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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.

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PT/1/19
Earliest possible date
1807
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph Carne

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Joseph Carne, Paper, 'An account of the Relistian tin mine' by Joseph Carne in a letter to Davies Giddy [Gilbert], 1807, PT/1/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1_19/paper-an-account-of-the-relistian-tin-mine-by-joseph-carne-in-a-letter-to-davies-giddy-gilbert, accessed on 18 March 2025

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    Dates: 1802 - 1865

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