Originally Posted By: revdocdrew
PULEEZE just one more paragraph This from http://books.google.com/books?id=RkIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347#PPA348,M1

En Angleterre, ces épreuves sont obligatoires, elles se font à Londres depuis 1802 et à Birmingham depuis 1813, Bristol, bien que centre de fabrication, n'a pas de banc d'épreuves; en Belgique, un banc d'épreuves a été également installé en 1810. En Amérique, il n'y a pas d'épreuves obligatoires, il en est de môme en France où il existe cependant des marques d'épreuves spéciales à Paris et à Saint-Etienne ; ftcs dernières, instituées en 1717, furent réglementées en 1782.



Hi Drew,
I cannot get into that book on the page you link. There are a few errors in your text, probably caused by the scan-to-text program – Larry B also noticed this yesterday. I think môme should be même.
Here is your translation,
God speed on your trip,
Best
K.
In England these proofs are obligatory; they have been carried out at London since 1802 and at Birmingham since 1813. Bristol, although a centre of manufacture does not have a proof house; in Belgium, a proof house was launched in 1810. In America there are no mandatory proof tests. It is the same in France where, however, there are proof marks particular to Paris and Saint-Etienne; these latter, established in 1717, were regulated in 1782.