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'The Making of Ceruse' brought in by Sir Robert Moray from Mr [Sir Philibert] Vernatti

Reference number: RBO/1/7

Date: 26 March 1661

Description

Made from lead cast into thin plates
Provides details about the dangers associated with producing ceruse (eg stomach pains, dizziness, blindness)

Reference number
RBO/1/7
Earliest possible date
26 March 1661
Physical description
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1677.0036
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'The Making of Ceruse' brought in by Sir Robert Moray from Mr [Sir Philibert] Vernatti, 26 March 1661, RBO/1/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_7/the-making-of-ceruse-brought-in-by-sir-robert-moray-from-mr-sir-philibert-vernatti, accessed on 15 June 2025

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