In this letter, an anonymous inventor described his efforts to improve colormaking, and, perhaps, win a prize from the Society of Arts. Philo-Tinctorius discussed his research and offered a chemical rationale, based on Stahl and Hellot, for the experiments he performed, as well as the practical considerations behind his undertaking.
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