Device for refining sugar
Date
3 October 1667
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 310mm
width (page): 210mm
width (page): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Design of a tin dish to refine muscovado sugar, as explained in a French manuscript brought in by Theodore de Vaux to the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 October 1667.
Theodore de Vaux's godfather was the royal physician and art connoisseur Théodore de Mayerne, some of whose papers de Vaux presented at the meetings of the Royal Society.
Theodore de Vaux's godfather was the royal physician and art connoisseur Théodore de Mayerne, some of whose papers de Vaux presented at the meetings of the Royal Society.
Transcription
Responses aux demandes touchant le sucre
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 3 October 1667, ‘Sir Theodore de Vaux brought in a paper about the refining of sugar, which was ordered to be registered; and Mr. Haak and Mr. Thomas Coxe were desired to join together for bringing in a full account of the history of the refining of sugar; which they undertook to do’ (Birch 2:196).
10 October 1667, ‘Sir Theodore de Vaux produced three several papers concerning sugar; one of sugar-candy; the other about refining of muscovade, and reducing it into loaves; the third containing several queries about sugar. The papers were delivered to Mr. Haak and Mr. Hooke to peruse them, and to consider of what use they might be for the history of sugar-woks [sic]’ (Birch 2:199).
10 October 1667, ‘Sir Theodore de Vaux produced three several papers concerning sugar; one of sugar-candy; the other about refining of muscovade, and reducing it into loaves; the third containing several queries about sugar. The papers were delivered to Mr. Haak and Mr. Hooke to peruse them, and to consider of what use they might be for the history of sugar-woks [sic]’ (Birch 2:199).
Related fellows
Theodore de Vaux (1623 - 1694, British) , Physician
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