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Specification of William Robert Lake : embalming. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Specification of William Robert Lake : embalming.
- Lake, William Robert.
- Date:
- 1867
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Description
Patent for preserving corpses by using "antiseptic gases... such as chlorine, sulphurous, muriatic, or carbonic acid gas" applied through the rectum or mouth.
Publication/Creation
London : Great Seal Patent Office, 1867 (London : George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)
Physical description
6 pages ; 28 cm
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Notes
At head of title: A.D. 1867, 6th April. No. 1044.
Cover title.
"William Robert Lake, of "the International Patent Office," no.8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, consulting engineer."
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Location Status Access Closed storesPat. vol. 61Location Access Closed storesPat. vol. 61:77Note