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Show gathered in his own garden or neighboring fields. The mode of makin the various samples of paper is given in detail. The materials, accordin to their nature, were first chopped by hand, the different kinds of woo having been reduced bya toothed plane. Dr. Schaeffer carried on most o the experimentsn his own home, and for the purpose of beating the materials to pulp he had 2 miniature set of stampers which was operated b ‘hand, In most cases the vegetable matter was subjecte to the action of the stampers without any preliminar preparation, while with a few of the materials milk o lime was used. With some of the more stubborn fibre Dr. Schaeffer employed a stiff lime paste and suffere the material to remain in it for various lengths of time He noted that this treatment reduced the beating proces andalso that the lime gave a brown tint to the wood Al the samples of paper were formed on a Jaid mould Watermark o which measured about eleven by fifteen inches,anda the crest indistinct watermark of a crest appears on most of th specimens. The paper upon which the text of the volumesis printed bear a watermark of crossed-keys with the initials C M M inside a border T here are not many copies of Schaeffer's work extantand the specimen in the varioussetsare not entirely identical. The compilation is more ofte found bound complete in one volume, than in the six original pamphlet as probably issued by Dr. Schaeffer The first volume of this valuable work wa completed January 30th 1765 and the boo contains ifty-five page of text, five plates, an fifteen specimens of paper. The examples include papersmade from wasps' nestsand various kinds of wood, moss, and vines Tn volume two, dated April 3d 1765, ther are twenty-eight pages of text and one plate Thespecimensinclude papersfabricated fro ‘hemp, bark, straw, and cabbage stalks The third volume, dated November 3 1765, has thirty-two text pagesand the speciThe watermarko mensembrace papersmadefrom asbestos, catthe crossed-keys tail and burdock stalks, thistles and turf Volume four was finished January 15t176 with twenty-four pages of text, and the eleven examples include paper from seed, mallow, St. John's wort, and Indian corn husks The fifth volume is dated April 15th 1767, while the date of the sixt volume is771. T hese two books give specimensof paper made from genista pine-cones, potatoes, old shingles, reeds,and bean, horse-chestnut, walnut tulip, and linden leaves; also paper made from yellow and brazil wood 3 Digital mage© 2005 Marriott Lib |