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Moray describes the methods for making malt from barley in Scotland. The paper describes how to select the best barley for malt making, how to preserve the barley, how to infuse barley in water and then drain, spread, heat, and dry it.

Subject: Industry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the manner of making malt in Scotland'.

Read to the Royal Society on 7 January 1663.

Reference number
CLP/10iii/3
Earliest possible date
1663
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Paper 'The way how malt is made' by Robert Moray, 1663, CLP/10iii/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10iii_3/paper-the-way-how-malt-is-made-by-robert-moray, accessed on 22 January 2025

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