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Paper, 'Affidavits concerning the generation and production of cochineal' by Melchior de Ruusscher

Reference number: CLP/15ii/27

Date: 1734-1740

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Received by William Rutty from de Ruusscher via Mr East. De Ruuscher writes on the production of cochineal.

Subject: Zoology

For Rutty's account of cochineal from Dutch accounts from 1729 see 'The natural history of cochineal; being an account of a book entituled, Histoire naturelle de la cochinelle justifiée par des documens authentiques Amsterdam, 1729', Philosophical Transactions volume 36.

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CLP/15ii/27
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1734-1740
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Ink on paper
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47 pages
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Manuscript

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Melchior De Ruusscher

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Melchior De Ruusscher, Paper, 'Affidavits concerning the generation and production of cochineal' by Melchior de Ruusscher, 1734-1740, CLP/15ii/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_15ii_27/paper-affidavits-concerning-the-generation-and-production-of-cochineal-by-melchior-de-ruusscher, accessed on 13 July 2026

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    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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