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Extracts provide instruction on how to dye different materials, different quantities of materials and using different dyes, including logwood, fustic, turmeric, indigo and saffron.

Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
CLP/24/80
Earliest possible date
1639
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
22 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Extracts, from articles on 'dyestuffs and dyeing' by Thomas Fletcher [in the hand of Robert Hooke], 1639, CLP/24/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_80/extracts-from-articles-on-dyestuffs-and-dyeing-by-thomas-fletcher-in-the-hand-of-robert-hooke, accessed on 13 December 2024

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