§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the present location of original documents held by the British library concerning(a) Rathbone and Burges' patent AD 1617 No. 1, (b) Jeremy Buck's patent of 1651 for the smelting of iron with coal, (c) Il Codice Atlantico by Leonardo da Vinci and (d) Aeronautica Illustrata by C. J. Norman. [17157]
§ Mr. SproatA copy of Rathbone and Burges' patent AD 1617 No. 1 is held by the British library and may be consulted at the science reference and information service's reading room at 25 Southampton buildings, London WC2A 1AW. The library does not hold a copy of Jeremy Buck's patent of 1651 for the smelting of iron with coal. I understand that official copies of most letters patent were enrolled on the Chancery patent rolls which are held by the Public Record Office. Information about such copies can be obtained from the Keeper of Public Records at the Public Record Office, Chancery lane, London WC2A 1LR. I understand that the Codex Atlanticus is held by the Ambrosian library in Milan. A copy of the Aeronautica Illustrata by C. J. Norman is held by the British library's science reference and information service and may be consulted at the library's reading room at 9 Kean street, London WC2B 4AT.