| RefNo | RBO/15/65 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.15.304 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Abstract of an account of writing instruments and paper by John Clerk, a Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland |
| Date | 1730 |
| Description | That several styli had been found in Scotland
Details about using barks of trees and papyrus
Details about different coloured inks
Read to the Royal Society on 4 March 1730 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 420, p 157 |