Title
Cornish Stamp Battery
Subject
Stamps
MWork MIN 8.33
Description
A Cornish stamp battery. A stamp battery is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. This type of stamping machinery which would have contributed to the 'jangling cacophony' at almost any 19th century mineral-recovery site.
Duplicate of MIN 8.033
Duplicate of MIN 8.033
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
1975
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Print
Identifier
MIN 8.034
Original Format
photo
Period Costume
N
Subject Era
1890