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RefNoRBO/3/34
AltRefNoRBO.3.106
LevelItem
Title'The History of Iron or An Account of the Manner of its Preparation In the Forrest of Dean Brought in by Mr Henry Powle'
Date1666
DescriptionObservations of the process of extracting iron ore and of casting it into iron
Figure of the furnace in text
Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1666
LanguageEnglish
Extent6 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBC/2/73
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6139Powle; Henry (1630 - 1692)1630 - 1692
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