| RefNo | CLP/2/28 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The way of making severall China varnishes sent from the Jesuits in China to the Great Duke of Tuscany' by unknown author |
| Date | [1700] |
| Description | Instructions for making varnish using several ingredients brought from Florence [Italy] by William Sherard from the Duke of Tuscany who had been given them by the Jesuits in China in glass vials. This is an English translation of CLP/2/27.
Subject: Chemistry / Trade
Communicated by Sherard. Read to the Royal Society on 24 April 1700. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | JBO/10/178 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/8/11 |
| CLP/2/27 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5817 | Sherard; William (1659 - 1728) | 1659 - 1728 |