Two Victorian indentures in a box,
impressed ‘Wm Smith E.E., Patent Office, 19 Salisbury St. Adelphi, London’. One between William Vitruvius Greenwood and John
Saxby of Brighton Engineers, 1830 for a patent for the invention for improvements
in signal lamps, with original seal in tin box and a further indenture between
William Vitruvius Greenwood and William Hudson, 1855 for transfer of the same.
To be sold Antiques and Interiors Sale 10th July.
John Saxby (1821-1913) was an
engineer from Brighton who together with William Vitruvius Greenwood has been
noted for their work in railway signalling and safety improvement. They invented an improved signalling lamp,
giving considerable benefits and savings on the lamps then in use and patented
it in 1830.
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