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The manufacture of paper: being a description of the various processes for the fabrication, coloring, and finishing of every kind of paper (1886)

Davis, Charles Thomas · Philadelphia, H. C. Baird & Co.; London, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 130

An illustration from The manufacture of paper: being a description of the various processes for the fabrication, coloring, and finishing of every kind of paper, 1886, leaf 130 — 120 THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER. the compartments of the cutting table according to their fineness. Should a slip occur a terrible gash to the arm or hand of the operator is the result and possibly a finger is cut Fig. 11. … off. The air of these cutting rooms is usually heavy with dust, and in order to protect the hair each operator has her head swathed in a handkerchief. In mills where fine papers are made it is necessary that every seam and hem and patch shall be ripped up in order that the dirt underneath may soak…

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