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Lunar Lecture – Brief Encounter.

Thu 13 Mar 25
7pm
£10 Erasmus Darwin House, Beacon Street, Lichfield, Staffs WS13 7AD Erasmus Darwin makes a short trip to Matlock Bath resulting in the discovery of a new mineral to science. Erasmus Darwin often met with his friend Josiah Wedgwood at Matlock Bath, which was a convenient Derbyshire location to “take the waters”. During one visit he visited the establishment of a lapidarist, Thomas Pearson, where he purchased a mineral with which he was not familiar. He informed a fellow mineral enthusiast of the find which ultimately resulted in the discovery of a new mineral from a mine in Cromford, which is now internationally famous. In this interesting lecture John Cooke will discuss his research, which included a visit to Erasmus Darwin House... READ MORE>

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