| 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 |