| RefNo | CLP/9i/73 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract, English translation of 'An account of the imperial saltworks of Soowar in Upper Hungary translated from the High Dutch of Ernest Bruckman of the Academy of Brunswick' by unknown author |
| Date | [1729] |
| Description | Extract titled from the 'Assemblage des Evenements de Physique, Medicine, Arts et autre Literature'. French manuscript at CLP/9i/72.
The account details the precise location of Sooswar and recounts a visit made by Brukmann to the salt mines in the company of a physician called Poekin. Brukmann describes the process of mining and refining the salt.
Subject: Mineralogy
Communicated by Hans Sloane. Read 12 March 1729. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/9i/72 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |