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Paper, 'Instructions in Dyeing from Mr. [Benjamin] Laney of Southwark' [written in the hand of Robert Hooke]

Reference number: CLP/24/82

Date: 1649

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A continuation of CLP/24/81 - further extracts from books by Mr. Laney on how to dye different materials, different quantities of materials and using different dyes. Main body text is in French, very few notes are in English.

Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
CLP/24/82
Earliest possible date
1649
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Ink on paper
Page extent
33 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Instructions in Dyeing from Mr. [Benjamin] Laney of Southwark' [written in the hand of Robert Hooke], 1649, CLP/24/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_82/paper-instructions-in-dyeing-from-mr-benjamin-laney-of-southwark-written-in-the-hand-of-robert-hooke, accessed on 08 September 2024

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