Author: MCDONALD, DONALD.
Title: Percival Norton Johnson. The Biography of a Pioneer Metallurgist.
Description: London: Johnson, Matthey & Co. Limited, 1951. 1st edition. Content: I.Early Years; II.The New Business in Hatton Garden; III.Nickel Silver; IV.The Imperial Brazilian Gold; V.Mines and Mining; VI.The Progress of the London Businjess in the Eighteen Thirties; VII.Tamar and Callington; Viii.The Smelting Works; IX.Miners' Welfare and the End of Johnson's Mining Career; X.The Years of the Great Exhibition; XI.Platinum; XII.Conclusion. Appendix: I.Publications by Percival Norton Johnson; II.Percival Norton Johnson's Honours and Memberships; III.Portraits of Percival Norton Johnson; IV.George Matthey's Obituary of Percival Norton Johnson; V.Bibliography. Pp.224, portrait frontispiece + 11 further black & white plates, inscribed by the author "For Connie, who did so much to lay the foundations of this book. Donald McDonald" to front free endpaper. Green half calf over green cloth board, gilt title to spine, cloth has some uneven fading. VG.

Keywords: Donald Mcdonald Signed Percival Norton Johnson Biography Pioneer Metallurgist Hatton Garden Nickel Silver Brazilian Gold Mining Tamar Callington Smelting Great Exhibition Platinum George Matthey 51358 General Biography


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