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Letters patent. Nathaniel Worsdell for ‘improvements in apparatus to facilitate the conveyance of Mail Bags and other parcels on Railways or Roads’, 4th January 1838, in japanned tin with seal.

Letters patent

[Letters patent granted to Thomas Farmer for 'Improvements in treating Pyrites to obtain Sulphur, Sulphurous Acid and other products' (1 sheet). With attached (broken) wax seal in can. Address of Farmer given as Gunnersbury House near Acton, Middlesex. With separate English patent specification (i.e. no. 8398) dated 1840 Aug 25 (1 sheet, parchment). All housed in patent agent's box]

Letters patent granted to Thomas Farmer for 'Improvements in treating Pyrites to obtain Sulphur

1840

[Patent granted to Peter Cox, civil engineer, of Fairford, Gloucestershire, for 'Improvements upon the Thrashing Machine'. 1810 Jan 23. Patent no. 3294. 1 sheet on vellum; lacks seal. See also MS 1528 (inv. no. 1997-29), and trade card and silhouettes in Pictorial Collection]

Patent granted to Peter Cox

1810

[Letters patent (no. 361) granted to Samuel Webb Thomas for "Improvements in Bicycles". 1870 Feb 8. 2 parchment sheets, with attached wax seal in can. Address of Thomas, a 'Clerk in Holy Orders', given as the Rectory, Southease, nr. Lewes, Sussex]

Letters patent (no. 361) granted to Samuel Webb Thomas for "Improvements in Bicycles"

1870

[Letters patent, no. 10,731, granted to Thomas Clarke and John Varley re 'An improvement on the atmospheric system of propulsion which is also applicable to other motive purposes'. 1845 Jun 23. 1 parchment sheet, ith attached wax seal (broken) in lidless can. Addresses of Clarke and Varley, both engineers, were Hackney and Poplar respectively]

Letters patent, no. 10

1845

[Letters patent (no. 1471) granted to Joseph Rothery and Andrew Rothery for "Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for cutting coal, stone and other minerals". 1871 Jun 2. 1 parchment sheet, with attached wax seal (repaired) in box. Address of the Rotherys, engineers, given as Waterloo Main Colliery, Leeds. Letters patent and boxed seal housed in box of J. Henry Johnson, patent agent]

Letters patent (no. 1471) granted to Joseph Rothery and Andrew Rothery

1871

[Letters patent (no. 522) granted to William Millard for "Improvements in Jacquard looms". 1871 Feb 27. 1 parchment sheet, with wax seal in can. Address of Millard, engineer and machine maker, given as Trowbridge, Wilts.]

Letters patent (no. 522) granted to William Millard for "Improvements in Jacquard looms"

1871

[Letters patent (no. 2871) granted to Henry Woodcroft Hammond for "An improved compound Blower". 1873 Sept 1. 1 parchment sheet, with wax seal in can. Address of Hammond, civil engineer, given as 27 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane. The invention has been communicated to him by Philip Syng Justice of Philadelphia USA]

Letters patent (no. 2871) granted to Henry Woodcroft Hammond for "An improved compound Blower"

1873

[Scottish letters patent granted to Thomas Farmer re obtaining sulphur, sulphurous acid and other products from pyrites (6p.) 1840 Oct 14. With attached (broken) wax seal in can. In latin; sealed in Edinburgh. This relates to patent no. 8398 of Feb. 1840]

Scottish letters patent granted to Thomas Farmer re obtaining sulphur

1840

[Letters patent (no. 1673) granted to Stephen Thomas Wentworth for improvements in burners for consuming gas and air combined, 1872 Jun 3, with associated ephemeral material. With attached wax seal in can. Address of Wentworth, gas fitter, given as Queen Street, Cheapside. Ephemera includes /2 ms. description of his invention (2p.); /5 folding business card of Wentworth, 'Gas Fitter, Sun Burner Maker, and manufacturer of every description of Ventilating and Warming Apparatus etc.' bearing lists of all his prices; /6 printed advertisement for 'Wentworth's improved patent floating water heater' (1p.). Housed in box of Tongue & Birkbeck, patent agents]

Letters patent (no. 1673) granted to Stephen Thomas Wentworth

1872

[Letters patent (no.1216) granted to Joseph Webb for "Improvements in Rotary Engines". 1853 May 17. 2 parchment sheets, with attached wax seal (broken) in can. Address of Webb given as Mayfield Terrace, Dalston, Middlesex]

Letters patent (no.1216) granted to Joseph Webb for "Improvements in Rotary Engines"

1853

Letters patent in the name of Charles Glover of the City of Lincoln, carpenter and joiner, for the invention of a means of removing snow from a line of railways (with seal)

Letters patent in the name of Charles Glover of the City of Lincoln

1855

[Letters patent granted to Stephen Geary re improvements in the preparation of fuel. 1838 May 28. With attached wax seal (broken) in can. Address of Geary, architect, given as Hamilton Place, New Road, Middlesex. This relates to patent no. 7654. Accompanied by (/2) 'Copy Agreement between Mr. Stephen Geary and The Trustees of the British Asphaltum & Patent Coal Company' 30 Jun 1838 (4 sheets)]

Letters patent granted to Stephen Geary re improvements in the preparation of fuel

1838

Papers of William Nickson Haggard, of Haggard Bros & Co, Tea Merchants, 3 & 4 Fowkes Buildings, London. Signalling Patent Specification, ink drawing "Proposed System of Continuous Automatic Coupling Brakes for Goods Trains" and Patent Certificate with Seal.

signalling letters patent

1875

[Letters patent granted to Henry Adams re his 'Invention for "A Revolving Ventilator"'. 1854 Jul 31. 2 parchment sheets, with wax seal (broken) in can. Adams's address is given as No. 3 Leonidas Terrace, New Cross ... Deptford, Surrey]

Letters patent granted to Henry Adams re his 'Invention for "A Revolving Ventilator"'

1854