Medal, James Watt, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Institute

An image of Medal. Portrait of James Watt. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Institute. Dated 1833. No Adlib record 2021, check accession.

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Medal. Portrait of James Watt. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Institute. Dated 1833. No Adlib record 2021, check accession.

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Accession Number: CM.85-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Photographer name: Eimear Reilly
Image height: 1012 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 96.48kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2014:12:28 16:50:58

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