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Title
Drawings of equipment used in the production of rubber
Reference
HANC/2/5/1
Production date
01-01-1800 - 31-12-1850

Creator

James, Frank Biography Biography
(fl 1970-2010), Family historian Frank James is descended from John Hancock. He is the collector and historian of the family archives and between 1970 and 2010 amassed a significant quantity of material about the family. This culminated in him co-authoring a book with John Loadman, 'The Hancocks of Marlborough. Rubber, Art, and the Industrial Revolution: A Family of Inventive Genius' (2010, OUP).

Scope and Content
Scale drawings of equipment including masticator and diazotisation vat stirrer
Extent
4 documents
Language
English
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science Museum, London
Conditions governing access
Open Access
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
Finding aids
Box 3

Related object

Frank James' research notes on Thomas Hancock Notes Notes
Some of these drawings are of Thomas Hancock's inventions

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contains 5 partsTOPHANC Hancock Family Collection
- contains 13 partsSERIESHANC/2 Business affairs of the Hancock family
  - contains 4 partsSUB-SERIESHANC/2/5 Information related to the Hancock family and the rubber industry
    FILEHANC/2/5/1 Drawings of equipment used in the production of rubber