Category: History - Other

The Manufacture of Paper With Illustrations, and a Bibliography of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-Making

_History._--The art of paper-making is undoubtedly one of the most important industries of the present day. The study of its development from the early bygone ages when men were compelled to find some means for recording important events and transactions is both interesting an...

Chapters

13. CHAPTER XIII

MARTENS, A.--Mitteilungen aus den Königl. Technischen Versuchsanstalten (jährlich). Erscheinen seit 1883. Die Jahrgänge 1884 bis 1903 enthalten aus der Abteilung für Papierprüfu...

2. CHAPTER II

When plants such as flax, cotton, straw, hemp, and other varieties of the vegetable kingdom are digested with a solution of caustic soda, washed, and then bleached by means of c...

12. CHAPTER XII

Recent complaints about the quality of paper and the rapid decay of manuscripts and papers have resulted in arousing some interest in the subject of the durability of paper used...

5. CHAPTER V

Wood is converted into pulp suitable for the manufacture of paper by methods which produce two distinct varieties. The first is _mechanical wood pulp_, so called because it is m...

8. CHAPTER VIII

The manufacture of paper is a highly technical industry, which requires a practical knowledge of mechanical engineering, as well as an intimate acquaintance with the many import...

9. CHAPTER IX

_Introduction._--The process of beating has for its object the complete breaking down of the bleached pulp to the condition of single fibres, and the further reduction of the fi...

3. CHAPTER III

The word rag is used to designate a very wide range of raw material suitable for conversion into paper. In the case of high-class hand-made writing papers only the best qualitie...

4. CHAPTER IV

The value of Esparto for the manufacture of high-class printing and medium quality writing paper is well known. This material has qualities which cannot readily be obtained from...

1. CHAPTER I

_History._--The art of paper-making is undoubtedly one of the most important industries of the present day. The study of its development from the early bygone ages when men were...

10. CHAPTER X

Nearly all papers, even those commonly regarded as white, are dyed with some proportion of colouring matter. With the ordinary writing and printing papers the process is usually...

7. CHAPTER VII

There are many varieties of paper products obtained by submitting finished paper to a number of special processes. Of these only a few of the more important will be described.

11. CHAPTER XI

In the case of common printings and writings, which form the great bulk of the paper made, the possibility of one mill competing against another, apart from the important factor...

6. CHAPTER VI

_Common Browns._--The raw material used in the manufacture of common brown papers is chiefly jute and waste fibres of every description, such as waste cuttings from boxboard fac...