| Reference number | CLP/3i/23a |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract of a letter, 'The way of making pitch, tarr, rosin and turpentine near Marseilles' in a letter from Thomas Bent to Dr Welsted |
| Date | [1684] |
| Description | Bent describes how pitch, tar, rosin, and turpentine are made near Marseilles [France] fromt he sap of pine trees.
Subject: Industry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The way of making pitch, tarr, rosin and turpentine near Marseilles; communicated in a letter from Nismes, by Mr. Thomas Bent, to Dr. Welsted'.
Read to the Royal Society on 21 January 1684. |
| Extent | 2p |
| 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.1698.0058
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions' Volume 20, Issue 243 (1698) |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/9/26 |