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
- Page extent
- 47 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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III. The natural history of cochineal; being an account of a book entituled, Histoire naturelle de la cochinelle justifiée par des documens authentiques Amsterdam, 1729 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1730
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0040
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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