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Paper, 'A description of the artifice and making of tarr and pitch in New England, and the materialls of which it is made' by [John] Winthrop

Reference number: CLP/3i/23

Date: 1662

Description

Winthrop describes the production of tar and pitch, including the materials from which they are made and the methods of making them.

Subject: Industry

Read to the Royal Society on 9 July 1662.

Reference number
CLP/3i/23
Earliest possible date
1662
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Winthrop

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John Winthrop, Paper, 'A description of the artifice and making of tarr and pitch in New England, and the materialls of which it is made' by [John] Winthrop, 1662, CLP/3i/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_23/paper-a-description-of-the-artifice-and-making-of-tarr-and-pitch-in-new-england-and-the-materialls-of-which-it-is-made-by-john-winthrop, accessed on 07 December 2024

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