Charles Wyatt
1792 Advert: 'TINNED COPPER SHEETS and PIPES, BY THE KING’S PATENT.
THESE Articles having now, it is presumed, acquired a reputation sufficient to ascertain their utility, a renewed statement of part of their properties and advantages may be made with some confidence and propriety. The sheets are internally copper, and will, as that metal is known to do, endure all seasons without cracking. The tin coating effectually secures them from corrosion, and from the possibility of communicating to water any pernicious quality whatever. Of equal strength, they are much cheaper, and ten times lighter than lead ; and in applying them to the
COVERING OF BUILDINGS,
particularly flat roofs, areas, gutters, linings of cisterns, &c. their superiority to other metals is unquestionable. They are also peculiarly eligible for the
SHEATHING OF SHIPS,
as their coating will resist the action of salt water, and preserve the iron placed contiguous to it.
THE PIPES
possess the same properties as the Sheets, and as they will impart no impurity to the water, may be substituted with considerable advantages for lead and copper, and it is presumed for timber also. They may applied with the utmost safety to PUMPS, and for conducting water for culinary purposes.
The RAIN WATER PIPES and CISTERN HEADS, independent of their moderate prices, are in all other respects preferable to lead, from their lightness, strength, and ease of fixing up.-
Orders for articles, covering buildings, &c. are received and executed the Patentee, Charles Wyatt, Birmingham ; John Wyatt, No. 19, Abchurch-lane, London ; John Wynn, Cheapside, Bath ; at No. 7, Tontine Warehouse, Bristol; Messrs. Percival and Stephens, Liverpool; and Mr. Stephen Gordon, Dublin.'[1]. Note: similar adverts had appeared in 1791[2]