| Reference number | CLP/10i/41 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Storax liquida alias rosa mallas' by James Petiver |
| Date | [1707] |
| Description | Paper regarding styrax liquida, the liquid amber-like gum produced by the Turkish sweetgum tree, which Petiver describes as growing on the island of Cobross, at the upper end of the Red Sea near Cadess.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The Manner of making styrax liquida, alias rosa mallas. Communicated by Mr. James Petiver, F. R. S'.
Read to the Royal Society on 11 February 1707. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0005
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 26 (1708), p 44 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6857 | Petiver; James (c1663 - 1718); botanist and entomologist | c1663 - 1718 |