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Show in Regensburg, but it seems he derived his greatest pleasure outside th church as he devoted most of his time to the study of science and natura history. His work on the Fungi of Bavaria is still regarded as a standar authority. Schaeffer'sinterest in the flora of Bavaria directed hisattentio to the possibility of new materials for papermaking and it is with his re searches in this subjec that we are concerned With his six volum treatise Dr. Schaeffer lef a permanent record o hisexperimentsfor ne papermaking materials and the actual specimen of paper in his volume B cstablish the fact thath was the pioneer in th use of many vegetabl fibres for the fabricatio of paper It was not Schaeffer' desire to make well finished paper; he simpl |, svished to show the vas variety of vegetation a vailable for the purpose As hisexperiments wer carriedon previoustoth discovery of bleach th samples of paper are th g, tint of the original material from which the The frontispiece to the first volume of th were made rare work by Jacob Christian Schaeffer In most of the exam ples about one-fifth par cotton rags were added to the pulp to help bind the fibres together. number of the specimensare sized and nearly all have been printed upon Itis curious to note one of the first specimens shown in Schaeffer's book was made from wasps' nests-for was not the wasp, himself, the first paper ‘maker, or was it the frog who was the original fabricator of paper? Th wasp made his nest of wood fibre cleverly felted together exactly as pape isconstructed, while the frog made a peculiar kind of spittle on the surfac of pondswhich became well felted paper after dryingnaturally in the sun Dr. Schaeffer's researches in papermaking extended overa period of mor than eight years and all the materials with which he experimented wer 25 Digital Imag © 2005 Marrioft Library University of Utah. All rights reserved |