PP/14/2/2/5 - [Letter, W.A. Thorpe to Jack Pritchard, 20/7/51]

Reference code

PP/14/2/2/5

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, W.A. Thorpe to Jack Pritchard, 20/7/51]

Date/s

1951

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832
Bentham, Samuel, 1757-1831
Larson, K.

Subject

Woodwork -- Technique

Creator

Thorpe, W. A.

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

W.A. Thorpe gives a detailed account of events leading to Samuel Bentham's discovery of 'A New Method of Planing Wood' and "methods of and machinery and apparatus for working wood, metal and other materials." He suggests that "the credit for the Panopticon and the machinery for it is due to Samuel Bentham, not to Jeremy [Bentham, his brother]." Letter heavily annotated "copy sent to [K.] Larson."

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/14 - Papers given to learned bodies [by Jack Pritchard]
  - PP/14/2 - Furniture Design
    - PP/14/2/2 - Changing Character of Furniture. Jack Pritchard Royal Society of Arts Lecture, 16/1/52
      - PP/14/2/2/5 - [Letter, W.A. Thorpe to Jack Pritchard, 20/7/51]

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