Patent for 'Improvements in the application of driving power to clocks and timepieces'

Made:: 1841

[Patent granted to John Barwise and Alexander Bain on 11 January 1841 (No. 8783) for 'Improvements in the application of driving power to clocks and timepieces', (the first patent for an electric clock). With attached seal in tin]

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Category:: Archive

Object Number:: 1996-9

Measurements:: : 535 x 755 mm
poster: 23.62205 x 16.14173 in.

type:: patent

credit:: Penney, D.

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Patent for 'Improvements in the application of driving power to clocks and timepieces'

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