From Paper-mill to Pressroom

With the compliments of the Geo. W. Wheelwright Paper Co., Boston, Mass.
ANCIENT PAPER-MAKING
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
NOTE— This book is printed on Wheelwright’s “B.P.F.” paper 25x38-70.
In the following pages I have endeavored to present a treatise on paper free from confusing technicalities, yet sufficiently intimate to be of service alike to the manufacturer, the salesman, and the consumer of paper viewing the subject in a broad way from the paper mill to the pressroom. The manufacturer and the consumer may notice the omission of some details, as I have aimed to touch mainly on such points as are essential to a good understanding of the work-a-day problems of paper after it reaches the printer.
I am convinced that in many cases the problems of the pressroom are too slightly understood by the “paperman,” while the technicalities of paper-making are only too vaguely comprehended by the printer. I also feel that both should have at least an acquaintance with the history and progress of paper-making.