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Image number: RS.10541
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‘Plumbum galaena’
Date
1803
Creator
James Sowerby (1757 - 1822, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
R64216
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 233mm
width (print): 145mm
width (print): 145mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Specimen of Galena (lead sulphide) here termed ‘sulphure of lead; galaena’.
Plate 24 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804).
The accompanying text states that “This is the commonest lead ore...The present specimen came from Derbyshire, and is valuable from having the primitive cubic crystals so distinct.”
The plate is inscribed: “May 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
Plate 24 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804).
The accompanying text states that “This is the commonest lead ore...The present specimen came from Derbyshire, and is valuable from having the primitive cubic crystals so distinct.”
The plate is inscribed: “May 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
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