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RefNoCLP/10iii/41
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TitlePaper, 'A method for making sugar from the maple tree in N [New] England' by Paul Dudley
Date[1719]
DescriptionPaper regarding how to make maple sugar from the juice of the upland maple or maple trees that grow in the highlands. Dudley describes the process of extracting sap from the tree, boiling the sap until it becomes thick like treacle, removing it from the flame and stirring beef suet through the sugar prevent it hardening.

Subject: Agriculture

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the method of making sugar from the Juice of the Maple Tree in New England'.

Communicated by John Chamberlayne. Read to the Royal Society on 29 October 1719.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1720.0008
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31 (1721), p 27
RelatedRecordRBO/11/26
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7811Dudley; Paul (1675 - 1751)1675 - 1751
NA6747Chamberlayne; John (c 1666 - 1723); translator and literary editorc 1666 - 1723
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