Memoire du cit. Desmarest expositif de ses travaux, relatifs a l'art de la papeterie, 18. brumaire l'an. 3e. de la republique [i.e. 1794 Nov. 8].

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Memoire du cit. Desmarest expositif de ses travaux, relatifs a l'art de la papeterie, 18. brumaire l'an. 3e. de la republique [i.e. 1794 Nov. 8].

Copy of a petition for recompense to the Comite de Commerce of the Convention nationale, dated 18 brumaire, an. 3e. (November 8, 1794), which rehearses Desmarest's researches from 1768 forward on making paper according to the Holland process, his publications on this subject (the Premier memoire sur les principales manipulations qui sont en usage dans les papeteries de Hollande of 1774, the Second memoire of 1778, and the Art de la papeterie of 1789), and the improvements he introduced to paper mills in Languedoc and elsewhere. There follows an annotation of the opinion of the Comite that he deserves recompense for his services.

[12] p. ; 24 cm.

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