[Observations of the industries of Lyon]; [manuscript].

Title:

[Observations of the industries of Lyon] [manuscript].

Abstract:

Journal of observations and drawings of equipment and products from various industries during a visit to Lyon in August and September of 1763. Subjects include iron mines, steel plants, a cutlery factory, textile manufacture, and an interview at the veterinary school of Lyon with Claude Bourgelat.

Coverage:

Lyon (France)

Format:

48 leaves : paper; 226 x 170 mm. bound to 231 x 190 mm.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn155927439; (OCoLC)155927439; (CStRLIN)PAUR05-B10002; (PU)3728194-penndb-Voyager

Language:

French.

Provenance:

From the collection of Duhamel du Monceau, editor of the Description des Arts et Métiers, at the Château de Denainvilliers, dispersed in 1955-1960 (Jaoul/Pinault, a copy shelved with the codex).; Purchased, 1964.

Publisher:

[Lyon, 1763]

Subject:

Cutlery trade -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Industries -- France -- Early works to 1800.; Industries -- France -- Rhône-Alpes -- History.; Iron mines and mining -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Steel industry and trade -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Textile industry -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Diaries.; Drawings.; Manuscripts, French; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Type:

Manuscript

Personal Name:

Bourgelat, Claude,; Duhamel du Monceau,

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 990

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts