Record

RefNoCLP/9i/18
LevelItem
TitlePaper, description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum and minium by Sir Gilbert Talbot
Date[1666]
DescriptionDescription of a stone and the process by which various useful minerals are extracted from it, imparted to Talbot in his capacity as Extraordinary Envoy in Demark.

Includes a small figure of an iron pot used in the proess of sulphur extraction, in the margin of page 1 (see CLP/9i/18/2).

Read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1666

Subject: Mineralogy / Chemistry / Industry
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0140
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions' vol 1, no 21, p 375
RelatedRecordRBO/3/37
CLP/9i/18/1
CLP/9i/18/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6229Talbot; Sir; Gilbert (c1606 - 1695); diplomatc1606 - 1695
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