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'The Manner of Making Green Coperas' by Mr Daniel Colwall

Reference number: RBO/1/8

Date: 8 June 1661

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Coperas stones (or 'gold stones') found on the shores of Essex and Hampshire

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RBO/1/8
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8 June 1661
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Daniel Colwall

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Daniel Colwall, 'The Manner of Making Green Coperas' by Mr Daniel Colwall, 8 June 1661, RBO/1/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_8/the-manner-of-making-green-coperas-by-mr-daniel-colwall, accessed on 16 January 2026

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