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Whether he spoke the truth or not I do not know, but I received it at
the time as truth, and remember the impression it made on me.
It is, perhaps, as well to state that there were some fifteen to twenty
persons standing around the smouldering embers at the time I passed.
Senex.
_India Rubber_ is now so cheap and common, that it seems worth while to
make a note of the following passage in the _Monthly Review_ for Feb.
1772. It occurs at p. 71., in the article on "A familiar Introduction to
the Theory and Practice of Perspective, by Joseph Priestly, LL.D.
F.R.S., 8vo. 5s., boards. Johnson."
"Our readers, perhaps, who employ themselves in the art of
drawing, will be pleased with a transcript of the following
advertisement:--'I have seen, says Dr. Priestly, a substance,
excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the
marks of a black lead pencil. It must, therefore, be of singular
use to those who practise drawing. It is sold by Mr. Nairne,
mathematical instrument-maker, opposite the Royal Exchange. He
sells a cubical piece, of about half an inch, for three
shillings; and, he says, it will last several years.'"
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