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Proceedings at the Hafod Works on Smelting Copper 1823 (book)
Book 'Proceedings at the Hafod Works on Smelting Copper 1823' by Capt.Gascoigne R.N. Includes proceedings of the subscribers to the fund for obviating the inconvenience arising from the smoke produced by smelting copper ores; a report of the judges who decided on the merits of the trials submitted to their consideration; and statement and plan explanatory of the experiments made at the Hafod Works. With an account of the process of smelting copper, Swansea, 1823.
98 pages including the covers with diagram inside back cover and handwritten inscription "Gift by J.H.Vivian Esq." at top of inside cover. Page taped together down left hand side and in an envelope with metal fastening.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
87.13I/105
Creation/Production
W.C. Murray & D. Rees
Date: 1823
Acquisition
Donation, 1987
Measurements
Length
(mm): 227
Width
(mm): 148
Material
paper
metal
Location
In store
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