Letter, from William Cole to the Royal Society, dated at Bristol
Reference number: EL/C2/15
Date: 03 December 1686
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Cole discusses the dyeing of linen to the colour of the purple fish found off the coast of Somerset
Read to the Royal Society on 8 December 1686
- Reference number
- EL/C2/15
- Earliest possible date
- 03 December 1686
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Cole, Letter, from William Cole to the Royal Society, dated at Bristol, 03 December 1686, EL/C2/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_15/letter-from-william-cole-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-bristol, accessed on 19 July 2026
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A letter form Mr. William Cole of Bristol, to the Phil. Society of Oxford; containing his observations on the purple fish External link, opens in new tab.
Author: William Cole
Date: 1st December 1685
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1685.0091
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