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Series
Patents: Miscellaneous
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1073
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RAIL 1073
Miscellaneous letters patent, and specifications; and a series of patent specifications relating to brakes and signals, For the most part the patents relate to railway inventions, but two early patents of 1680 and 1685 (RAIL 1073/59-60) relate to...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1073
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Title (The name of the record)
- Patents: Miscellaneous
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1680-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous letters patent, and specifications; and a series of patent specifications relating to brakes and signals, For the most part the patents relate to railway inventions, but two early patents of 1680 and 1685 (RAIL 1073/59-60) relate to the licensing of a market in St. Martins in the Fields.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of patentee (RAIL 1073/19-56).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PAT 2
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 62 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
- Trade and commerce
- Research
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13232/
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