Letter, from Henry Justel [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/I1/97
Date: 01 January 1696
Description
States that scarlet tincture from lac, a resinous substance, is more effective and cheaper than that of cochineal; concerns making a marble head for a statue of Apollo
Read to the Royal Society on 14 April 1686
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- EL/I1/97
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1696
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Justel, Henri Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel [to the Royal Society], 01 January 1696, EL/I1/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_97/letter-from-henry-justel-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 February 2026
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