Bennet Woodcroft – Patent information pioneer |
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| Authors: | Brian Spear |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK;2. Division of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK;3. Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, UK;1. Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States;2. Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, United States;3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States;4. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, United States;1. Laboratory of Environmental Technology, Institute of Technological Research, University of Santiago de Compostela, Bloque A, Campus Universitario Sur, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;2. Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, CEGOT Research Centre, Via Panorâmica, s/n, 4150-564 Porto, Portugal;3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada;4. Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario Sur, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;5. Department of Geography and Planning of Territory, University of Santiago de Compostela, Praza da Universidade 1, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Bennet Woodcroft was the first technical expert in the 19th century GB Patent Office and was also an engineer, patentee, patent agent, university professor, librarian, museum collector and historian of technology. 150 years ago in 1862 he secured 2 early steam engines, the Rocket and Puffing Billy, for what is now the Science Museum in London, UK. The same year were published the patent abridgement volumes that bear his name, a first in the use of patents as a source of technical information. On this anniversary it seems appropriate to reconsider the life of this remarkable man. |
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