| RefNo | CLP/11i/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the zaffora' by Frederick Slare |
| Date | [1685] |
| Description | Paper detailing experiments made on the mineral cobalt in order to discover the nature of zaffora [zaffre]. Slare provides details about the specimens of minerals (cobalt and silver mineral), which had been sent to him by the physician to the Duke of Zell. Details of the method used by the Germans to disguise the nature of zaffre for export.
Subject: Chemistry / Alchemy
Read to the Royal Society on 15 July 1685. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/6/81 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4607 | Slare; Frederick (c1647 - 1727); chemist and physician | c 1647 - 1727 |