7.  Form  O/nd  size  of  specification  and  copy:  Every  such  speci-
fication as  aforesaid  shall  be  in  the  form  contained  in  the  second:
schedule  to  this  Act,  or  to  the  like  effect,  and  shall  be  written  upon
both  sides  of  one  or  more  skin  or  skins  of  parchment,  and  every
page  thereof  shall  be  of  the  exact  size  of  twenty  inches  in  lenglll
by  fifteen  inches  in  breadth,  leaving  a  margin  of  at  lea&t  one  inch
and  a  half  on  each  side  of  every  such  page  in  order  and  to  tlie
intent  that  the  same  may  be  bound  into  books  for  safe  custody  ;  but
the  drawings  accompanying  such  speeitication  (if  any)  may  be  made


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upon  larger  sheets  of  parchment,  leaving  a  margin  of  the  size
and  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  ;  and  every  copy  of  any  such  specifi-
cation as  aforesaid,  and  of  the  drawings  accompanying  the  same  (if
any),  shall  in  like  manner  he  written  upon  one  or  more  sheet  or
shuets  of  paper  of  the  sisse  and  with  the  margins  aforesaid,

8.  Patent  of  true  inventor  not  to  be  affected  by  specification  of
pretended  inventor.  In  case  of  the  deposit  of  any  such  specificar
tiou  as  aforesaid  in  fraud  of  the  true  and  first  inventor,  any  lettera
patent  granted  to  the  true  and  first  inventor  of  such  invention  shall
i)pt  be  invalidated  by  reason  of  such  deposit,  or  of  any  use  or  pubp
lication  of  the  invention  subsequent  to  such  deposit  and  before  the
eLvpjration  of  the  said  term  of  protection.
