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043 $ae-uk---
091 $asgptb Pat. vol. 47
091 $abwith Pat. vol. 47:4
100 1 $aSilvestri, Giacomo.
245 10 $aSpecification of Giacomo Silvestri :$bpreserving animal and vegetable substances [from decay].
260 $aLondon :$bGreat Seal Patent Office,$c1855$e(London :$fGeorge E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)
300 $a4 pages ;$c28 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent.
337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia.
338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier.
500 $aCover title.
500 $aAt head of title: A.D. 1845. No. 10,596.
500 $a"Giacomo Silvestri, of Naples... physician".
520 0 $aPatent for a process of preserving corpses of both humans and animals without loss of their original shape. It involves a mixture of bichloride of mercury, powdered selix [sic], subcarbonate of lime, hydrochlorate of ammonia, chloride of lead and chloride of zinc. A second bath of hydrochlarate of soda, phosphate of soda, pounded silex [sic] and salt of alum and cinabar. It is also applicable to flowers, leaves and grasses.
599 $agr.
650 2 $aEmbalming.$0D004615.
650 2 $aDesiccation.$0D003890.
651 0 $aGreat Britain.$0n 79023147.
655 0 $aElectronic books.
655 7 $aPatents.$2lcgft.
759 $adigukmhl.
776 1 $iPrint version:$tSpecification of Giacomo Silvestri$w(OCoLC)63515323$w(UkLW)b16518950.
907 $a.b30752425