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Projet d'établissement de nitrieres artificielles, after 1782.
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Duperron, Baron.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Early works to 1800.
- Technology.
- Saltpeter industry--France.
- Saltpeter industry.
- France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
- France.
- History.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, French.
- Manuscripts, European.
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Hans Peter Kraus, as part of his ms. 836.
- Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), as part of his Ms. 11.
- Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
- Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (4 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Industrial History Letters and Documents. Item 17
- Place of Publication:
- after 1782.
- Language Note:
- In French.
- Summary:
- Proposal concerning the manufacture of saltpeter, including the construction of pits for decomposition; the dates 1777 and 1782 are mentioned in the proposal. Sewn gathering of 2 bifolia.
- Local Notes:
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
- Cited as:
- UPenn LJS 180.
- OCLC:
- 798152462
- Online:
- The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page
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