Museum of Practical Geology: a lecture by Lyon Playfair on the chemistry, manufacture and uses of glass. Wood engraving, 1852.

1852

Lettering: Museum of Practical Geology--Dr Lyon Playfair's lecture.--(See next page.) Text on verso describes the lecture, and mentions conviction of Charles Pickering for stealing books from the British Museum Library, which occurred in 1852 (P.R. Harris, A history of the British Museum Library, London 1998, p. 229 and 707)