Record revealed
The first American invention to obtain an English patent
These intricate 1716 drawings were submitted by Sybilla Masters in the final stage of securing a patent for machinery for 'cleaning and curing Indian corn'.
Series
Price Commission Records
Catalogue reference: CX 1
What's it about?
CX 1
Records of the Price Commission, including minutes of meetings; chairman's papers; papers arising from investigations and inquiries into firms and industries and to the interpretation of the statutory price codes; internal organization; minutes...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CX 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Price Commission Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Price Commission, including minutes of meetings; chairman's papers; papers arising from investigations and inquiries into firms and industries and to the interpretation of the statutory price codes; internal organization; minutes of meetings and papers of the Food Panel; data sheets and press notices.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1675 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed until 2011
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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
- Food and drink
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5721/
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Records of the Price Commission
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