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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.5


[LETTERHEAD OF EARTHSHELL CORPORATION]



Via FAX and MAIL


November 21, 1997


Dr. Vincent T. Breslin
Assistant Professor
The Research Foundation of
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3366

Dear Dr. Breslin:


     I tried to contact you by phone last week but was unsuccessful. As you 
may know, EarthShell Container Corporation (the "Company") intends to 
complete an initial public offering of its common stock. In connection with 
the initial public offering, the Company has filed a Registration Statement 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission which references certain 
information contained in a report prepared by you entitled "The Assessment of 
the Compostability of EarthShell Disposable Packaging" (the "Study") and 
identifies the Study as the source of such information. Attached is the 
excerpt from the Registration Statement regarding the Study. We would 
appreciate it if you would consent to the Company's use of this information 
and its identification of the Study in the Registration Statement by 
executing and dating this letter in the space provided below.

     If you have any questions, please call. Thank you.


Sincerely,


/s/ D. SCOTT HOUSTON
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D. Scott Houston
Chief Financial Officer


Agreed and consented to this 25th day of November, 1997.

/s/ VINCENT T. BRESLIN
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Vincent T. Breslin

/s/ IVAR STRAND
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Ivar Strand
Contracts and Grants Administrator

