Modern paper-making / by Robert Henderson Clapperton
1952, 3rd edition. Oxford : Blackwell. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy. Item #429995
Physical description; xvi, 526, xlviii, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Contains advertising material. Includes index. Contents; The history of paper-making -- Fibrous materials used in the manufacture of paper -- Paper from rags -- Rag bleaching -- Wood pulp -- Esparto and straw -- Treatment of raw fibres -- Stock preparation -- Beating -- Beating of various fibres and the characteristics they impart to paper -- Repulping 'broke' -- effect of adding broke to the furnish -- broke and waste -- Rosin sizing -- starch -- silicate of soda -- alum -- loadings -- Dyeing of paper -- Cleaning of paper stock at the machine -- The fourdrinier machine -- Paper-making on the machine -- water-marking -- The M.G. or Yankee machine -- The board or vat machine -- The manufacture of newsprint -- Hand-made paper -- Gelatine sizing -- hand sizing -- tub-sizing -- air drying -- Damping -- super-calender -- plate-glazing -- conditioning -- cutting -- guillotine -- slitting and winding -- sorting and finishing -- The testing of paper -- transparency and opacity -- durability and storage of paper -- Water treatment: recovery and re-use of water -- Soda recovery. Subjects; Papermaking. Papermaking machinery. Paper industry. paper technology.
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