Fred,
In your bleaching research did you come across any 18th century references
to the use of any of the barium compounds?
All the best
Michael Shaw
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From: "Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [MINING-HISTORY] What's a laper?
Here's a quotation I put into a recent paper:
An Act of Parliament was passed early in the eighteenth century prohibiting
its use in the following words: "Lappers may enter in buckhouses,
bleach-yards and other places and search the same for lime, pigeon's dung,
soap dregs, and upon proof.that any of the above materials have been mixed
or used with any lees in bleaching, the offender shall pay £5 sterling (and
the cloth so bleached) to the informer,."
Fredk G Page, "Lime in the EarlyBleaching Industry of Britain 1633-1828: its
Prohibition and Repeal", Annals of Science, 60 (2003), 185-200.
Kington, Herefordshire, HR5 3AQ.
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From: "pickin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:29 PM
Subject: What's a laper?
Dear list,
The 1851 census for Girthon parish, Kirkcudbrightshire has an entry for a
person whose occupation is described as 'miner and laper'.
I've checked the shorter Oxford Dictionary but can't find 'laper'. My only
thought is that it might be a misspelling of 'lapper', a cloth folder (and
there was a cotton mill in the parish), but it would be unusual for a
textile worker to also be employed as a miner. I'd welcome any thoughts.
John Pickin
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