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'To make small Shott of different sizes communicated by his Highnesse Prince Rupert and brought in by Sir Robert Moray'

Reference number: RBO/3/5

Date: 2 March 1663

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Using lead and powdered auripigmentum
Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1663

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RBO/3/5
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2 March 1663
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Rupert

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Rupert, 'To make small Shott of different sizes communicated by his Highnesse Prince Rupert and brought in by Sir Robert Moray', 2 March 1663, RBO/3/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_5/to-make-small-shott-of-different-sizes-communicated-by-his-highnesse-prince-rupert-and-brought-in-by-sir-robert-moray, accessed on 19 March 2025

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