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Title Treatise on the Creation of Silver Coinage
Reference MS151
Library Senate House Library, University of London
Date 1807
Author(s) Morrison, James William
Description Manuscript volume containing a treatise by Sir James William Morrison, First Clerk and Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, entitled 'Memoirs and observations on the melting and casting of silver for the coinage at his Majesty's Mint', 1807. The manuscript discusses previous techniques in melting, especially experiments made by his father James Morrison, Deputy Master of the Mint from 1787-1799, based on his papers, and his own experiments made with the help of Robert Mushet, Third Clerk to the Master of the Mint, and Robert Bingley, the Assay Master (1798-1836). There are some pencil notes in the margin.
Document Type Manuscript, Report
Primary Commodity Silver and Gold
Theme Production
Keywords machinery, manufacturing, currency, smelting
Region Europe
Places UK; England, London
Additional Information Sir James William Morrison (1774-1850) was Third Clerk to the Master of the Royal Mint, 1792, and also worked as an assistant in the melting house. On 31 Dec 1801, he replaced his father, James Morrison, as First Clerk, Purveyor and Deputy Master of the Mint, a post which he held until 1850.
Copyright Senate House Library, University of London