Specification of John James Ridge : treating farinacious substances.

  • Ridge, John James.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Specification of John James Ridge : treating farinacious substances. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ridges Improvements in Treating Farinaceous Substances. of two drachms to a pound of the cooked flour, to which also half an ounce of powdered lump sugar is to be added, and thoroughly incorporated therewith, when the whole is ready for use. In conclusion to the foregoing description it may be here necessary to note that oatmeal, Indian corn, rice, or other farinaceous substances may be employed and treated in like manner, and that 5 the apparatus may be used singly or in sets, and heated by gas, fire, or otherwise. Having now fully described the nature of this my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have it clearly under¬ stood that I do not intend to confine myself to the exact proportions or number 10 of ingredients; nor do I claim as of my said Invention the exclusive use of the several parts and processes herein-before mentioned and referred to, except when the same are employed in and for the purposes of my said Invention, which I hereby declare to consist in the employment and mode of treating farinaceous substances in connection with the apparatus, in the manner and for 15 the purposes herein-before mentioned and described. In witness whereof, I, the said John James Ridge, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. JOHN JAMES RIDGE, (l.s.) 20 Witness, George Taylor, Clerk to Messrs. Weatherdon & Co. 77, Chancery Lane. LONDON: i Tinted by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. 1863.