Furnace for ironworks in the Forest of Dean
Date
2 May 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p108
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 360mm
width (page): 226mm
width (page): 226mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Design of a furnace for ironworks in the Forest of Dean, reported by Henry Powle. His paper was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 May 1666. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions vol. 12, no. 137 ((January and February 1678).
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 May 1666, ‘Mr. Powle brought in the history of iron; or an account of the manner of its preparation in the forest of Dean. Which was read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 2:86).
Printed as fig. 4 in Henry Powle, ‘An account of iron-works in the forest of Dean’, Phil. Trans. vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678), pp. 931-35 (p. 933).
Printed as fig. 4 in Henry Powle, ‘An account of iron-works in the forest of Dean’, Phil. Trans. vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678), pp. 931-35 (p. 933).
Related fellows
Henry Powle (British) , Politician
Associated place