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Concerning a new colour preparation sent to John Woodward

Reference number: RBO/11/104

Date: 1724

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Concerns a preparation of a dye made from alum and sal alkali which is comparable to the colour of the flower Gentianella and might be used by painters as a substitute for ultramarine - first created by Mr Frisch who lives in Berlin
Read to the Royal Society on "9 January 1723" [actually 1724]

Reference number
RBO/11/104
Earliest possible date
1724
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Concerning a new colour preparation sent to John Woodward, 1724, RBO/11/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_104/concerning-a-new-colour-preparation-sent-to-john-woodward, accessed on 11 November 2025

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