Most of the technically inclined American visitors to England in the early 1 830's 

 were there to learn how to build canals and railroads, and often to buy rails and 

 rolling stock. But George Escol Sellers journeyed there to learn all he could about 

 advanced machines and methods that might be adapted to papermaking in the 

 United States. His mission was accomplished successfully although he spent less 

 than three months in England. He found time also to inspect, under the guidance of 

 the elder Brunei, the unfinished Thames Tunnel; to visit the celebrated machine 

 works of Maudslay Sons and Field; and to spend many interesting and enjoyable 

 hours in the company of his good friend Joseph Saxton, who introduced him to 

 numerous people and places in London, and particularly to the marvels and curiosi- 

 ties of Jacob Perkins's Adelaide Gallery. 



The last chapter of this section (chapter 18) is a strange and exciting tale of 

 counterfeiting that not only conveys the suspense and hazard of the chase and the 

 hopelessness of a prisoner in the era of universal solitary confinement but provides 

 also a unique account of the ingenuity and consummate skill expended in imitating 

 paper and engraving that were specifically designed to discourage duplication. 



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