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Paper, 'A History of Iron or an Account of the manner of it's Preparation in the Forest of Deane' by Henry Powle

Reference number: CLP/9i/17

Date: 1666

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Includes a figure depicting the ironworks' furnace, see CLP/9i/17/2.

Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1666

Subject: Metallurgy / Industry

Reference number
CLP/9i/17
Earliest possible date
1666
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Powle

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Henry Powle, Paper, 'A History of Iron or an Account of the manner of it's Preparation in the Forest of Deane' by Henry Powle, 1666, CLP/9i/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_17/paper-a-history-of-iron-or-an-account-of-the-manner-of-its-preparation-in-the-forest-of-deane-by-henry-powle, accessed on 17 February 2026

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