Paper, 'To make small shot of different sizes' by Prince Rupert
Reference number: CLP/3i/11
Date: 1663
Description
Prince Rupert describes a method of making small ammunition of varying sizes using lead and powdered auripigmentum [orpiment].
Subject: Chemistry / Weaponry
Communicated by Robert Moray. Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1663.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/11
- Earliest possible date
- 1663
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Rupert, Paper, 'To make small shot of different sizes' by Prince Rupert, 1663, CLP/3i/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_11/paper-to-make-small-shot-of-different-sizes-by-prince-rupert, accessed on 09 February 2025
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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Reference number: CLP/3i
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