Chapter I: Front Matter

_With the compliments of the_
GEO. W. WHEELWRIGHT PAPER CO.,
BOSTON, MASS.

FROM
PAPER-MILL TO
PRESSROOM

_The tools of the primitive paper-maker consisted of a pulp vat for the fiber-laden water, a frame, or mold across which was stretched a mesh of closely-spaced wires, and a removable frame known as the deckle; hence the term “deckle edged.” The beating was done by iron shod hammers which were raised and released by cams on a shaft turned by water power: this machine called a stamper is shown in the foreground of this picture._]

FROM
PAPER-MILL TO
PRESSROOM

_By_
WILLIAM BOND WHEELWRIGHT
_Author of “How Paper is Made,” etc._

The Collegiate Press
GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING COMPANY
MENASHA, WISCONSIN
1920

COPYRIGHTED 1920
BY
WILLIAM BOND WHEELWRIGHT

PRINTED AND BOUND BY
GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING CO.
MANUFACTURING PUBLISHERS
MENASHA, WISCONSIN

TO MY FATHER
GEORGE WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT
AND TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER
WHO ENTERED THE PAPER BUSINESS IN 1834
THESE PAGES ARE
RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

TABLE OF CONTENTS

_Chapter_
INTRODUCTION ix
I. Tradition and History of Paper-Making 1
II. Raw Materials 10
III. Future Fiber Possibilities 18
IV. The Constituents of Paper 24
V. The Constituents of Paper 32
VI. Paper-Making 41
VII. Paper-Making 51
VIII. The Physical and Chemical Aspects of Paper 60
IX. Appraising and Testing Paper 67
X. Pressroom Difficulties 76
XI. The Paper Trade 89
XII. Importance of a Knowledge of Printing 97
INDEX 101

NOTE--_This book is printed on Wheelwright’s “B.P.F.” paper 25x38-70._

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ANCIENT PAPER-MAKING Frontispiece
RAGROOM, PIONEER MILL, CRANE & CO. 23
RAG BOILER ROOM, CRANE & CO. 25
WOOD GRINDER 30
WET MACHINES, THE BROWN CO. 33
CYLINDER MACHINE FOR DRYING PULP, THE BROWN CO. 35
THE BEATER-ROOM, CRANE & CO. 37
FOURDRINIER MACHINES, CRANE & CO. 45
FOURDRINIER MACHINE, S. D. WARREN & CO. 50
CYLINDER VATS, MADE BY THE PUSEY & JONES CO. 53
COATING ROOM, APPLETON COATED PAPER CO. 57
FINISHING-ROOM, CRANE & CO. 58
SUPERCALENDER STACKS, APPLETON COATED PAPER CO. 66