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PAPERMAKING IN BRITAIN 1488-1988: A SHORT HISTORY

Written by Richard L. Hills
Published by The Athlone Press in 1988
ISBN: 0485113465

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Front cover

Cover of PAPERMAKING IN BRITAIN 1488-1988: A SHORT HISTORY by Richard L. Hills

Contents

  • This Paper Thynne, John Tate
  • Paper of High Grade, Papermaking before 1500
  • The Art of Watermarking
  • A New Industry Emerges, 1500-1800
  • The Whatmans and Wove Paper
  • The Origins of Wallpaper
  • The Development of the Fourdrinier Paper Machine
  • Rival Machines for Making paper
  • The Nineteenth Century: Demand Outstrips Rag Supplies
  • Esparto and Other Types of Pulp
  • The Paper Machine Matures
  • Watermarks on Papermachines
  • The Twentieth Century