A discovery of subterranean treasure
Subtitle: viz. all manner of mines & minerals, from the gold to the coal, with plain directions and rules for finding them in all kingdoms and countries; also the art of melting, refining and assaying them made plain and easy to every ordinary capacity, so that they may with small charge try the value of such ores as shall be found either by rule or accident: to which is added, a real experiment, to try whether a piece of gold be true or counterfeit ...
By: by Mr. Gabriel Plattes.
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1792
Place of publication: Philadelphia printed
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Metallurgy -- Early works to 1800.; Mineralogy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 24697
"Also a sure way to try what colour any berry, leaf, flower, stalk, root, fruit, seed, bark or wood will give: together with directions for making colours that shall not stain nor fade."
Originally published in London in 1639 under title: A discovery of subterraneall treasure.
Signatures: A-C⁴.