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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 888 — COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES.

William Johnston translation

In the account of the funeral expenses stands the following article: “To Thomas Graham, apothecary to his majesty, for a fine double cerecloth, with a large quantity of very rich perfumed aromatic powders, &c., for embalming his late majesty’s royal body, 152l.” See Archæologia, ut supra, p. 402.

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