Show FIRST BLOTTERS BERKSHIRE England Feb 21 Blotting paper came into use as the result of carelessness on the part of a workman in a paper mill here lere nearly a century ago The I worker forgot to put the ne necessary essary sizing in some pulp and when it was rolled It had to be discarded as useless Because of his negligence the he worker was dismissed Several days later It was noticed that discarded paper h had absorbed absorb d a large Jarge pool of water Experiments then developed blotting paper |