Medals illustrating various scientific subjects, by E. Thomason, English, mid-19th century Wh.4511
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Higgitt, Rebekah
Abstract
This set of sixteen Scientific and Philosophical Medals, each three inches in diameter, were sold with a magnifying glass in a book-shaped leather and velvet case. They were first advertised in 1829 by the
Birmingham manufacturer, Edward Thomason. The son of a buckle manufacturer, Thomason had been apprenticed to Boulton & Co. at the Soho Foundry in 1785, before taking over his father’s business and expanding to the manufacture of buttons, jewellery, cutlery, medals and other base and
precious metal ‘toys’.
Book title
Materials for the History of Science: A Whipple Museum Festschrift to Celebrate the Directorship of Professor Liba Taub
Editor
Nall, Joshua
Hyslop, James
Jardine, Boris
Pagination
6-Jul
Publisher
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Place of publication
Cambridge
Rights statement
In Copyright
Additional information
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