Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988 : a short history
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Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988 : a short history
（Bloomsbury academic collections, . History . British history）
Bloomsbury, 2015
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Athlone Press, 1988
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216, [251]) and index
ISBN for subser. "British history": 9781474241380
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This short history tells the story of five hundred years of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing in Britain, through the major developments of the Industrial Revolution, up to the technological advances which have made possible the enormous high-speed paper machines of the present day.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 This Paper Thynne, John Tate
2 Paper of High Grade, Papermaking Before 1500
3 The Art of Watermarking
4 A New Industry Emerges, 1500-1800
5 The Whatmans and Wove Paper
6 The Origins of Wallpaper
7 The Development of the Fourdrinier Paper Machine
8 Rival Machines for Making Paper
9 The Nineteenth Century: Demand Outstrips Rag Supplies
10 Esparto and Other Types of Pulp
11 The Paper Machine Matures
12 Watermarks on Papermachines
13 The Twentieth Century
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Notes Index
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