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Points in Melting Silver

  • After 1849 – before 1887

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Notes providing instructions on how to melt silver.

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  • 5 pages
  • 11.2 cm W x 16.6 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
Digitization funder
  • Newman Numismatic Portal at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Series arrangement
  • Series IV: Miscellaneous James C. Booth Papers
Physical container
  • Box 7, Folder 2

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Booth, James Curtis. “Points in Melting Silver,” n.d. Papers of James Curtis Booth, Box 7, Folder 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8c97kq89m.

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