Iron pot for melting a stone
Date
23 May 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p118
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 363mm
width (page): 233mm
width (page): 233mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of an iron pot and furnace, used to extract sulphur, vitriol, allum and minium from a single stone found in Sweden. This account was sent in by Sir Gilbert Talbot, one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society, who served as envoy extraordinary to Denmark from 1664 to 1666. The description was read at the meeting on 23 May 1666 and published in Philosophical Transactions vol. 1, no. 21 (January 1667).
This figure was copied from Cl.P/9i/18/001.
This figure was copied from Cl.P/9i/18/001.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 23 May 1666, ‘Sir Paul Neile communicated a paper delivered to him by Sir Gilbert Talbot, containing an account of a stone found in Sweden, yielding sulphur, vitriol, allum, and minium. It was ordered, that Sir Gilbert should be desired to procure a quantity of this stone from Sweden for a trial; and that the paper should be registered’ (Birch 2:94).
Fig. C, figure of an iron pot for melting a stone to extract sulphur etc., printed in Gilbert Talbot, 'A description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, alum and minium', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 21 (January 1667), pp. 375-76.
Fig. C, figure of an iron pot for melting a stone to extract sulphur etc., printed in Gilbert Talbot, 'A description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, alum and minium', Phil. Trans. vol. 1, no. 21 (January 1667), pp. 375-76.
Related fellows
Gilbert Talbot (1602 - 1695, British) , Natural philosopher
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