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Paper, 'Culture of the son or sun plant of Hindustan; and of making Hindustan paper' by Lieutenant Colonel Ironside

Reference number: L&P/6/12

Date: 1773

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Of the culture and uses of the son or Sun-plant of Hindostan, with an account of the manner of manufacturing the Hindostan paper.'

Read 23 December 1773

Reference number
L&P/6/12
Earliest possible date
1773
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Culture of the son or sun plant of Hindustan; and of making Hindustan paper' by Lieutenant Colonel Ironside, 1773, L&P/6/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_12/paper-culture-of-the-son-or-sun-plant-of-hindustan-and-of-making-hindustan-paper-by-lieutenant-colonel-ironside, accessed on 23 January 2026

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