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Show 15 PAPERMAKIN well equipped vat mills. This was invented in 1790, but was no dopte P until long g after that date, althoughigh JoscphJoscp Bramah, th originator, recommended it for use in paper mills mi The method of drying handmade paper remains today ver much as it was in the fifieenth century, but the old sizing tub ha been replaced by a machine composed ofa trough and rollers, eac sheet of the paper separately being led through the warm size i the m.,gh o endless felt. A century or more ago the heav wooden rols of the Dutch glazing machine gave way to iron, bu the pnncvplc of the apparatus remained about the same as in th carly cxg]mcr\(h century original. Every appliance of a moder Imndn\'\dc an be traced to its Oriental origin, the step upward being mp..mma by centuries. To be able to determine th mmy md period of old papers it is necessary to make a minut of the ancient paperm g appliances, as the succession o innovations, occurring in diffoent countries at various periods caused changes in the character of the papers throughout the ages To the casual observer these changes are insignificant, but to th student of papermaking they are clues which, followed, lead t secrets of the craft he loves Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |