'An account of the discovery of making Brass easily' by George Ball
Reference number: RBO/8/66
Date: 1699
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Original letter dated 20 December 1699
Read to the Royal Society on 27 December 1699
- Reference number
- RBO/8/66
- Earliest possible date
- 1699
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An account of the discovery of making Brass easily' by George Ball, 1699, RBO/8/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_8_66/an-account-of-the-discovery-of-making-brass-easily-by-george-ball, accessed on 23 January 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 8, copies of papers communicated 1695-1700
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