RefNo | RBO/3/14 |
AltRefNo | RBO.3.35 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'The Art - Of making Parchment, Vellam, Glue etc' by John Beale |
Date | 1664 |
Description | Account of how Matthew Wills of Yeovil makes parchment and vellum (which Beale believes is the best in England at 5 shillings a roll). He choses calf skin for vellum and skins of ewes or rams, rather than wethers, for parchment
Figure of the stretching frame Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1664 |
Language | English |
Extent | 6 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | CLP/3i/18 |
RBC/2/53 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7771 | Beale; John (- 1724) | - 1724 |