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[Printed illustrated advertisement] Deane, Dray & Deane's patent cess-pool & Tank cleanser / Deane, Dray & Deane. [1848? Their 'Agricultural implement depot' was at 3 Arthur St. East, nr. Monument, Tower Bridge. Verso bears ms. note 'London Institution, Apr'l 12th 1848']

Deane, Dray & Deane's patent cess-pool & tank cleanser]

1848
[Printed advertisement for the 'Best Water Barrow extant' / Burn (Robert) & Son. nd. Late 19th century? Burn & Son, of High St., Epsom, were manufacturing and furnishing ironmongers, purveyors of iron fencing, hurdles and gates, horticultural implements, lawn mowers and rollers]

Printed advertisement for the 'Best Water Barrow extant'

nd
[Printed advertisement] A Remarkable Opportunity for Amateur Astronomers. Sale of Mr. With's choicest reserves of silvered glass specula for Newtonian telescopes / G.H. With. ca.1887. [Printed by Jakeman and Carver, Hereford. 4p. on 1 leaf. With's address is given as The Laboratory, Hereford. Includes extracts from 'A plea for reflectors' by John Browning, (which ran into numerous editions), and many testimonials 1869-1887. Browning, optician, of 63 Strand, London, was supplier of With's specula]

A Remarkable Opportunity for Amateur Astronomers. Sale of Mr. With's choicest reserves of silvered glass specula for Newtonian telescopes

circa 1887
[Printed advertisement] Walker's hydraulic phenomenon or universal water elevator / John Walker. 184-. [1 leaf, litho. It also advertises his portable fulcrum and air-proof portable and fixed water closets. Verso bears directions for using the water elevator, and prices of it and the water closets. Walker's manufactory was at 1 Crooked Lane, City, London. Walker took out patents (8,869 of Mar 1841 & 11,669 of Apr 1849) for hydraulic apparatus]

Walker's hydraulic phenomenon or universal water elevator

1840-1849
[Printed advertisement] Morton's patent slip, for hauling ships out of the water to be repaired &c. 1830 Dec. [Re patent no. 4352 of 23 Feb 1819. Gives details of slips already installed at various ports, methods of using the slip, etc. Bears ms. notes, possibly by Joshua Field. Engraved heading illustrates sections, elevation and plan of the slip in use. Morton, late a shipbuilder in Leith, had premises in Pilrig Place, Edinburgh. 2p. on 1 leaf]

Morton's patent slip ....

1830