Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Leyden
Reference number: EL/C1/22
Date: 07 August 1668
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Autograph letter
Colepresse gives an account of the Duke's Glasshouse in Woolwich whose workers have found a way of producing fake opal glass and restoring the method for producing red glass
Part of letter printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 3, no 38, pp 743-744
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- EL/C1/22
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- 07 August 1668
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Samuel Colepresse, Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Leyden, 07 August 1668, EL/C1/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_22/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 20 May 2026
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An extract of a letter lately written by Mr. S. Colepresse, from Leiden, to the Publisher, about the making of counterfeited opal, and the recovery of the art of making red-glass External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1668
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1668.0032
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