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A fundamental reassessment of the contribution of patenting to British industrialisation during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This book, first published in 2005, examines the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century'.

At head of title: 85th Cong., 2d sess. Committee print. Bibliography: p. 81-86.

"Beginning in 1580, London companies sold water to consumers through a large network of wooden mains in the expanding metropolis. This new water industry flouri

This volume offers a detailed account of the development of national patent systems, and then moving on to the international sphere to discuss the factors which