PATENT SPECIFICATION No. 25,255. APPLICATION DATE: 20th Dec, 1899. SPECIFICATION ACCEPTED: 20th Oct, 1900. TITLE: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DOORS OF RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES. APPLICANT: HENRY COTTON HARDING of 22, Lindley Street, Holgate, York, Fitter; THOMAS EMERSON PICKERING of Garforth, near Leeds, Farmer and FRED BUCKLEY of 57, Northgate, Halifax, Wine and Spirit Merchant all in Yorkshire. Size: 195mmx270mm. No. of pages of text: 3. No. of pages of drawings: 1. Size of page of drawing/s: 300mmx225mm. Brief Description of Patent: See title. Condition: Slight crinkling. Wear to left hand edge where patent has been removed from the volume. This was sold by a Library and has their stamp impression on some of the pages/drawings. Multiple Item Postage: Patents can be combined for postage costs, the cost is the same whether you purchase one or several, so check out our Ebay Shop patent listings as well. This patent specification has been disbound from a volume of 100 different patents. This is an original HMSO published item at the time, not a modern copy as are being sold elsewhere. The drawings are often ideal for framing. It is part of a collection of several volumes from the 1893-1900,1907 & 1920/50's that I have from which individual patents will be sold over the next few years.