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Show B 3 THE OLD PAPERMAKER 23 it into two equal parts 50 that two sheets could be dipped an couched with practially the same effort as had been previously expcndcd in making one sheet. This was in 1826, and the innovatio caused a split among the makers belonging to "the Original Society"\vlnch Lasted several years. The section of artisans who wer against making two shets of medium paper simultancously on muul(l called themsclves the "Deckles," whil those agreeing t e the paper in the new and novel manner were known as th "Smrs Aféer a reconciliation of the two factions, Mr. Balston, th owner of the Whatman mill, summoned William Grigsby, one o his workers and the leader of the Stars, who always wore on hi jacket a ten pointed star, dcnotlng the number of vats in the mill and gave him a sovereign for each point, bidding the vatma and couchers spend the money in a jollification The Oriental papermakers have never had any standard size for paper, and throughout Japan, China, India, and Indothe dimensions of the moulds vary grc'\tlv The largest Japanes mouldin m would be capable of producing sheets o paper 66 by 30 mdm (x 980 square inches), the bamboo laid strip or reeds running lengthwise of the mould, as in European meta wire-covered moulds. This exceptionally large mould was procured near Okayama, a town in South-western Japan, and ha been used for making a low grade of "hanshi" paper. Paper mad upon a mould of this size was usually cut into sheets about twelv inches square. In Japan, as well as in China, sheets of paper hav always been fabricated in almost every conceivable size, but in lat years, due t m these countrics, th paper has been to a great extent standardized. Al through Tndia however, the sizes and methods remain much as they were hun uniformity, the various small mills fabricating the paper for loca markets only. In the Southern Shan States the largest size mould Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |