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Three wooden wheel models used as court exhibits
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Piece
2 items (9 sheets) extracted from C 54/11874. Plans, sections and elevations of specifications...
Catalogue reference: EXT 6/82
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This record is about the 2 items (9 sheets) extracted from C 54/11874. Plans, sections and elevations of specifications... dating from 1838 in the series Items Extracted from Classes held at Chancery Lane before 1997: Flat Documents. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EXT 6/82
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (9 sheets) extracted from C 54/11874. Plans, sections and elevations of specifications for: i) Bessemer's improvements for casting printing types, spaces and quadrants; ii) Evans' improved rail for railways, with methods for manufacturing and fastening it.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Manufacturing
- Railways
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3040613/
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EXT 6
Items Extracted from Classes held at Chancery Lane before 1997: Flat Documents
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