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RefNoL&P/12/25
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Description of the corundum stone' by Jacques Louis Bournon
Date1802
DescriptionContains 75 pages in French and 78 pages in English. Contains four plates.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of the corundum stone, and its varieties, commonly known by the names of oriental ruby, sapphire, &c.; with observations on some other mineral substances'

Read 25 March 1802
LanguageFrench
Extent161p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and four plates
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1802.0011
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7422Bournon; Jacques Louis (1751 - 1825); Count of1751 - 1825
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