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Show papermaking. Ther are fourteen folded engravings showing the complet processo the craft. The engravingsare identical with thos of the Frenc edition (1761) except for slight modificationsin the costume of the workers FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN 17061790 Description of the process t be observed in making larg sheetsof paperin the Chines manner, with one smooth surransactions of th American Philosophical Society ... for promoting usefu knowledge Volume 3, pages 8-10. Philadelphia, 1793. 1925 cm This communication by Dr Franklin was read before the So ciety June 20th1788 Dr. Franklin describes in hi essay thelaborious method use in Europe for forminglarge sheet of paper, and then he relates th simple manner employed by th Chinese papermakers in solvin the difficulty TheEuropeanmethodconsist edof pastingsmallsheets togethe at the edges and burnishing th joints with a flint. In China he title-page of the Dutc edition of the textboo by De LaLande Targe mould was used, operate by two men and balanced by counterpoise. The large sheets were couched upon the flat inclining side of a heated kiln which gave one side of each sheet a remarkably smooth surface. Dr. Franklin states that the Chinese workmen could malke pape "four and an half ells long by one and an half ells wide" by their method SCHWARZ, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB Explication des filigranes quon trouve dans les papier des premiers livre imprimés 2 Mayence. Tiré des Opuscula quaedam academica vari argumenti, Niirnberg, 1793 4 Digital image© 2008 Marriott Library University of Utah. Al rights reserved |
