A New and Profitable Invention, for Drying Malt or oats, &c. on a sort of tiles or Bricks, which far Exceeds those Methods, before in Use among us, in several respects, viz.  
First, THey are Durable, 'tis probable, for Ages.  
Secondly, They are safe from the Danger of Fire, which hath proved fatal in many Places.  
Thirdly, They Dry with much less Fire( and if required) in shorter time than hath been known before; and 'tis observed, that the fuel which is saved in a( Well-custom'd) Kiln, will in a short time defray the Charge of the tiles, and the expense of Hair-Cloth( and straw under it, where it is so used) being both taken off, must make the Kiln of much more Advantage for the future.  
Fourthly, By raising or lessening the Fire, the Malt, &c. may be dried hard or slacken, and made Pale, or High Coloured, as desired.  
Fifthly, The Malt and Meal dried thereon, is sweeter, better, and finer Coloured, than that which is otherways dried.  
Sixthly, One half generally( but never more than two parts in three) of the Ribs or Lats formerly used, are sufficient to support these tiles, which preserve more of the Cummings of the Malt, than were saved before.  
Seventhly, A piece of a Kiln full of Oats hath frequently been well dried( by the long continuing heat of the said Floor) after the former Corn is taken off, without any addition of fuel, and the Dryster hath less labour than formerly.  
For the sole making, using and vending of the aforesaid tiles or Bricks, a Patent was lately granted by his Majesty to John Shallcross of Stockport, in the County of Chester, Esq;( and his Assigns) by whose order any Person may be furnished with them; and he is also willing to Contract with, or deputy any Person or Persons, to Make and Sell the said Goods, on such Terms as will tend Considerably to their own Benefit and Advantage, expecting nothing( but in Proportion to, and) until the said Goods shall be sold, to pay the same.  
The said tiles are tried and approved of, at and about all the Places hereafter name, and are to be Sold at the said Towns, and will in a short time be exposed to Sale in most of the considerable Towns, in England and Wales. The Price( excepting Carriage) is 3 s. 6 d. per square yard, of flat measure, where Coals are not above 6 d. per C. weight.  
From the good Success of the trials already made, the Patentee offers, That if the said tiles are( any where) disapproved of, and Returned in a Month's time from the Receiving them, the Price( if Received) shall be Repaid.  
This mark(*) shows what Places( with several Miles round them) are already taken under the Patentee, by Persons respectively, to Make and Sell the said Goods within the Compass limited to them, berkshire Dorsetshire Lancashire Staffordshire     Warrington * New-castle     Manchester * Stafford     Chorley * ston Bedfordshire Durham         Leicestershire Shropshire       * Salop     Lincolnshire Bridgenorth Buckinghamshire Essex           Suffolk     Norfolk   Cambridgeshire Gloucestershire   Surry     Northamtonshire   cornwall Hampshire   Sussex     Nottinghamshire Warwickshire Cumberland Hartfordshire Warsop       * Mansfield       Nottingham         Wiltshire Cheshire Herefordshire Oxfordshire   Stockport       Congleton     Worcestershire Derbyshire Huntingtonshire Rutlandshire   * Chesterfeild     westmoreland Chappel-fryth       Devonshire Kent Somersetshire Yorkshire