'Plumbum galaena' victoire 1st March 1956

1st March 1956

Illustration for William Hewson's A description of the lymphatic system in the human subject

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William Thomson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851

'Plumbum galaena' victoire 1st March 1956Specimen of Galena (lead sulphide) here termed 'sulphure of lead; galaena'. Plate 24 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that "This is the commonest lead ore The present specimen came from Derbyshire, and is valuable from having the primitive cubic crystals so distinct." The plate is inscribed: "May 1