Paper, 'Marble paper' from J [John] Evelyn to Rob Murrey [Robert Moray]
Reference number: CLP/3i/4
Date: 01 January 1662
Description
Evelyn describes a method of marbling paper, describing the way of making the dyeing agent and the recipes for creating specific colours, including blue, yellow, green, and red. Includes three figures in margins in the text.
Subject: Art / Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 8 January 1661 [1662]. Two weeks later, Evelyn's method was actually tried and it 'succeeded'.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/4
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1662
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Evelyn, Paper, 'Marble paper' from J [John] Evelyn to Rob Murrey [Robert Moray], 01 January 1662, CLP/3i/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_4/paper-marble-paper-from-j-john-evelyn-to-rob-murrey-robert-moray, accessed on 20 June 2025
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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Reference number: CLP/3i
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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