| RefNo | RBO/1/30 |
| AltRefNo | RBO.1.137 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | 'An Exact Account of the Making of Marbled Paper Brought in by Mr Evelyn' |
| Date | nd |
| Description | Details of how to make marbled paper with figures of equipment required
Read to the Royal Society on 8 January 1661
Images; Figure 1, Ink, pointed stick used to stir briskly 'the Liquour and fluctuating colours by drawing it from one side of the Trough to the other ; Size height 2 cm x width 4.5 cm
Figure 2, Ink, Trough in which the colours are mixed, with numbers at either side to show the stick moving from side to side; size height 6 cm x width 4.5 cm
Figure 3, Ink, ' Comb taken by the ends with both your hands, comb the surfaces of the Liquor in the Trough from extreme to the other, permitting onely the teeth to enter; this must be perfomed with a gentle and uniforme Motion, and will make those undulations which you see in the marble papers. This Instrument represented in Figure III is made with a Straite sticke, about the bignesse of the little finger: and as far as amounts to the breadth of the Trough, inserted with small pinns (such as Women use0 at the distance of a quarter of an inch; but let the ends of the stick unpinnd, extend a little beyond the dimensions of the Troughs breadth, for the better managing thereof when you are to Comb the Liquor. ' Size height 2 cm x 4.5 cm |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/3i/4 |
| RBC/1/33 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8217 | Evelyn; John (1620 - 1706); antiquary, diarist, and gardener | 1620 - 1706 |