Dear Anaïs,
You may know this already, but here are a few notes that I have about John Percy:
Dr John Percy, F.R.S. (1817-1889)
ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, LONDON
Physician and also metallurgist at the Royal School of Mines. Percy’s lovingly detailed mineral collection with handwritten labels is [largely] preserved at the Lapworth Museum, Birmingham University, as part of the McLean collection. His metallurgy collection is in the Science Museum in London (Jon Clatworthy talk – GCG Dec 2014).
McLean collection - The majority is from the mineral collection of Dr John Percy FRS (1817-1889) father of British metallurgy, and metallurgist at the Royal School of Mines from 1851. Percy acquired specimens from geologists, dealers and many of his former students from all around the world. A feature of the collection is the meticulous notes, descrip-tions and details that Percy recorded for each specimen. These include localities, prices, descriptions, and details of chemical analysis carried out on the specimens.
A fine, and unusual specimen of baryte from Dudley Port, Tipton originally from the collection of Dr. Percy was acquired by Dr. C. O. Trechmann on 18 May 1890 for 2 shillings from the London mineral dealer Samuel Henson (Starkey, 2018: p. 330). Now preserved in the NHM it demonstrates that some of Percy’s specimens were dispersed elsewhere.
Regards,
Tom
Tom Cotterell
Senior Curator: Mineralogy
Department of Natural Sciences
amgueddfa.cymru | museum.wales
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Dear all,
I am a PhD student researching the mineralogical collection of John Percy (nineteenth century metallurgist). I’ve found the notes that he produced while writing his Metallurgy: Iron and Steel (at IoM3 library) , but I can’t seem to find the notes associated with his other volumes of Metallurgy. I am specifically looking for the notes for his volume on Fuels, but would welcome information on any of the others, or any documents relating to John Percy at all.
I would appreciate any leads!
Thank you,
Anaïs
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AHRC CDP PhD Researcher
Department of History, University of Warwick | Science Museum, London
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