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as shown and described. (2.) In fertilising soil, the method
of forcing the gaseous products of combustion under the soil
in any required parts of it by means of an apparatus, such
as shown and described, for forcing such gases from the
boiler through the soil, substantially as set forth. (3.) In
fertilising soil, the storing of the fertilising gases in a holder
when not wanted, and the forcing these through the soil
either from the fan or holder as most convenient, substantially as shown and as set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14787.—19th April, 1902.—LATHAM OSBORN BEAL,
Jun., of Dunedin, New Zealand, Civil Engineer, and Major
in New Zealand Volunteer Force, Engineer District Staff
Officer of Otago, New Zealand. Improved range-finding and
sighting appliance for weapons.

Claims.—(1.) In weapons furnished with sights and used
for firing, the combination of a sight composed of marked
apertures divided for the different distances likely to be
wanted, such as B, with a range-finder and sight in one such
as C, (or D), for the purpose of judging the distance to the object to be fired at, and enabling the piece to be instantly
sighted to that distance and then fired, all substantially as
described; and as explained and as illustrated in the drawing.
(2.) In any weapon requiring sights, the combination of
sights that enable the firer to judge the distance to the object
to be fired at, find the range, correct the range if needed, and
fire again and again at the same or at different ranges without taking the eye from the object to be fired at, where the
magazine allows, all substantially as set forth, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In any weapon using sights, the
sights formed as apertures and which are also range-finders,
and are also capable of being clamped at different heights for
different strengths of explosives, in combination with the
means for allowing for windage, all substantially as set forth,
and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14788.—24th April, 1902.—JOHN THOMAS ALLINSON,
of Victoria Street, Warragul, Gippsland, Victoria, Saddler,
and THOMAS SCOTT ROBERTSON, of Cunninghame Street,
Sale, Gippsland aforesaid, Sergeant-major in the Victorian
Mounted Rifles. An improved puttie legging.

Claim.—An improved puttie legging which has no seam,
and consists of a body part cut to the shape illustrated, and
having a strap secured near the lower end of one side
thereof, said strap passing through elongated holes or slits
towards the other side, and adapted to be wound round the
outside and secured at the top, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14789.—24th April, 1902.—UNITED SHOE-MACHINERY
COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United
States of America, a corporation duly organized under the
laws of said State of New Jersey, and having their principal place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of
Joseph Horace Pope, of Brockton, Massachusetts aforesaid,
Inventor). Improvements in jacks for heel-nailing machines.

Claims.—(1.) A last-holding jack comprising a base, a
pivoted or other movable head to support the last, and a
rock-shaft engaged with the head and base and operative to
adjust the heel end of the head upon the base, for the purpose described. (2.) In a last-holding jack, the combination with the heel-post of a tipping holder, such for example
as f¹, and a detachable pin-carrying plate g with or without
a clamp for the holder, substantially as described. (3.) In
a last-holding jack, the combination of parts e, f¹, f⁵, g, g¹, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose
described. (4.) In a last-holding jack, the employment upon
a tipping holder such as f¹ of a plate, which for the purpose
described is concave on its surface. (5.) The complete last-holding jack substantially as and for the purpose described,
and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 6s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14790.—24th April, 1902.—JAMES THOMAS HUNTER, of
Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer
(nominee of Thomas Steel Perkins, of Idlewood, Allegheny,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrical Engineer). Improvements in controllers for electric motors.

Claims.—(1.) A controller for electric motors having an
operative connection between the controller-handle and the
reversing-switch for automatically operating the latter when
the controller-handle is moved from its zero position to
either a power or braking position, which connection also
forms an interlocking mechanism between the controller-handle and reversing-handle. (2.) The device for cutting
out either motor at will substantially as described, and
shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings. (3.) A controller
for electric motors having that finger which is connected to
the wire transmitting or supplying the current to the car
located between two fingers which are connected to the
resistances, and remote from the grounded parts of the
controller, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
(4.) The improved construction of contact-fingers having
their pivotal points in a plane approximately tangential to
the contact-surfaces of the drum, substantially as and for
the purpose specified. (5.) In a series parallel controller for
electric motors, equalising-fingers forming the connection
between the point of junction of the armature and field
magnet of one motor and the point of junction of the
armature and field magnet of the other motor when the
motors are joined in parallel in a local braking circuit, and
which are mounted directly on one of the binding-posts of
the terminal board, substantially as described. (6.) A controller for electric motors constructed and operating substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
(Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 14791. — 24th April, 1902. — FREDERICK ALBERT
BARDWELL, of 50, Kenilworth Street, Boston, Massachusetts,
United States of America, Physician (assignee of Arthur
Francis Bardwell, of 37, Woodside Avenue, Springfield,
Massachusetts aforesaid, Engineer). Improvements in
voting-machines.

Extract from Specification. — My invention relates to
improvements in voting-machines, and the object of my
invention is to provide a voting-machine having great
elasticity of arrangement, possessing safeguards which
insure an accurate and honest count, and embodying withal
simplicity and cheapness of construction. My new voting-machine is sectional in construction and arrangement, and
the different sections are detachably secured, so that
sections adapted for one class of voting may be replaced
by sections adapted for another class of voting demanded
by the exigencies of the particular election. Thus, a
standard section (i.e., one adapted for voting for candidates
for offices to which only one candidate is elected) may
be removed, and replaced by a section adapted to voting on
questions, such as the adoption of a city charter, amendment to the Constitution, &c. Again, the sections of my new
voting-machine may in themselves be changed in construction on the machine so as readily to convert or adapt them
to a different class of voting. Thus, the straight-ticket
section may be adapted or converted into a standard section, or a standard section may be converted into a section for voting on questions. In case of need the whole
machine may be adapted for “selective” voting—that is,
for voting for candidates for offices to which more than one
candidate is elected (e.g., school committee, coroner,
aldermen-at-large, &c.). In my new voting-machine the
registering-mechanism is locked by the raising of the exit-bar, which operation also resets the mechanism and unlocks the entrance-bar. The raising of the entrance-bar
unlocks the registering-mechanism and the exit-bar. The
exit-bar and entrance-bar, when they fall to a horizontal
position, are automatically locked, and the raising of the
one bar unlocks the other.

[NOTE.—The number and length of the claims in this case preclude them from being printed, and the foregoing extract from the
descriptive part of the specification is inserted instead.]
(Specification, £1 14s.; drawings, 6s.)

No. 14792.—24th April, 1902.—JOSEPH LYBRAND FERRELL,
of 2218, Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United
States of America, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in
wood-preserving.

Claims.—(1.) The described process of impregnating wood,
which consists in heating the wood to such a degree as to
expand and discharge water of sap and vapours normally
contained therein, submerging the heated wood in a chemical fluid, and then causing the wood to imbibe said fluid by
cooling the same while submerged. (2.) The described process of impregnating wood, which consists in heating the
wood to such a degree as to expand and discharge water of
sap and vapours normally contained therein, submerging the
heated wood in a heated aqueous solution of chemical, and
then causing the wood to imbibe said solution by cooling the
same while submerged. (3.) The described process of impregnating wood, which consists in submerging the wood in
an aqueous solution of chemical, heating said solution to
such a degree as to expand and discharge water of sap and
vapours normally contained in the wood, and then causing
the wood to imbibe said solution by cooling said solution
while the wood is submerged therein. (4.) The described