| Reference number | PT/8/30/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, drawing of glass tube used in procuring potassium by [Smithson Tennant] |
| Date | [1814] |
| Description | Ink drawing showing the setup of a glass tube in relation to a fireplace for procuring potassium from iron and potash. Likely drawn by Tennant.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On an easier mode of procuring potassium than that which is now adopted'.
Read 23 June 1814. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink drawing on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0315 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1814.0030 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/8/30 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA626 | Tennant; Smithson (1761 - 1815) | 1761 - 1815 |