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A Ponting's Patent Pawnbrokers Booking Machine

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Multiple Writing Machine by Edwin T. Ponting, 1875 onwards: Multiple Writing Machine by Edwin T. Ponting, 1875 onwards Ponting's Patent Booking Machine, polygraph as used by English pawnbrokers, with three nibs for issuing three pawn tickets simultaneously, bu

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A Ponting's Patent Pawnbrokers Booking Machine

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A Ponting's Patent Pawnbrokers Booking Machine Edwin T. Ponting's Patent device for writing booking tickets for pawnbroking in triplicate. invented c.1875, Very similar to John Isaac Hawkins Polygraph copying device, and built into a mahogany writing desk with ink and ticket wells. Designed and built in South Woodford Essex. 430 x 410 x 135mm, with maker's patent plaque, exceptionally rare and original