NEW  PROCESS  FOR  MAKING  FLUID  EXTRACTS. 
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The  United  States  of  America,  to  all  whom  these  Letters  Patent 
shall  come. 
Whereas,  N.  Spencer  Thomas,  of  Painted-Post,  New  York,  has  alleged 
that  he  has  invented  a  new  and  useful  improved  process  for  making  Con- 
centrated Fluid  Extracts,  which  he  states  has  not  been  known  or  used 
before  his  application — has  made  affirmation  that  he  is  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States ;  that  he  does  verily  believe  that  he  is  the  original  and 
first  inventor  or  discoverer  of  the  said  Invention,  and  that  the  same  hath 
not,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  been  previously  known  or 
used.  Has  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States  the  sum  of 
Thirty-five  dollars ;  and  presented  a  petition  to  the  Commissioner  of 
Patents,  signifying  a  desire  of  obtaining  an  exclusive  property  in  the  said 
Invention,  and  praying  that  a  Patent  may  be  granted  for  that  purpose. 
These  are,  therefore,  to  grant  according  to  law  to  the  said  N.  Spencer 
Thomas,  his  heirs,  administrators,  or  assigns,  for  the  term  of  Seventeen 
Years  from  the  Thirty-first  Day  of  January,  One  Thousand  Eight 
Hundred  and  Sixty-five,  the  full  and  exclusive  right  and  liberty  of 
making,  constructing,  using,  and  vending  to  others  to  be  used,  the  said 
Invention — a  description  whereof  is  given  in  the  words  of  the  said  N. 
Spencer  Thomas,  in  the  Schedule  hereunto  annexed,  and  is  made  a  part 
of  these  presents. 
In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  caused  these  Letters  to  be  made  Patent, 
and  the  Seal  of  the  Patent  Office  has  been  hereunto  affixed.  Given 
under  my  hand,  at  the  City  of  Washington,  this  thirty-first  day  of 
Jauuary,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-€ve,  and  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America 
the  eighty-ninth 
(Copy.) 
J  Seal  of  the  j 
I  Patent  Office,  j 
J.  P.  Usher, 
Secretary  of  the  Interior. 
Countersigned  and  sealed  with  the  1 
Seal  of  the  Patent  Office.  J 
D.  P.  Hollow  ay,  Commissioner  of  Patents. 
The  Schedule  referred  to  in  these  Letters  Patent,  and  making  part  of  the 
same. 
To  all  to  whom  it  may  concern: — Be  it  known,  that  I,  N.  Spencer 
Thomas,  of  Painted  Post,  in  the  County  of  Steuben,  and  State  of  New 
York,  have  invented  a  new  and  improved  Process  for  making  Concen- 
trated Fluid  Extracts,  and  I  do  hereby  declare  that  the  following  is  a 
full,  clear,  and  exact  description  of  the  same.  This  invention  relates  to 
an  improved  Process  for  producing  that  class  of  Extracts  which  are 
