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Paper, a method for making mortar at Madras [Chennai] in eastern India by Isaac Pyke

Reference number: EL/P2/13

Date: 1731

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Also given are details about plastering and using a whitening varnish

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EL/P2/13
Earliest possible date
1731
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Isaac Pyke

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Isaac Pyke, Paper, a method for making mortar at Madras [Chennai] in eastern India by Isaac Pyke, 1731, EL/P2/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p2_13/paper-a-method-for-making-mortar-at-madras-chennai-in-eastern-india-by-isaac-pyke, accessed on 22 April 2025

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