| Reference number | CLP/3i/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A new, cheape, and delicate fire of cole [coal] balls, wherein seacole is by the mixture of other combustible bodies both sweetned and multiplied' by Theodore de Vaux |
| Date | [1666] |
| Description | De Vaux describes a new way to create fuel for fire using lome [loam] gathered during winter, water, and seacole [sea coal]. He explains that this method is commonly used in Liège [Wallonia, Belgium], and then goes on to explain how to create the best fire using the substance.
Subject: Mineralogy
Read to the Royal Society on 24 October 1666. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5627 | Vaux; Sir; Theodore de (c1628 - 1694); physician | c1628 - 1694 |