Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . n dried they were flattened and fmoothed bythe beating ot a iiialet. The fize of this paper varied much; it feldom ex-ceeded tivo feet, but it was oftentimes fmaller. Ithad different names, according to its fize and quality:The firll v/as called Imperhil, which was of the finedand largell kind, and ufed for writing letters bythe great men amnngll the Romans. The fecond fortwas called
Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . n dried they were flattened and fmoothed bythe beating ot a iiialet. The fize of this paper varied much; it feldom ex-ceeded tivo feet, but it was oftentimes fmaller. Ithad different names, according to its fize and quality:The firll v/as called Imperhil, which was of the finedand largell kind, and ufed for writing letters bythe great men amnngll the Romans. The fecond fortwas called by the Romans the Li=sian paper, from Li-via the wife of Augullus; each leaf of this kind was12 inches. The third fort was called die Sacerdotalpaper, and was 11 inches in fize. The paper ufed in the amphitheatres was of the of nine inches. But what was efteemed ofgreatell value in it, was itsiliength, whitenefs, and po-lifh. The ink, however, limk lefs in paper highlypoliflied ; and therefore the charadlers were more liableto be ellaced. When it was not carefully foaked inthe firft preparation, the paper brought a lefs price; becauie JJatc CtCIJiXlJJ. ^/f////. r \^//////////?/////////. Hiftory. PAP becaufe letters were with difficulty formed upon it,and it fent fVirth a dlfa;^rei;abk Imell. To remedy thisdelect, the paper went through a new courie of lizingand hammering ; and the fizes ufed on tliat occalionwar. made ot light bread l1:eepcd in boiling water, andpalled through a filtering cloth, By thib means thepaper became in the higheil degree united, and fmoolh-er than the finell linen. It was this paper which gavelb long a duration to the works of the Gracchi, Ti-berius, and Caius, in their ovvn hand-writing. Ihave feen them (fays Pliny) in the library of Pompo-nius Secundus, a poet and citizen of the firll rank,near 2C0 years after they were written. We mayadd, that manufcripts of this paper Hill remain, whichhave undoubtedly been written looo or 1200 yearsa
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