Lighthouse, Eddystone, second / sample / lead

Description

One of a group of models and drawings of the Eddystone Lighthouses - second lighthouse - a piece of lead taken from the stomach of a keeper after the fire of 1755

Museum reference

T.1859.414.B.7

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Lighthouse, Eddystone, second / sample / lead

Associations

Designer: John Rudyard, London
Henry Hall
1930.74
Depicted: Eddystone Rocks, English Channel, North Atlantic, ATLANTIC OCEAN

Exhibitions

• Shining Lights: The story of Scotland's Lighthouses (15 Oct 2010 - 03 Apr 2011)
  Museum of Scotland

References

'LIV. An Account of the Case of a Man who died of the Effects of the Fire at Eddy-stone Light-house. By Mr. Edward Spry, Surgeon at Plymouth. Read Feb. 5 1755. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc 49 (1756) pp.477- 9

'A Letter of John Huxham, M.D. F.R.S. to Mr William Watson, F.R.S. concerning the Case of the Man, who swallowed melted Lead.' Read Feb. 5, 1756. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc 49 (1756) pp.483 - 4