FOOTNOTES:
A The Journal of the Society of Arts, 28th Nov., 1856, was printed on paper made from Esparto, at Eynsham Mills, near Oxford, then in my occupation.
Transcriber's Notes:
On page 15 some text is missing it is marked as ***.
Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.
The following misprints have been corrected: