'The China Vernish Brought in By Dr Needham'
Reference number: RBO/1/23
Date: 4 November 1661
Description
Details about how to make the base varnish, and about how to prepare the wood to be varnished; details about different colours of varnish and about gilding.
See RBO/1/26 (p 112) for Clayton's details about 'China Vernish'
- Reference number
- RBO/1/23
- Earliest possible date
- 4 November 1661
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Walter Needham, 'The China Vernish Brought in By Dr Needham', 4 November 1661, RBO/1/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_23/the-china-vernish-brought-in-by-dr-needham, accessed on 25 March 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 1, copies of papers communicated 1661-1662
1661-1662 Reference number: RBO/1
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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