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Show 13 PAPERMAKIN some sort of woven material was in use for the purpose as carly a the thirteenth century. No special wool cloths were fabricated fo p-\pcrm'\kmg until the cighteenth century, although there was a incorporated company of felt-makers in England as carly as 1604 These artisans made felt for hats, but it is not recorded that the attempted any woven or matted material especially for the papermakers. According to the diarist, Samuel Pepys, a lecture on th subject of felt and felt-making was given by Dr. Hooke before th Royal Society of London in 166. The material used for the making of felt was not only wool, but the hair of the seal, rabbit, monkey, goat, and camel The best description of woven cloth such as was used in th cighteenth century by the makers of paper is furnished by Nicola tsin Traité de ' Art de Fabriquer le Papier published i Paris in 178 "The felts have two surfaces furnished with different naps. Tha side which has the longest nap is applied to the couched sh::(& and on the side with the shortest the fresh leaves are laid. arrangement of the felting was changed, and the sheets laid upo the surface with a long nap, not only would they not apply themselves accurately to the felt, but the long stiff hairs would pierc per or cause depressions, which would injure the testure On the contrary, the leaves fit themselves evenly to the side with short nap, which absorbs the surplus water, and gives a sufficien consistency for the coucher. It is also from thi e layman detaches the sheets affer the post has passed through the pres 5o that the different character of these surfaces is a the layman as well as to the coucher, The material of which th felting is made requires great care on the part of the papermakers the part of the manufacturer who prepares them. They should b firm enough o spread evenly upon the leaves without wrinklin Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |