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Paper by Thomas Povey describing in detail the process of turning copper into brass using calamine [zinc ore] and charcoal.

Subject: Metallurgy / Chemistry

Published twice in Philosophical Transactions, first in vol 27 p 735 and again in vol 22 (1700) as 'The method, manner and order of the transmutation of copper into brass, &c. By Thomas Povey, Esq; brought into the Royal Society, of which he is a fellow'.

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CLP/9i/42
Earliest possible date
1690s
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Thomas Povey

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Thomas Povey, Paper, 'The method manner and order of transmutation of copper into brass' by Thomas Povey, 1690s, CLP/9i/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_42/paper-the-method-manner-and-order-of-transmutation-of-copper-into-brass-by-thomas-povey, accessed on 09 February 2025

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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