Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Patent for Evan Leigh of Aston-under-Lyne, Lancashire County, England for the invention of "certain improvements in steam engines" and others for "serving machinery." Large, intricately detailed wax Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Queen Victoria attached to document by yellow and green rope. Dates to the reign of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (r.1837-1901). Patent was contained in a blue wooden stationary box with latch. On the top...