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Paper, concerning the making of bricks by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/17/13

Date: 1667-1676

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'The Earth is to be sett in a Shallow ditch with as much water as will moisten it that it may be kneaded like doe...'
Mentions a dye made form earth from Monserrat

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CLP/17/13
Earliest possible date
1667-1676
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, concerning the making of bricks by unknown author, 1667-1676, CLP/17/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_17_13/paper-concerning-the-making-of-bricks-by-unknown-author, accessed on 11 November 2025

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