Letter, from George Ball, [to the Royal Society] dated at workhouse in Whitefryers near the Green Dragon Tavern in Fleet Street

Reference number: EL/B2/53

Date: 20 December 1699

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Autograph letter concerning the manufacture of an English brass-like metal; concerning the use of calamy stone in the production of metal
Read to the Royal Society on 27 December 1699

Reference number: EL/B2/53
Earliest possible date: 20 December 1699
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: Manuscript
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George Ball

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George Ball, Letter, from George Ball, [to the Royal Society] dated at workhouse in Whitefryers near the Green Dragon Tavern in Fleet Street, 20 December 1699, EL/B2/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_53/letter-from-george-ball-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-workhouse-in-whitefryers-near-the-green-dragon-tavern-in-fleet-street, accessed on 13 January 2026

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'An account of the discovery of making Brass easily' by George Ball
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B2
1669-1731 Reference number: EL/B2

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