GB 0098 B/PERCY - PERCY, Professor John (1817-1889)

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GB 0098 B/PERCY Created 1853-1860 Collection (fonds) 2 files Percy , John , 1817-1889 , metallurgist
Born, Nottingham, 1817; educated at private school, Southampton; studied medicine in Paris, 1834-1836, and Edinburgh University, graduated, 1838; physician, Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, 1839; studied metallurgy at local metallurgical works; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1847; invented process for extracting silver; lecturer in metallurgy, later Professor, Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts (later Royal School of Mines), 1851-1879; member, Council of the Royal Society, 1857-1859; lecturer in metallurgy, Woolwich, [1864]-1889; superintendent of ventilation for the Houses of Parliament, 1865; member, Secretary for War's commissions on the application of iron for defensive purposes, 1861, 'Gibraltar' shields, 1867; member, royal commissions on coal, 1871, spontaneous combustion of coal in ships, 1875; Bessemer medal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1876; President, Iron and Steel Institute, 1885-1886; Millar prize of the Institute of Civil Engineers, 1887; Albert medal of the Society of Arts, 1889; died, 1889.
Publications: include: An experimental inquiry concerning the presence of alcohol in the ventricles of the brain after poisoning by that liquid (Hamilton, Adams & Co, London, 1839); The Metallurgical Treatment and assaying of gold ores (1853); Metallurgy. The art of extracting metals from their ores, and adapting them to various purposes of manufacture 5 vol (London, 1861-1880); The Manufacture of Russian Sheet-Iron (London, 1871); Address to the Iron and Steel Institute May 12, 1886 (Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, Edinburgh, [1886]).

Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.

Papers of Professor John Percy, comprising letters to Richard Smith, of the Metallurgy Laboratories, Royal School of Mines, 1853-1860, relating to work at the laboratories; notes and correspondence relating to experiments on glass, 1840-[1888].

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A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

Records of the Royal School of Mines (D), held at Imperial College.

Correspondence and papers, 1830-1890, held at the Science Museum Library; lecture notes, 1863-1864, held at the British Library, Manuscript Collections (reference: Add MS 31199); correspondence with Sir Henry Cole, 1862-73, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library (reference: p9); letters to Sir George Stokes, 1858-1886, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Add 7342, 7656).

Sources: Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 1959-1960, vol XV); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; National Register of Archives. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. December 2000 Academic buildings Building materials Educational buildings Experiments Glass Metallurgy Percy , John , 1817-1889 , metallurgist Research work Royal School of Mines Smith , Richard , fl 1845-1891 , assayer and metallurgist University laboratories

Papers of Professor John Percy, comprising letters to Richard Smith, of the Metallurgy Laboratories, Royal School of Mines, 1853-1860, relating to work at the laboratories; notes and correspondence relating to experiments on glass, 1840-[1888].

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Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

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Records of the Royal School of Mines (D), held at Imperial College.

A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

Correspondence and papers, 1830-1890, held at the Science Museum Library; lecture notes, 1863-1864, held at the British Library, Manuscript Collections (reference: Add MS 31199); correspondence with Sir Henry Cole, 1862-73, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library (reference: p9); letters to Sir George Stokes, 1858-1886, held at Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives (reference: Add 7342, 7656).

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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