Catalogue Number: 994 Complete specification for Gregory Bell shooting spectacles. Grant of patent Category: Papers Sub-Category: Patent Designer/inventor: GREGORY William Knight Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1910 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: Her Majesty's Stationary office Description Of Item: Grant of patent No 12,113 AD 1900. Printed sheet with two folds being the provisional and complete specification for improvements in orthoptics or spectacles to facilitate the aiming of rifles and the like. Six pages, 2 of printed text, one containing Fig 1 and 2 and the remaining 2 are blank. The application for patent was made by Wheatley and Mackenzie of Chancery Lane London on behalf of William Knight Gregory, Optician, of 51 Strand in the county of London on July 4 1900 (Provisional specification) and April 1 1901. The grant of patent was made on May 4 1901. Historical Significance: This is the grant of patent for the Gregory Bell shooting spectacles Catalogue No 948. How Acquired: Donated by Pamela Sutton, honorary archivist Date Acquired: Nov 2008 Condition: Good except for tears on one fold Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 2 |