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Show PAPERMAKIN Withou the first, the second ca A Paper-Mill near Gmmnhwndnm stand So that the n. x, which first springs from the Land First Flax, then Yarn, and then they must begi same, which they took pains o spin Also, when on our backs it is well worn Which in process of time dost waste and fa So, what comes from the Earth, '|ppmnlh he same in Time, returns t It was not until 1696 that the first mention of the actual fabr n of paper was made in English. This appeared in a book o m'\chmuv by Venturi Mandey, published in London under th tle, Mechanick Powers; or, The Mystery of Nature and Art wu]'/[. Shewing what Great Things may be perform'd by Mechanick Engines, in removing and raising Bodies of vast Weights with litdle Strength or Force; also the making of Machines o Engines, for the raising of Water, draining of Grounds, and several other Uses. This volume gives the first description in Englis of the appliances that were used in the maceration of paperma Also Engine ing material. One reference (page 71) reads to make Paper, in which a wooden Cylinder of sufficient magnitude standing out, furnisht with little troughs, takes up woode Mallots, which bruise and break whatever is laid under them t owder The following verse was written by John Holme in 1696 unde the title of 4 True Relation of the Flourishing State of Pennsyliest metrica vania and is usually considered to have been th composition composed in Pennsylvania, but it was not publishe Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |