| RefNo | CLP/9i/72 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract, 'Seconde relation de Dr Ernest Brukmann, docteur en medecine, de l'Academie de Brunswik, de son voyage d'Allemagne et Hongri: des salines imperiales de Soowar dans la haute Hongrie' by unknown author |
| Date | December 1724 |
| Description | Extract titled 'Second account of Dr Ernest Brukmann, doctor of medicine, from the Brunswick Academy, regarding his trip to Germany and Hungary: imperial salt mines in Soowar in Upper Hungary' taken from the 'Assemblage des Evenements de Physique, Medicine, Arts et autre Literature'.
The account details the precise location of Soowar 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. English translation (CLP/9i/73) read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1729. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/9i/73 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |