New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-26

The preparation ana NuHnfuC1ure OF EInxs
From the London Morning Chronicle.
One of the greatest obst aces which has hitherto
stood in the way of an extended cultivation Of
flax, viz. that of the troube, delay, and expense
attendant upon its sleeping IN order to prepare 1t
for the market, has now been removed, by an in
vention which entirely dispenses with that pro-
cess, and enables the grower at the smallest pos
sibe cost to send his fiber into the market BY
this process of which Mr. Donlan is the inventor
the results obtained by combination of
chemical and mechanical means and as it avoids
all the expenses connected with sleeping, the
fiber may be prepared at q cost considerably be-
low that incurred in the present process, and may
be made, we are assured, applicable either for
fabrics OF the coarseness OF nail bags or canvas
or Of the iineness of the most beautiful Brussels
lace. But not only is the expense considerably
less, but the time consumed In the preparation ct
the fiber, which, by the old process, ranges from
ten days to three weeks does not exceed us many
hours by the unsteeped mode. 1t also possesses
a vast superiority on account OF the extreme SIM
nlicity of the means adopted which may be made
inteligible to and performed by mere child
Rut by far the most important and valuable part
1f this invention is,-that 1t produces Iloer per
ractlv clean and in its natural state, without any
of the stains or impurities which necessarily al,
toch themselves to the fiber during tue process "
sleeping, aud it also possesses the adVShta6o y.
securing that regularity and uniformity OF strength
which to greater or less extent la waning Al
the stepped fiber ,l.r.ar Of in.
CORPORATION for company which VIII De prepared
to purchase the flax produced upon loU,ooV acres
in ireland Mt 9l2 per acre. and to prepare IL iol
tbo marl,et IN cases where the grower may not
nossess the necessary facilities tor preparing Ii
b;msoF The uniformity OF strength and freedom
from stain or impurity which EXISTS III Tue nnN
prepared by the unsteeped process, mas within
the last four days, LED to the pfactce,
t;on of an invention of the value and Importance
NJ which 10 the agricuturists and manufacturers
nc This country, it is impossible to form any aue
o,a4o idee snd which consists, among other
tbncs of the adaptation OF the flax hoer 10 cotto4
| machinery The patentee OF TINS invention 10 NJ
| La Cheyalier z, Claussen, member oil tue nta-
,;lion Jnst;tute well known as the inventor OF the
%;rnniar loom and by his collections of objects OF
natnrel history and plants of South America IN
| tho Kr;tish Museum and in the Museum OF Ears.
We stated ON Monday last that we had placed IN
our hands quantity OF tax roVlnSs hhu "'ne
spun upon cotton machinery by the nNehto'
/ Since that period we have had an opportunity OF
'ansonouv insnectinc at Manchester the whole
prooess connected with the invention and the re-
| snIt has fully convinced OF It's practoaolilty
The finest portion of the yarn spun IN our oPti'
| ion. and we were confirmed IN 1t by gentleman
| of great experience and long connection VITA tue
COTTON trade was equal in hneness TO l2o cotton
! tbo cnarsest being equal to cos. The application
| oF snch test as that of l20's Tor the hrst tune
! WINS certainly most eevere one. Ine result, now
| ever. was perfectly successful slight difficulty
! arose at first with the machinery IN consequence
OF the length OF the hoer thus however was
| easily obyiated by slight alteration IN the po
sition of one of the rollers. AS the fber however
| NAV be prepared to any length, there VIII DC nc
neressity in future for even this alteration the eX
listing cotton machinery beng perfectly auapteo
for the purpose of spinning fax prepared accT OK,
ing to the process patented oy Al sI%,,3 i e,
patent granted to Nj, Claussen Tor hnS'suo, Is io'
the nrensration OF flax in short staple, SO as e
produce q substitute for wool and cotton caPaoie
of being spun upon cotton machinery ana aiso ioi
the mixture of the Nationals mus oothhed' "iiio,
can be carded together with silk, cotton, or Wool
or separately, as cotton for spinning into yarns
The right is else secured for preparing long hoel
as a substitute for silk for bleaching in the pre-
narration of materials FOX spinning and teitng ane
| also in warns and felix's Fhe inventor does nor
however. genuine himself to fax for the purpose
al producing fiber adapted 70 his purpose, bal
states that he can obtain similar results iron
hemp. iute, Chinese grass and, 10 use his owr
expression from AN old tar rope, or bamboo
cane" AS the patents are not yet secured lei
several continental States ard some portions
the United kingdom-lor our absurd patent lay:
require that separate patents should oe granted
for each of the three kingdoms which form wha
is termed the United kiucdonl-we are not al
liberty To state the nature ot the process, or the
means adopted for the purpose OF Bringing the
6ber into the required state. We may stare
however that from ! cwt OF the flax foer pre-
pared and cleaned upon the unsteeped process
one cwt OF a substance, identical with clean cot
ton can be produced at cost for material of less
than halfscrown, The cost of manual or me
chancal labor required inits reparaton, including
the expense of bleaching, an operation performed
III q few seconds, does not amount to more than
7.l6th of penny per pouAd. The mixture of1ht
two substances, viz, wool with fax reduced 10 G
short staple, forms fabric exceedingly durable
while it's cost may be judged by the fact that
while wool costs As. I'd the fax prepared and
ready for spinning may be obtained for sixpeuce
per pound, so that with aax and wool spun TO
gether in equal quantities, the cost would be re-
duced by nearly oGehelt Of che actual value o
the invention, and OF its practicahility. the most
Convincing proofs is to be found in the fact that