The Enquirer

Mr. James Archer, an engraver of distinction, in England, has perfected an invention, known only to himself, of the greatest importance to the commercial world, a mode of engraving bank note plates, which cannot fail to form a check against forgery. The instrument by which they are produced is extremely intricate, and constructed on a plan entirely out of the common routine of mechanicks. The note may be comprehended at one glance, consisting merely of straight and waved lines curiously combined and forming a variegated tint, at once simple in appearance, & inimitable in execution, reconciling two principles naturally in direct opposition to each other. The mathematical accuracy with which the lines are laid, agreeably to this plan, is beyond the power of man strictly to imitate by the common method of engraving, even allowing that the first-rate artists were to employ their talents to that purpose.