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Twelve sheets of drawings of specifications for patents concerning electricity. (1-9)...
Catalogue reference: MFC 1/54
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This record is about the Twelve sheets of drawings of specifications for patents concerning electricity. (1-9)... dating from 1837-1842 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MFC 1/54
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1842
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Twelve sheets of drawings of specifications for patents concerning electricity. (1-9) By Cooke and Wheatstone, 1837 and 1840, for improvements in using electricity to operate signals and sound alarms: transformers, dials; apparatus in elevation and section, including bells and transmitting apparatus. (10-12) By Cooke, 1842, for improvement in the transmission of electricity over distance. Sheets 4-12 were produced as exhibits in the 1846 Chancery cause, Electric Telegraph Company v Notts (1846 E 52).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- J 90/693
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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