Catalogue Entry: ALCH00115

Technical notes.

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: Joseph Halle Schaffner Collection, University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by William H. Robinson for £29; subsequent history unclear.

Sotheby Lot

SL79

Contents

A summary of the operations and technique of pyrotechny, analysed and arranged in tabular form, with details of various pieces of apparatus and directions for the construction and working of furnaces, illustrated by six diagrams.

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