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William Bickford Smith
1870 Patent. '1735. And William Bickford Smith, of Tuckingmill, in the county of Cornwall, Safe Fuze Manufacturer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "an improved coating for safety fuzes used in mining."'[1]
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