Front matter
Reading edition
With the compliments of the Geo. W. Wheelwright Paper Co., Boston, Mass.
FROM PAPER-MILL TO PRESSROOM
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