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Moritz Friedrich Illig

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discovery of vat sizing

In papermaking: Improvements in materials and processes
In 1800 Moritz Friedrich Illig in Germany discovered that paper could be sized in vats with rosin and alum. Although Illig published his discovery in 1807, the method did not come into wide use for about 25 years.
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