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