth or amount of space for "the length of the pendulum cannot be conveniently obtained." According to this invention the back fork or crutch, which imparts momentum to the pendulum, is fitted on the pallet "arbor with the crutch extending upwards or in a direction " reversed to which it has been hitherto employed. The crutch " is prolonged beyond the pallet arbor in a downward direction "to serve as a counterpoise weight, keeping the upper part in a "vertical or balanced position, and so that it will not fall over "either to the right or left until acted upon by another force. "The point of suspension of the pendulum is raised at least "the length of the upper part of the crutch above the crutch, "and consequently places the point of suspension at least twice "the length of the crutch higher than in the usual way.” [Printed, 4d. No Drawings.] A.D. 1860, November 26.-No 2903. (**) JACQUET, CLAUDE HIPPOLYTE. only.)" An improved calendar clock." (Provisional protection "This invention consists in combining with an ordinary clock "movement an independent spring movement, which second "movement is set in action by a wheel on the first movement "made to perform one revolution in 24 hours through a lever, This invention "consists in constructing the 'movement' of "watches of two plates, as hereafter described, and in sinking "the wheels contained between the plates in the thickness of the "bottom plate. The top plate is formed with a flange around "almost the entire circumference, and is provided with pins pro'jecting downwards from the flange, and which enter holes "formed for their reception in the bottom plate." 66 [Printed, 4d. No Drawings.] A.D. 1861, January 3.—No 12. MOORE, PONSONBY ARTHUR.-(Provisional protection only.)— Improved feet for leveling clocks and other articles." 66 My invention is intended to facilitate the leveling of clocks "and other articles that require to be very accurately adjusted, "for which purpose I insert a screw in the feet on which such "articles usually stand. The heads of the said screws are let "into the bottom of the case or stand at the corners, and the "said feet are free to turn on the said screws, so that by simply turning the same with the finger and thumb the clock case or "stand can be at once elevated or depressed at each of the corners, " and the clock adjusted to a true level." 66 [Printed, 4d. No Drawings.] A.D. 1861, January 29.—No 237. CULVERWELL, ROBERT. 66 66 66 (Provisional protection only.)Improved apparatus for obtaining motive power or communicating motion to machinery." This invention "is particularly applicable for actuating the "mechanism of clocks, and one form of apparatus, whereby the "desired object may be effected, consists of a pair of toothed "wheels provided with internal and external teeth. A pair of pinions mounted on a driving shaft gear into the internal teeth "of these wheels, and drive the same, and by means of the "external teeth of the same wheels communicate motion to another pair of pinions on a second shaft, on the centre of "which is a toothed wheel which gears into and drives a similar "toothed wheel mounted on the central part of the first or driving "shaft. 66 "Another arrangement of gearing consists of a pair of toothed or worm wheels which are made to gear into the threads of a 66 "vertical screw shaft, which is suspended between them. The weight of this vertical screw shaft by bearing upon the inclined "teeth of the wheels will cause these wheels to rotate, and thereby "actuate a pair of pinions above, on the ends of the shafts or spindles of which are a pair of worm wheels which gear into "the threads of the long vertical shaft, and by their rotation "assist in supporting the same, or in lifting it after it has by its weight caused the two large toothed wheels to rotate." [Printed, 4d. No Drawings.] 66 66 66 66 A.D. 1861, January 30.-N° 246.. SMITH, EPHRAIM. -“ An improvement in the manufacture of "swivel rings, especially applicable to swivels and watch keys." My invention is intended to refer chiefly to swivels used for attaching watches and other articles to guards and chains and "to watch keys, and consists in the means of securing the ring or eye to the body of the swivel or other article to which it is "to be fixed, as hereafter explained. Hitherto the ring has been "secured by a pin or stud being passed through it, and fastened by a washer, or by an enlarged head or burr being formed on "the head of the pin inside the ring, or by both, the ring being "free to swivel or turn round the pin. Now, I connect the ring by a tang or tangs formed in a piece with or united to it and depending therefrom, which I so fashion that on being placed "inside the body, the body may be pressed or closed thereon in "such manner as to allow of the tang or tangs swivelling or turning in the body without allowing it or them to be withdrawn "therefrom." 66 66 66 66 [Printed, 6d. Drawing.] A.D. 1861, January 31.-N° 257. CLEGG, ROBERT DAWSON." Improvements in timekeepers, "called atmospheric clocks or mercurial timekeepers." 66 The glass tube is made "with a slight contraction a short dis"tance from the orifice." Into the orifice a composition is fixed, and the tube is perforated below the composition so as to allow "of the air to come out at the exterior surface" of the tube; the ends of the tube are " annealed to an outer glass tube, which "is hermetically sealed." To fill the ends of the tube it is preferred to employ china clay made "in fine sticks covered with WA. E |