Paper, 'The method manner and order of transmutation of copper into brass' by Thomas Povey
Reference number: CLP/9i/42
Date: 1690s

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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'.
- Reference number
- CLP/9i/42
- Earliest possible date
- 1690s
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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VIII. The method, manner and order of the trasmutation of copper into brass, &c. By Thomas Povey, Esq; brought into the Royal Society, of which he is a Fellow External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Thomas Povey
Date: 1st January 1700
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0008
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