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Paper, 'Questions to Mr Fletcher' by [Théodore de Mayerne?]

Reference number: CLP/3i/30

Date: 09 May 1639

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The author poses several questions to Mr [Thomas?] Fletcher regarding dyeing, including the best logwood, dyeing wood and silk, and using a fixative liquid.

Subject: Industry

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CLP/3i/30
Earliest possible date
09 May 1639
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Questions to Mr Fletcher' by [Théodore de Mayerne?], 09 May 1639, CLP/3i/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_30/paper-questions-to-mr-fletcher-by-théodore-de-mayerne, accessed on 14 November 2025

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