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Show OLD~PAPERMAKIN 10 invention in 1886, butasearch through the record of British patents does not reveal a coloured watermark patent under his name In1goo W. Fairweather and A.and G. B. Fornar were granted a patent i England which reads i | part: "A sheet of whit or coloured pulp, havin any design suitable for il watermark, is inserte | between two plain sheet of pulp,and thethreelayers are pressed togethe to form a single sheet o paper. The mould consistsof a base overwhic is stretched the sieve, th latter being covered wit = a plain plate having th Pipermala from TheBooko required design cut in it Thewatermarkcanonl be seen by transmitted light. It will be seen that the same method of pro ducing coloured watermarks is outlined in thi patent that was originated and patented by Si William Congreve, and today the procedure use in fabricating the triple paper has remained practically unchanged from the time the art was firs conceived in 1818 Diital image © 2004 Marriot Libary, Universit o Utah. Al righs reserved |