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Letter, from Joseph Walsh to Theodore de Vaux

Reference number: EL/W3/10

Date: 01 January 1667

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Discussing fuller's earth (a type of clay used in fulling cloth and as an absorbent) found in Worcester
Read to the Royal Society on 2 January 1668

Reference number
EL/W3/10
Earliest possible date
01 January 1667
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript
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Joseph Walsh

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Joseph Walsh, Letter, from Joseph Walsh to Theodore de Vaux, 01 January 1667, EL/W3/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_10/letter-from-joseph-walsh-to-theodore-de-vaux, accessed on 09 February 2026

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