[A] The Journal of the Society of Arts, 28th Nov., 1856, was printed
on paper made from Esparto, at Eynsham Mills, near Oxford, then in my
occupation.
Transcriber's Notes:
Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.
Fractions are displayed as follows: 1/2 correlates with 1 half, 1-1/2
correlates with 1 and a half....
On page 15 some text is missing it is marked as ***.
Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies
in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been
retained.
The following misprints have been corrected:
changed "with "HEMP' and "FLAX," where"
into "with "HEMP" and "FLAX," where"
(page 8)
changed "the "15,000 _tons_ of Rags estimated by"
into "the "15,000 _tons_ of Rags" estimated by"
(page 22)