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THE STORY OF
PAPER-MAKING
THE STORY OF
PAPER-MAKING
AN ACCOUNT OF PAPER-MAKING
FROM ITS EARLIEST KNOWN RECORD
DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME
ILLUSTRATED
J. W. BUTLER PAPER COMPANY
CHICAGO :: :: :: MDCCCCI
Copyrighted
By J. W. BUTLER PAPER COMPANY
January, 1901
THE ABSENCE OF NON-TECHNICAL WORKS UPON
THIS INTERESTING SUBJECT PROMPTS THE
AUTHORS TO PRESENT A TREATISE FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF THE LAYMAN, AND FOR HIS USE
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Articles Supplanted by Paper | 1 |
| II. | Papyrus and Parchment | 12 |
| III. | Origin and Early History of Paper | 20 |
| IV. | Early Methods of Paper-Making | 49 |
| V. | Modern Paper-Making | 55 |
| VI. | Water-Marks and Varieties of Paper | 95 |
| VII. | Extent of the Business in the United States | 123 |
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PREFACE
It is a rare privilege to stand as we do at themeeting-point of the centuries, bidding a reluctantfarewell to the old, while simultaneously we cry“All hail!” to the new; first looking back overthe open book of the past, then straining eagereyes for a glimpse of the mysteries that the futureholds hidden, and which are to be revealed onlymoment by moment, hour by hour, and day byday.
The nineteenth century, so preëminently oneof progress in almost every line of mental andmaterial activity, has witnessed a ma