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4. The Indian corn paper possesses greater strength and tenacity than 

 rag paper, without the drawback of brittleness, so conspicuous in the 

 common straw products. 



5. ISTo machinery being required in the manufacture of this paper for the 

 purpose of tearing up the raw material and reducing it to pulp, the expense, 

 both in point of power and time, is far less than is necessary for the produc- 

 tion of rag paper. 



Count Lippe having put himself in communication with the Austrian 

 Government, an imperial manufactory for Indian corn paper (maishalm 

 papier, as the inventor calls it), is now in course of construction at Pesth, 

 the capital of the greatest Indian corn growing country in Europe. Another 

 manufactory is already in full operation in Switzerland ; and preparations 

 are being made on the coast of the Mediterranean for the production and 

 exportation, on a large scale, of the pulp of this new material. 



It is not merely the blades of Indian corn, but the leaves, the tassel, the 

 sheathing of the grain, the cob, and the stalk might all, we believe, be 

 utilized by the paper manufacturer. A reference to the list of paper 

 materials patented, given at page 50, shows that this substance has often 

 been taken into consideration, but never as yet obtained in quantity, or 

 manipulated upon satisfactorily. Let us express a fervent hope that a great 

 traffic will arise in this cheap and useful material, and that English vessels 

 will, before long, be freighted with shiploads of books and papers infuturo. 

 In Brandenburg, with its indifferent soil, and where the temperature is 

 certainly not higher on the average than that of Great Britain, Indian 

 corn, though a novel introduction, may now be seen on many a sandy acre 

 rearing up its broad leaf blades to a height of half a dozen feet or upwards. 



PEOFESSOR SHELLEY ON MANUFACTURING ART. 



On the afternoon of the 11th ult. Professor Shelley delivered at King's 

 College the introductory lecture to a course on Manufacturing Art, before 

 a numerous audience. 



Professor Shelley (having been introduced to the audience by the Prin- 

 cipal of the College, Dr. Jelf) said: — In reference to the course of lectures 

 upon Manufacturing Art and Machinery, which he had the honour to be 

 elected by the Council of the College to deliver, the students might, he 

 thought, be benefited by an introductory lecture, which would give him an 

 opportunity of laying before the authorities of the college, the students, 

 and the strangers who might be present, a general outline of the topics 

 which he proposed to discuss, and some idea of the method of discussing 

 them, which he proposed to pursue. And he thought it would benefit the 

 students if he imparted to them a few hints derived from his own experience 

 in travelling through life, and endeavoured to encourage them in the pro- 

 secution of the task they had undertaken to perform, by mentioning some 



