Proposals for receiving subscriptions, for an apparatus, by which letters or other writings may be copied at once, and for the licence of using the said apparatus, an exclusive privilege by his Majesty's letters patent having been granted to the inventor for the sole use of his invention.
Woodmason, James.
[London,
1780?]
"Subscriptions are taken for the patentee, by Mr. James Woodmason, stationer, in Leaden-hall-street, London".
In two columns; pasted to the foot of the first column is a piece of paper with a MS. statement including the date of the letters patent: "March 31st: 1780"; pasted to the foot of the second column is a duplicated statement; both referred to by the final paragraph of the second column: "In order to shew a specimen of this art, the following writing, .. and the copy taken from it are pasted below".
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