Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Hills, Richard Leslie
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""I This Paper Thynne, John Tate""; ""II Paper of High Grade, Papermaking before 1500""; ""Raw Materials and Their Preparation""; ""Beating""; ""Forming the Sheet""; ""Western Techniques of Papermaking""; ""Pressing, Drying and Sizing""; ""III The Art of Watermarking""; ""IV A New Industry Emerges, 1500-1800""; ""Import of Rags, 1725-1800""; ""Taxation""; ""Comparative Weight of Customs and Excise Duties, 1714 and 1752""; ""Customs and Excise Duties, 1794-1801"" ""V The Whatmans and Wove Paper""""VI The Origins of Wallpaper""; ""Customs House Records 1774""; ""VII The Development of the Fourdrinier Paper Machine""; ""Nicholas Louis Robert (1761-1828)""; ""The Patents""; ""Later Patents""; ""The Papermaking Machine""; ""The Formation of the Sheet""; ""Later Developments""; ""VIII Rival Machines for Making Paper""; ""John Dickinson, 1782-1869""; ""IX The Nineteenth Century: Demand Outstrips Rag Supplies""; ""Import Duties on Paper, Board and Rags, 1802-1861""; ""Excise on Paper and Board, 1802-61""; ""Paper Production in the United Kingdom"" ""X Esparto and Other Types of Pulp""""Imports of Esparato""; ""Wood as a Fibre Source""; ""Mechanical Wood Pulp""; ""Thermo-Mechanical Pulp""; ""Chemical Wood Pulp""; ""The Soda Process""; ""The Sulphate Process""; ""The Sulphite Process""; ""British Imports of Wood Pulp""; ""Imports of Wood Pulp 1938-1973 in 000 tons""; ""XI The Paper Machine Matures""; ""Growth During the Nineteenth Century""; ""New Sources of Power""; ""Improvements to Papermaking Machinery""; ""XII Watermarks on Papermachines""; ""XIII The Twentieth Century""; ""The Background""; ""Water Treatment""; ""Pulp Preparation"" ""The Evolution of the Fourdrinier Machine""""The Dry End""; ""M. G. Machines""; ""Board Machines""; ""Computer Control""; ""The Most Recent Trends""; ""Paper Today""; ""Bibliography""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Addendum""
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 338.5; Papermaking -- Great Britain -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Papermaking; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474241281
• Related ISBNs: 147424128X; 1474241271; 9781474241274
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.