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finest quality, will cover the whole cost for machinery, liquid, 

 and labour. 



Vats for the purpose, being fitted with a false bottom of 

 galvanized-iron plates, perforated so as to let the steam be 

 spread regularly under the Rheea, Flax, and hemp, the fibres 

 are suspended by holders on the vat, and the oil, ammonia, and 

 turpentine, are all poured into the vat ; a cover being then 

 screwed down, the steam is let on, and the tap that lets in the 

 hot water at the bottom of the vat being turned, the water 

 being the heavier body, forces the oil, etc., up from the 

 bottom right through the Eheea, Flax, and Hemp, until it 

 is perfectly saturated and finished. Every drop of oil 

 that the fibre has not absorbed, can be drawn off at the top, 

 and re-used. 



The Rheea, Flax, or Hemp are then removed, and worked 

 through the washing and wringing machines, and if a perfectly 

 white colour be required, a scald of soap and water will do all 

 that is needful, but if strength be all that is wanted, I object 

 to the use of much soap, although we have the authority of 

 the firm of Messrs. Marshall and Co., of Leeds, to prove that 

 soap will make any fibre finer in quality. This I admit, for I 

 patented the use of URINE and SOAP in 1854, but I found the 

 soap dangerous in using it, and that it injured and made the 

 fibre tender unless great care be taken, and although I find 

 that Messrs. Marshall have become owners of a patent taken 

 out in 1856, by a man named Jennings, in Cork, who, after 

 using all sorts of acids that are known to be destructive to the 

 preparation of the fibre, finished up with soap as his chief in- 

 gredient. I have, therefore, only to inform Messrs. Marshall 

 and Co. that I patented the use of soap in 1854, and that 

 they have purchased from Mr. Jennings a patent taken out in 

 1856, which is an infringement on mine the date being two 

 years after my patents were sealed. I therefore tell the public 

 that Jenning's Patent, purchased by Messrs Marshall and Co., 

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