| Reference number | EL/W3/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Joseph Walsh to Theodore de Vaux |
| Creator | Walsh; Joseph (fl 1667-1670) |
| Date | 20 January 1668 |
| Description | States that he has sent several types of clay to the Royal Society and gives an account of some of them; discussing 'bole armoniack', a red earth or clay, which Thomas Morris compounded; discussing a 'yellow oker' used for colouring leather
Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1668 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e4c40c69-bea9-4317-9596-787f6315b4dd |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5627 | Vaux; Sir; Theodore de (c1628 - 1694); physician | c 1628 - 1694 |