Patents

DAVIES, John, A collection of the most important cases respecting patents of invention and the rights of patentees, London: W. Reed. 1816, First edition.

THOMSON, James, A letter to the Vice-President of the Board of Trade*, Clitheroe: H. Whalley, printed. n.d. [1840]

MANUSCRIPT: GEORGE III,, A petition for the granting of a patent by George Harrison, 19th September 1809

CHAMBERS, Henry Abraham,, Description of Mr. Chambers's new patent system of constructing new & of repaving the old carriage-ways. London: printed by F. Burrows, No.3, Adams Street, East, Manchester Square. n.d. [1824]

STANLEY, Edward Henry Smith, 15th Earl of Derby,, Lord, Memorandum on suggested improvements in the patent laws of 1852, 1853. London: T. & W. Boone, 1856, First edition.