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Account of the silvermines at Schemnitz [Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia] by Edward Brown

Reference number: EL/B1/148

Date: 1669

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Two lists are attached:
- key to the furnaces used in Hungary for burning, melting and driving ores
- one with names of minerals relating to letter of 8 March 1670

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EL/B1/148
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1669
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Brown

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Edward Brown, Account of the silvermines at Schemnitz [Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia] by Edward Brown, 1669, EL/B1/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_148/account-of-the-silvermines-at-schemnitz-banská-štiavnica-slovakia-by-edward-brown, accessed on 15 August 2026

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