'The History of Iron or An Account of the Manner of its Preparation In the Forrest of Dean Brought in by Mr Henry Powle'
Reference number: RBO/3/34
Date: 1666
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Observations of the process of extracting iron ore and of casting it into iron
Figure of the furnace in text
Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1666
- Reference number
- RBO/3/34
- Earliest possible date
- 1666
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Powle, 'The History of Iron or An Account of the Manner of its Preparation In the Forrest of Dean Brought in by Mr Henry Powle', 1666, RBO/3/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_34/the-history-of-iron-or-an-account-of-the-manner-of-its-preparation-in-the-forrest-of-dean-brought-in-by-mr-henry-powle, accessed on 13 June 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 3, copies of papers communicated 1663-1668
1663-1668 Reference number: RBO/3
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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