• Reference
    BorBB22/6
  • Title
    Licence to use patented invention with regard to furnaces 1) Messrs R.W.L. Phillips and J.R. Blaikie 2) Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Bedford
  • Date free text
    8 May 1922
  • Production date
    From: 1922 To: 1922
  • Scope and Content
    Robert Wilfred Lucas Phillips was the Borough Electrical Engineer of Bedford and John Rutherford Blaikie was also an official in the employ of the corporation at the Electricity works, Bedford, and 'whereas the said invention was conceived and perfected whilst in such employment with the consent and at the expense of the corporation, was applied to the furnaces at the electricity generating station by way of experiment and there proved to be a commercial success ... the licensors hereby grant unto the corporation full licence and authority to use the apparatus, articles and appliances under the letters patent ...'
  • Level of description
    item