Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Method of Refining Salt-Petre.
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Accession number:
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29836
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Record number:
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29836-10
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JCB call number:
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DC R888a
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Image title:
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The Method of Refining Salt-Petre.
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Place image published:
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[Boston]
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Image publisher:
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[Joseph Greenleaf]
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Image date:
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[1774]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 284
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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9.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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16.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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12.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Two men with a sieve and ladle refine saltpeter. Items in the image are numbered for identification in adjacent text.
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Source Title:
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The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For August, 1774
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Source place of publication:
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Boston
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Source publisher:
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Printed by and sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office in Hanover-street ...
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Source date:
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1774
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notes:
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Attributed to Paul Revere by Clarence Brigham. Image is placed horizontally on page. Published first by Isaiah Thomas and then Joseph Greenleaf in Boston, this magazine was produced from January 1774 until April 1775 when the war put an end to publication.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 87
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1946.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Saltpeter industry--North America
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