Louis Edger Andes Treatment of Paper for Special Purposes

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Of all the materials now in extensive use, paper is probably the one attracting the greatest attention, by reason of its manifold application to the production of useful articles. Thin sheets of paper are now made up, not merely into articles that retain the characteristics of the material, in some cases coated or coloured, hut also into others in which the original material has disappeared, homogeneous solid substances being formed that are capable of competing with wood or iron in point of durability and elasticity. Instructions for working paper up into a great variety of articles are to be found in a large number of hooks and periodicals; and the author has undertaken the task of collecting and sifting them, in the hope that the result will prove beneficial to all trades in which paper is used as a raw material.