Record

Reference numberMM/14/122
LevelItem
Title'Account of the Silver Plate melted down for the Royal Society'
DateJune 1869
DescriptionAccount from the Royal Mint.

The Royal Society's Davy Medal was created from the proceeds from the melting down and selling of the Service of Plate awarded to Sir Humphry Davy for the creation of the Davy Lamp.
Extent1 side
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
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