RefNo | CLP/11i/37 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'A receat for the cureing of castorum according to the method used in Russia' by Mr Ashby |
Date | [1690] |
Description | Ashby details a Russian method for curing castoreum over a fire and provides observations on making indigo from cochineal related by a Spaniard who had lived in Jamaica.
Subject: Chemistry / Anthropology
Read to the Royal Society on 1 April 1690. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |