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WILLIAM FULLER (1670--c. 1717)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:FULLER (1670--c. 1717)  , See also:English impostor, was See also:born at See also:Milton in See also:Kent on the loth of See also:September 1670 . His paternity is doubtful, but he was related to the See also:family of See also:Herbert . After 1688 he served See also:James II.'s See also:queen, See also:Mary of See also:Modena, and the See also:Jacobites, seeking at the same See also:time to gain favour with See also:William III.; and after associating with See also:Titus See also:Oates, being imprisoned for See also:debt and pretending to reveal Jacobite plots, the See also:House of See also:Commons in 1692 declared he was an " imposter, cheat and false accuser." Having stood in the See also:pillory he was again imprisoned until 1695, when he was released; and at this time he took the opportunity to revive the old and See also:familiar See also:story that Mary of Modena was not the See also:mother of the See also:prince of See also:Wales . In 1701 he published his autobiographical See also:Life of William See also:Fuller and some See also:Original Letters of the See also:late See also:King James . Unable to prove the assertions made in his writings he was put in the pillory, whipped and fined . He died, probably in See also:prison, about 1717 . Fuller's other writings are Mr William Fuller's trip to See also:Bridewell, with a full See also:account of his barbarous usage in the pillory; The sincere and hearty See also:confession of Mr William Fuller (1704); and An humble See also:appeal to the impartial See also:judgment of all parties in See also:Great See also:Britain (1716) . He must be distinguished from WILLIAM FULLER (1608-1675), See also:dean of St See also:Patrick's (166o), See also:bishop of See also:Limerick (1663), and bishop of See also:Lincoln (1667), the friend of See also:Samuel See also:Pepys; and also from William Fuller (c . 1580-1659), dean of See also:Ely and later dean of See also:Durham . FULLER'S See also:EARTH (Ger . Walkererde, Fr. terre d foulon, argile smectique)—so named from its use by fullers as an absorbent of the grease and oil of See also:cloth,—a See also:clay-like substance, which from its variability is somewhat difficult to define . In See also:colour it is most often greenish, See also:olive-See also:green or greenish-See also:grey; on weathering it changes to a See also:brown tint or it may bleach .

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rule it falls to pieces when placed in See also:water and is not markedly plastic; when dry it adheres strongly to the See also:tongue; since, however, these properties are possessed by many See also:clays that do not exhibit detergent qualities, the only test of value lies in the capacity to absorb grease or clarify oil . Fuller's earth has a specific gravity of 1.7–2.4, and a shining streak; it is usually unctuous to the See also:touch . Microscopically, it consists of See also:minute irregular-shaped particles of a See also:mineral that appears to be the result of a chloritic or talcose alteration of a See also:felspar . The small See also:size of most of the grains, less than •07 mm., makes their determination almost impossible . Chemical See also:analysis shows that the See also:peculiar properties of this earth are due to its See also:physical rather than its chemical nature . The following analyses of the weathered and unweathered See also:condition of the earth from Nutfield, See also:Surrey, represent the See also:composition of one of the best known varieties: See also:Blue Earth (dried at See also:loo° C.).Yellow Earth (dried at Iota° C.) . Insoluble See also:residue . 69.96 Insoluble residue Fe2O3 . . .. 2.48 SiO2 . . . 62.81 Al2O3 .

. 3.46 Al203 . . 3.46 CaO . 5.87 Fe203 . I.30 MgO . . . 1.41 CaO . . 1.53 P2O6 .. . 0.27 MgO . o.86 SO3 .. . 0.05 NaCl ..

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