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Show OLD~PAPERMAKIN 9 of England, as wellas hisappeal to that institutio to adop his plan, were set down in a large foli volume, the manuscript being in his own hand This unique boo has been in the possession o the writer for a number of years and owing to it interesting nature part of the text is reproduce bere verbatim "Account of the origin and experiments of th triple paper invented by Sir William Congrev and proposed for the new bank-note. The firs suggestion of this paper was given by me to th Commission ina memoir read to them on the 30th of October 1818. Ina subsequent memoir dated th uth. of December, Istated some further particular respecting this paper and proposed extracting th colour partially in the interior layer of the pape by means of acids. On the 29th. of December, procured a quantit of Adrianople red cloth whic I considered the best for the purpose, due to it remarkable tintand a colour that cannot be adde to the pulp after it is made, and I sent this cloth t Mr. Harman with directions to Mr. Brewer. Mr. Brewer proceeded to Freefolk and made his firs report to me on the 7th. of February 1819, afte which a series of letters passed between us "With this cloth Mr. Brewer went through regular series of experiments under my directions These experiments were at first all carried on b making the triple paper of three separate layersan Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University of Utah. Al righs reserved |