| RefNo | RBO/14/125 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.14.445 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Account by Thomas Stack of a treatise entitled 'De Ambra grysea' by Caspar Neuman |
| Date | 1730 |
| Description | Discussing ambergris; quotes from Paul Dudley on ambergris; details of how ambergris is used eg in perfumes with details of how it is made
Read to the Royal Society on 4 June 1730 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | See EL/D1/72- 95 and EL/D2/68 for correspondence by Paul Dudley on whales and ambergris
See RBO/2i/75 for an account of whaling |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5443 | Stack; Thomas (- 1756) | - 1756 |
| NA6151 | Neumann; Caspar (1683 - 1737) | 1683 - 1737 |