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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Philadelphia, Mr. Biddis has invented a method to produce paper by mixing saw-dust pulp with rag pulp, potentially reducing costs by saving rags. He has patented it, built a mill, and plans to sell rights to one person per state.
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From a late Philadelphia Paper.
A very interesting discovery has lately been made here in the art of paper making, by a Mr. Biddis. It is likely to reduce the price of that important article, by producing a saving of rags.
The invention consists in reducing saw-dust to a pulp, mixing it with the pulp of rags -- and forming the paper from this mixture. We have seen a specimen of paper made in this way, certified to be composed of one fourth of the pulp of saw-dust, the remainder rags. The body and surface of the paper appear as good as usual, the colour verges a trifle towards a greenish yellow, which we think could be effectually remedied by indigo.
We understand, that in paper of a coarser kind, a greater proportion of saw-dust may be used, even in some as far as three fourths. Mr. Biddis has erected a mill upon the principle of his invention and taken out a patent, a right to which he proposes selling to one person in each of the States. The saw-dust of all our woods may be used for this manufacture, though some are preferable to others.
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Philadelphia
Event Date
Lately
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invention patented; mill erected; rights to be sold to one person in each state; potential reduction in paper price through rag savings.
Event Details
Discovery in paper making by reducing saw-dust to pulp and mixing with rag pulp; specimen seen with one fourth saw-dust; suitable for coarser paper up to three fourths saw-dust; applicable to saw-dust from various woods.