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Foreign News
September 19, 1766
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A gentleman from Scotland recently brought various natural productions, including asbestos, which can be processed into fireproof cloth and paper. He invented a red ink for writing on the paper that turns black after fire exposure, remaining intact.
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A variety of natural productions have been lately brought by a Gentleman from Scotland, among which are that of the Asbestos, so well known to the ancients, by its duration after being tried in the fire. Although it is of the nature of a stone, yet by a certain preparation is dissolved into something like cotton, and may be wrought into a cloth. This Gentleman, we are informed, has some of it made into a paper, and has invented a red ink with which it may be wrote upon, and after being in the fire, comes out pure and entire, but the letters are then of a black colour.
What sub-type of article is it?
Natural History
Scientific Invention
What keywords are associated?
Asbestos
Scotland
Fireproof Paper
Red Ink
Natural Productions
What entities or persons were involved?
A Gentleman
Where did it happen?
Scotland
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Scotland
Event Date
Lately
Key Persons
A Gentleman
Event Details
A gentleman brought natural productions from Scotland, including asbestos, which is fire-resistant and can be processed into cloth-like material and paper. He made paper from it and invented a red ink that turns black but remains intact after fire exposure.