Patents Collections on CD-ROM

1. Taxi, taximeter, hackney carriage, hansom cab
2. Soda Syphon, seltzogene, gazogene
3. Corkscrew
4. Typewriter
5. Fairground Ride, Switchback, Roller Coaster, Flying Machine, Chair-o-plane, Dodgem, Helter Skelter, Sideshow, Roundabout
6. Traction Engine, Road Engine, Steamroller, Road Locomotive
7. Funerals, mourning, hearse, coffin
8. Telephone
9. Organ, Mechanical & Musical Instruments
10. Pistols, revolver, rifle, cannon
11. Fountain pen
12. Railway, locomotive, signal, carriage
13. Shipping, Canal, barge, lock
14. Smoking related: pipe, lighter, ashtray
15. Printing, typesetting, lithography

Resources

CD Cases and covers
ISBN
Ken Graham
Patents

Acts of Parliament Collections

USA & The Colonies, Slavery, Highwaymen, Whaling, The South Sea Company

Examples/Competitors

US Knife Patents
American Artifacts

Further Topics

And... bottles, bottle closures, Automata, toys, Car related, Phonograph, gramophone, SE1 related, watches and pocket watches, clocks and barometers, locks and padlocks, fire extinguisher, decanter, paperweight, sewing/knitting machinery, cash register, brewing/distilling related

Miscellanous Notes

• Possibly a combination of Patents and Acts, trade catalogues or extracts from Advertisments, trade catalogues etc
  
• Press Release to collector club, mailing list, newsletter, web site owners
• Big sales page for each item, including full details, contents list, extracts and all the advantages of seeing it on your own PC
• Steer clear of existing products: Magic Lanterns, Projectors, Cinema for example