Letter, 'Of staining or painting marble' from Robert Chalmers to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/353

Date: 07 February 1759

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Subject: Art

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on several pieces of marble stained by Mr. Robert Chambers. In a letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, F. R . S'

Read 8 February 1759

Reference number: L&P/3/353
Earliest possible date: 07 February 1759
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of staining or painting marble' from Robert Chalmers to Thomas Birch, 07 February 1759, L&P/3/353, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_353/letter-of-staining-or-painting-marble-from-robert-chalmers-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 14 June 2026

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V. Experiments on several pieces of marble stained by Mr. Robert Chambers. In a letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, F. R . S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1759

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1759.0006

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3

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Thomas Birch
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