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Paper, 'The Composition of the Spicery for wax'

Reference number: CLP/25/5

Date: 24 March 1610 - 23 March 1611

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Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
CLP/25/5
Earliest possible date
24 March 1610 - 23 March 1611
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'The Composition of the Spicery for wax', 24 March 1610 - 23 March 1611, CLP/25/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_25_5/paper-the-composition-of-the-spicery-for-wax, accessed on 15 May 2026

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