‘Patent Catapultine Ore-Distributor’
Date
1837
Creator
Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796 - 1855, British) , Geologist
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Material
Dimensions
height (page): 327mm
width (page): 206mm
height (drawing): 88mm
width (drawing): 100mm
width (page): 206mm
height (drawing): 88mm
width (drawing): 100mm
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Description
Sketch of a man loading an imaginary ore-distributor, comprising eight shovels spinning round a central axis.
Inscribed ‘Patent Catapultine Ore-Distributor’ and written in the associated description: ‘We understand that Mr. Dobbs’ ore distributor is now in full operation [and] it has been found invaluable in distributing ore. We may confidently anticipate that few things can stand in the way of this splendid invention.’
Segment from ‘The Mining Chronicle’, a spoof newspaper featuring lampoons of the Cornish mining and railway industries and the work of Robert Were Fox, created by Henry de la Beche. Item 124 in MS/710, a volume of Fox’s correspondence.
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796-1855), British geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819.
Robert Were Fox (1789 - 1877), British geologist and physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1848.
Inscribed ‘Patent Catapultine Ore-Distributor’ and written in the associated description: ‘We understand that Mr. Dobbs’ ore distributor is now in full operation [and] it has been found invaluable in distributing ore. We may confidently anticipate that few things can stand in the way of this splendid invention.’
Segment from ‘The Mining Chronicle’, a spoof newspaper featuring lampoons of the Cornish mining and railway industries and the work of Robert Were Fox, created by Henry de la Beche. Item 124 in MS/710, a volume of Fox’s correspondence.
Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796-1855), British geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819.
Robert Were Fox (1789 - 1877), British geologist and physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1848.
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