Description: Photos of Brunel patent (1799) Polygraph courtesy Science
Museum London (No 556)
Origin: UK; Circa:
1805; Materials: Ebony, brass,
steel.
I have documented an original box for the Polygraph (No 129) at: http://hygra.com/box/873WB-Brunel-patent-polygraph/ It is the only so-far known box with secret drawers:
Brunel's writing machine was first patented in the USA in 1799; three months later he was granted a UK patent, which was published in:
The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, Consisting of Original Communications, Specifications of Patent Inventions, Practical and Interesting Papers, Selected from the Philosophical Transactions and Scientific Journals of All Nations ...
The machines were manufactured and sold by J. H. Farthing, Cornhill, London.
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