Instrument for making parchment
                                Date
                            
                            
                                25 May 1664
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Unknown, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Manuscript page number
                            
                            
                                p167
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Material
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (page): 365mm
width (page): 233mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 233mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Figures relating to an instrument to scrape the hide in order to make parchment. John Beale described the process of making parchment, which was read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 25 May 1664 and was ordered to be registered.
This was copied from RBO/3/039. Other versions of these images can be found at Cl.P/3i/18/004-05 and MS/215/190.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            This was copied from RBO/3/039. Other versions of these images can be found at Cl.P/3i/18/004-05 and MS/215/190.
                                Object history
                            
                            
                                At the meeting of the Royal Society on 25 May 1664, ‘Mr. Beal’s account of the art of making parchment was read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:428).
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                John Beale (1608 - 1687, British) , Clergyman
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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