Gems, precious metals, etc.

Collection of notes on the making of artificial gems, chemistry of precious metals, and other chemical receipts. Compiler's holograph MS. The first 2 ll. are on 16mo. paper (11x9 cm.) and contain a list of chemical signs: pp. 1-12 are on blue note-paper of slightly smaller format than the remainder of the MS. This seems to be a fragment of a larger collection.

2 ll.+52 pp. 8vo. 19x12 cm. Unbound.

Purchased 1920 (accession 40328)

Catalogue entry prepared by Access to Archives mark-up staff from published finding aids (with additional information provided by Christopher Hilton) and edited for inclusion in Wellcome Library database by Christopher Hilton.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).