A furnace for iron works in the Forest of Dean
Date
2 May 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p286
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 326mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
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 of the Royal Society, vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678).
This image is from a partial copy of the Register Book now among the Boyle papers. It is copied from RBO/3/108. Other versions can be found at Cl.P/9i/17/009a and RBC/2/239.
This image is from a partial copy of the Register Book now among the Boyle papers. It is copied from RBO/3/108. Other versions can be found at Cl.P/9i/17/009a and RBC/2/239.
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).
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