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Excerpt from The Life and Labours of John Mercer, F. R. S., F. C. S., Etc., The Self-Taught Chemical Philosopher: Including Numerous Receipts Used at the Oakenshaw Calico Print-Works
Manchester, the author of the excellent article on calico-printing in the last edition of Ure's Dictionary of Arts.' In attempting to do justice to Mr' Mercer as a man, a technical inventor, and a chemist, it has been necessary to include subjects of very different character; which, although separated to some extent by chapters and an Appendix, may make the present volume appear, to some, a singular admixture of social life (including the religious element), technical recipes, and theoretical chemistry; - three aspects in which we cannot expect any reader to be interested equally. But it will be obvious that neither could be omitted without doing injustice to the subject, and defeating the object in view in the publication of this memoir.
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