The Abbé Raynal (_Histoire Philosophique des deux Indes_ t. iii, p. 225) has some interesting facts respecting Chinese paper. Some useful remarks on paper hangings, paper for decorations, tapestry paper, &c. may be found in the _Journal de Paris_, 1785, the _Lycée des Arts_ 1795, and the _Encyclopedie Method. Arts et Metiers_, t. iv, p. 393. On the formation of paper vases, in imitation of Japan vases, consult the _Dictionnaire de l'Industrie_, article _vases_. The different patents, respecting paper, may be seen in the British _Repertory of Arts_, and the manufacture of paper generally, in Rees's _Cyclopedia_, and the _Artist's Manual_. The American improvements are noticed in the latter. Beckman (_History of Inventions_) has a variety of remarks on the same subject; and, in his article on paper hangings, &c. vol. ii, p. 161, says, that artists employed the silver-coloured glimmer (isinglass) for the covering of paper, and that the nuns of Reichtinstein ornamented with it, the images, which they made; as the nuns in France, and other catholic countries, ornamented their _agni Dei_, by strewing over them a shining kind of talc. The quality of the paste, which is employed in making pasteboard, ought to be attended to. The flour should be of rye, and well boiled, after mixing it uniformly with cold water. Strong bookbinder's paste has the addition of a fourth, fifth, or sixth of the weight of the flour, of powdered alum. The _patent paste_ is prepared by extracting starch from potatoes, in the usual manner, by means of cold water, and mixing it with mashed potatoes, after they have been boiled, and boiling the whole in water. The Japanese cement, or rice-glue, may be advantageously used in many cases. It is formed by mixing rice flour intimately with cold water, and then boiling it very gently. It is beautifully white, and dries almost transparent. We are told, that it is preferable, in every respect, to the paste made with flour; and its strength is such, that paper, pasted together with it, will sooner separate in their own substance than at the joining. The Chinese, to prevent accidents, and in order that they may fire their works without injury, and particularly their cases which are charged with brilliant fire, have a process, for preparing a paste of a different kind. With the exception of the clay, the same substances have been employed elsewhere for the like purpose. It consists of one pound of rye flour, boiled in water; to which is added, a small handful of common salt, the whole being _thickened_ with finely pulverized white clay. The pasteboard, we are informed, which is made with this paste, is not only very solid, but not so susceptible of inflammation, as that prepared in the usual way. A Chinese paste is announced in the _Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement_, 1815, which is very economical, and used with success. It is made by mixing ten pounds of bullock's blood, with one pound of quicklime, and occasionally flour.