Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15167

    Mines of Devon and Cornwall

    Date
    6 Feb 1668
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p5
    Dimensions
    height (page): 312mm
    width (page): 198mm
    Description
    Table in 'Account of Devon and Cornwall by Samuel Colepresse'.
    Object history
    At the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 November 1667, ‘Mr. Colepresse’s observations on the tin mines of Devonshire and Cornwall were read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 2:208).

    S. Colepress, 'An account of some mineral observations touching the mines of Cornwall and Devon', Phil. Trans. vol. 6, no. 69 (March 1671), pp. 2096-113, tab. 2..
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