Photograph. A memorial plaque with a three-quarter profile of a short haired, elderly man bordered by laurels. The plaque is inscribed PER ASPERA TENAX, 1768, 1843, To the Memory of the Reverend ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, M A LL D, Minister of Belhevie, Aberdeenshire, In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordinance and in 1807 invented the percussion system which was adopted by the British Army in 1839, This Tablet erected in 1929 by admirers of his Genius.

Title

Photograph. A memorial plaque with a three-quarter profile of a short haired, elderly man bordered by laurels. The plaque is inscribed PER ASPERA TENAX, 1768, 1843, To the Memory of the Reverend ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, M A LL D, Minister of Belhevie, Aberdeenshire, In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordinance and in 1807 invented the percussion system which was adopted by the British Army in 1839, This Tablet erected in 1929 by admirers of his Genius.

Identifier

LEMUR:1000024

Description

Photograph, framed and glazed, of the plaque to Rev Alexander John Forsyth. PER ASPERA TENAX 1768 - 1843 Minister of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire. In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordnance and in 1807 invented the percussion system which was adopted by the British Army in 1839.

Format

paper, photography,

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, Belhelvie Aberdeenshire

Relation

ABDUA:18021 ABDUA:18377 ABDUA:18378 ABDUA:13110 LEMUR:1000025

Type

Physical Object

UUID

a5ff2bb5-4363-4658-8b80-65e1452157e8