Patentees of New Inventions
(1863) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1863: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.POLGLASE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dead Wesleyans
(1867) The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine was issued monthly, and much of its contents related to obituaries of the faithful: memoirs and portraits of featured preachers; biographical sketches; recent deaths; and notices from the annual conference of ministers dying during the past year. Necessarily, the obituaries concentrate on the spiritual life of the deceased - early influences, conversion, obiter dicta, fortitude in the face of calamity, hopeful utterances in articulo mortis. POLGLASE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1869) Index of patentees and applicants for patents of inventions in 1869: giving full name of patentee (surname first); number of patent (in bold); date (within 1869); and subject-matter. Where the patentee was acting as agent for third parties, their names are given in italics in the subject-matter column.POLGLASE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shorthand Writers
(1874) Lists of members of the Phonetic Society, reports of Shorthand Writers Association and other meetings, news and advertisements, from the Phonetic Journal.POLGLASE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shorthand Writers
(1878) Lists of members of the Phonetic Society, reports of Shorthand Writers Association and other meetings, news and advertisements, from the Phonetic Journal.POLGLASE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Veterinary Surgeons
(1890) The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons produced an annual register, including lists of fellows, ordinary members and a list of honorary and foreign associates, this edition being revised to February 1890.POLGLASE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Chemists and Druggists
(1919) The official register printed under the direction of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain pursuant to the act of 31 & 32 Victoriae, cap. 121 (An Act to Regulate the Sale of Poisons, and Alter and Amend the Pharmacy Act, 1852) comprised two sections:
1.The Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists, giving date of registration, number of examination certificate, full name (surname first, in capitals), and residence;
2. The Register of Chemists and Druggists, giving date of registration, full name (surname first, in capitals), residence, number of examination certificate (major or minor), and qualification.POLGLASE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Pianists
(1929) The Calendar of the Trinity College of Music, London, for the year 1929 includes lists of licentiates and associates including these musicians. Surnames and initials are given; but women are distinguished by having their (first) christian name stated. The college provided instruction to nearly 1000 students a year, with examinations of 66,000 candidates a year at 700 local centres throughout the world. POLGLASE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Scientific Poultry Breeders
(1932) The Scientific Poultry Breeders Association was by far the largest poultry society in Great Britain, with 16,109 members for the year 1930-1931. This seventeenth annual register, for the year 1932, lists members alphabetically by surname and initials, with addresses. P. F. stands for Poultry Farm.POLGLASE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Telephone Subscribers
(1939) The London telephone directory lists subscribers alphabetically by surname and then by christian name or initials, with their postal address and telephone number. This is the L to Z directory issued in May 1939, but also contains some names from earlier in the alphabet, for instance in the separate section for midwives. The London telephone districts comprised not only the city centre, but also the very extensive suburbs in the Home Counties (Essex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex).POLGLASE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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