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Show REAUMUR, RENE ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE, 168375 A pamphlet compiled about 1720 is credited to Réaumur in which h advanced the theory that wood might be used as a papermalsing material He had observed that the fabric of wasps' nests was procured from woo and suggested that some one with opportunity make the experiment t ascertain if paper could be made from the same material. It has not bee possible to locate a copy of this pamphlet in any of the great American o European Libraries NOVUM ITALIAE THEATRU sive accurata Descriptio ipsius urbium, palatiorum, sacrarum acdium etc. Hagae-comitum, 1724, 4 volumes. 35x 47 cm These volumes give descriptions of the cities, palaces, and sacred buildings of Italy and the only relation to the subject of papermaking is in volTate xxvii, which shows an interior view ofa Fabriano paper mill FABRIAN Licu delBeat de LEGLISE il e Dans Ia Marche dAncon The engraving in Novum Italiae Theatrum, depictin an interior view of an old Fabriano paper mill 2 Digital mage© 2005 Marriott Lib |