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Paper, 'The making of sealing wax' by Sir T [Theodore] de Vaux

Reference number: CLP/11i/9

Date: 11 March 1669

Description

Paper listing the ingredients needed to make three types of sealing wax: cera hispanica [Spanish wax], cera rubra [red wax], and cera viridis [green wax].

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 11 March 1669.

Reference number
CLP/11i/9
Earliest possible date
11 March 1669
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Theodore de Vaux

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Theodore de Vaux, Paper, 'The making of sealing wax' by Sir T [Theodore] de Vaux, 11 March 1669, CLP/11i/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_9/paper-the-making-of-sealing-wax-by-sir-t-theodore-de-vaux, accessed on 16 February 2026

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