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Note, 'Concerning two specimens of silk-paper, now first made in England - one ream of each kind, by the desire of the Society of Arts' by Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/3/246

Date: 12 May 1757

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Subject: Correspondence

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L&P/3/246
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12 May 1757
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Henry Baker, Note, 'Concerning two specimens of silk-paper, now first made in England - one ream of each kind, by the desire of the Society of Arts' by Henry Baker, 12 May 1757, L&P/3/246, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_246/note-concerning-two-specimens-of-silk-paper-now-first-made-in-england-one-ream-of-each-kind-by-the-desire-of-the-society-of-arts-by-henry-baker, accessed on 15 May 2025

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    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

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