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Show E OLD~»PAPERMAKIN 1 and proceeded to form another sheet with a secon mould, using the same deckle. The coucher place the mould, with its deposit of pulp, against the inclined drainage-horn which allowed the surplu water to drain back into the vat. (At the inceptio The Vatman, Coucher,and Layman. Froma Frenc printof the cightecnth centy ey of the art of papermaking it is probable the sam workman acted as both dipper and coucher, usin but one mould.) When the wet sheet of paper ha solidified on the mould to the proper extent,-whic was determined by a distinctive lustre of the pulpthe coucher turned the mould completely ove and deposited the moist sheet of paper upon th surface of a piece of felting. The wet paper adhere Diital image© 2004 Marriot Libary, University o Utah. Al righs reserved |
