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161:. His father was a minister, but his grandfather was a rich farmer. He went to school until the age of 14. In 1836, he worked at a paint factory in Amsterdam, and wanted to establish his own factory. He went to Germany to learn about the industry, and discovered that they used
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in 1819, however all were small and limited to a specific purpose. In 1837, at the age of 17 he started experimenting at his uncle's farm, and in 1839 built a factory in
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Scholten discovered that the main problem was the transportation costs of the potatoes. He had become engaged with
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in their dyes. Scholten became fascinated with the numerous potential uses of starch. Potato starch factories already existed. The earliest was built in
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