Experimental examination of a white, ponderous metallic substance

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 279
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1754
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4to. 52 pages. 22.2x18.3 cm. Unbound

Scope and Content

Experimental Examination of a white, ponderous Metallic Substance, said to be found in the Gold Mines of the Spanish West Indies, and there known by the appellations Platina, latina de pinto, & Juan blanco. By William Lewis M.B., F.R.S. Read at different Meetings of the Royal Society in the year 1754.

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