| RefNo | CLP/9i/14 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'An Account concerning the Tin mines in Devonshire' by Dr [Edward?] Cotton |
| Date | [1664] |
| Description | Figure of mine topography in Dartmoor attached.
Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1664
Subject: Geology / Industry / Mining |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink, pencil and red chalk on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0004
Figure is printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 69 (1671), p 2096. Printed figure accompanies a different account of Devon tin mines printed in Philosophical Transactions as 'An accompt of some mineral observations touching the mines of Cornwal and Devon; wherein is described the art of trayning a load; the art and manner of digging the ore; and the way of dressing and of blowing tin: communicated by an inquisitive person, that was much conversant in those mines' (see original paper at CLP/9i/19) |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/9i/19 |
| CLP/9i/14/1 |
| CLP/9i/14/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3346 | Cotton; Edward (c1616 - 1675); clergyman | c1616 - 1675 |