Specimens in glass tubes to show the wild distribution of gold

Made:
before 1889
Specimens of glass tubes to show the wild distribution of gold

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Specimens of glass tubes to show the wild distribution of gold
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Specimens of glass tubes to show the wild distribution of gold. They are small specks of gold, of various sizes, gummed to paper. Results obtained by R. Smith, 1855; includes nos 1938-1969. Gold from 2,000 grains of Pattinson's crystallised lead

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Category:
Metallurgy
Object Number:
1889-164/1938
type:
specimen
credit:
John Percy Collection