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 |