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On Taurino Cloth^ by Alessrs. Shotxvell and Kinder^ of 

 New York* 



Read June 14, 1814. 



Next) York, 5 r)io. %th, 1814. 

 Respected Friend, 



Thine of the 3d instant addressed to our William 

 Shotvvell, was duly received. We feel highly gratified 

 that our patent Taurino fabric should have met the ap- 

 probation of a body so respectable, and so well quali- 

 fied to give an opinion on the subject, ^s that of the 

 ** Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture." 



Having discovered a method of disengaging the 

 hair of black cattle from the dandruff and lime, which 

 were left in it ; we conceived the idea that a cloth 

 could be made from it, which might be applied to ma- 

 ny useful purposes ; and notwithstanding the discou^ 

 ragements from many English woolen manufacturers, 

 of high credit, and many unforeseen difficulties, which 

 we had to encounter, we have succeeded in attaining 

 the object of our pursuits. We can now make a strong 

 heavy cloth from hair alone, suitable for carpeting, &c. 

 and which, if wove rather loose, and not much fulled, 

 might be used for coarse blankets, and doubtless for 

 many other valuable purposes. By selecting the white 

 and black hair, and leaving the other colours as a third, 

 we can make a neat figured carpeting, with three co- 

 lours, without dying ; and should more colours be re- 

 quired, the red hair can be dyed green, blue, olive, or 

 any dark colour ; so that a carpet from hair can be pro- 

 duced, equalling in fancy, and exceeding in durability 



