Paper, 'An account of the Relistian tin mine' by Joseph Carne in a letter to Davies Giddy [Gilbert]
Reference number: PT/1/19
Date: 1807

Description
Regarding the Reslitian tin mine in Cornwall, England. Seven manuscript pages and one plate showing the relationship of the engine shaft to the lode, flookan, copper pyrites, and pebbles.
Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the Relistian tin mine. By Mr. Joseph Carne, in a letter to Davies Giddy, Esq. M. P. F. R. S'.
Letter written by Carne in Penzance. Read 7 May 1807.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
- Reference number
- PT/1/19
- Earliest possible date
- 1807
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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An account of the relistian tin mine. By Mr. Joseph Carne, in a letter to Davies Giddy, Esq. M. P. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1832
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0151
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XV. An account of the Relistian tin mine. By Mr. Joseph Carne, in a letter to Davies Giddy, Esq. M. P. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1807
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1807.0016
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1807
1802-1810 Reference number: PT/1
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Joseph Carne
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Davies Gilbert
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