Paper, 'Of making cloth with sheeps wool' by Will [William] Petty
Reference number: CLP/3i/5
Date: 1661
Description
Petty describes different types of sheep wool and how they are procured, and then describes the steps necessary in transforming the wool into yarn or thread, which is then used to make cloth.
Subject: Industry / Agriculture
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1661.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/5
- Earliest possible date
- 1661
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Petty, Paper, 'Of making cloth with sheeps wool' by Will [William] Petty, 1661, CLP/3i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_5/paper-of-making-cloth-with-sheeps-wool-by-will-william-petty, accessed on 21 January 2026
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'Of Making Cloth with Sheeps wooll Delivered in By Sir William Petty'
Creator: William Petty Reference number: RBO/1/27
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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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