Staffordshire
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Legal patent with a drawing of Lester's 'Solometer', 1821-01-23 - 1821-02-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 345
Scope and Contents
Legal patent in which Lester embodied extracts from letters sent to the Board of Longitude between 3 January and 1 February 1821 concerning his solution to the longitude problem and his invention of the Solometer. The patent is illustrated with a drawing of the Solometer by Thomas Clark, and includes signed testimonies by both Clark and Rich Heath, a Staffordshire carpenter who constructed an example of the Solometer. It was witnessed by William Smith and John Lockett in the presence of John...
Dates:
1821-01-23 - 1821-02-01
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