Specification of James Alexander Manning : treating night soil, &c.

  • Manning, James Alexander.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Specification of James Alexander Manning : treating night soil, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treating Night Soil, &c. LETTERS PATENT to James Alexander Manning, of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire, for the Invention of “ Improvements in the Treatment of Night Sou and other Waste Products, and for the Manufacture of Manure therefrom.” Sealed the 14th July 1863, and dated the 4th February 1863. PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Alexander Manning at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th February 1863. I, James Alexander Manning, of the Inner Temple, London, Esquire, do 5 hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Improvements in the Treatment of Night Soil and other Waste Products, and for the Manufacture of Manure therefrom,” to be as follows :— This Invention relates to certain improvements upon the process or pro¬ cesses set forth in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me on the 10 3rd May 1860, No. 1343, by which improvements a larger per-centage of ammonia is secured from the night soil, and a more rapid conversion of the same into manure of a permanent and unvarying character is effected. In carrying out this Invention I apply periodically a sufficient amount of sulphuric acid diluted with urine or superphosphate of lime or any other 15 acids, or together with all or any of the chemical substances named in the Specification, by which the desired results may be obtained, to the cess¬ pits, privies, middens, or latrines of cities, towns, and considerable villages, for the purposes of deodorizing the night soil and retaining its ammonia b) counteracting the effect which the fermenting quality of urine in its decom-