Parliamentary Papers, Volume 14H.M. Stationery Office, 1859 |
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Page 1 - The provisional specifications filed in the office and lapsed and forfeited, have also been printed and published in continuation. Printed certified copies of the specifications filed in the office, as also certified copies of patents, and of the record book of assignments of patents and licences, with copies of such assignments and licences, have been sent, in continuation, to the office of the director of Chancery in Edinburgh, and the...