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Show OL APPLIANCE AN METHOD 13 viously possible, giving the paper a more compact texture. To insure a uniform pressure on the pile of paper and felting the workmen placed thin bevelled boards around the top of the post, fo without this precaution the centre would have received more pres No. 8 A paper mill interior of the late eighteenth century, showing th "Samson" used in screwing down the pres sure than the edges. The results of these apparently simple innovations are reflected in the old papers, and without a knowledge o the different methods of working it is not possible to determin the age or origin of antique papers Aféer pressing, the weight of the paper and felts, from the los of the water, ha been reduced tenfold, and the fibres of the sheet of paper had been so matted and felted together by the great pressure that the sheets were lifted from the woolen cloths withou tearing, each sheet being a homogencous picce of paper, althoug still not entirely dry. The third workman, in the process of ol papermaking, was known as the "layman," and it was his duty t tal Imag © 2004 rsity of Utah. All rights reserved |