Specification of Henry Revell Spicer : cases for preserving human remains.

  • Spicer, Henry Revell.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Specification of Henry Revell Spicer : cases for preserving human remains. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    o A.D. 1863.—N° 909. Provisional Specification. Spicers Improvements in Boxes or Cases for Preserving Human Remains. \ And, fourthly, its transparency, enabling the deceased to be seen without inconvenience or risk up to the time of removal for interment. The vault may be also constructed of slabs or plates of glass, so arranged as to enable persons at all times to view the remains encased as proposed. Claim.—I claim as my Invention the employment of glass for the manufac- 5 ture of boxes or cases as herein described for the enclosure and preservation of human remains. LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1863.