The treatment of paper for special purposes : a practical introduction to the preparation of paper products for a great variety of purposes such as parchment paper, transfer papers, preservative papers, grained transfer papers, fireproof and antifalsification papers, polishing papers, tracing and copying papers, chalk and litho transfer papers, leather papers, luminous papers, tortoiseshell and ivory papers, metal papers, coloured papers, etc. etc., and paper articles (1907)
Andés, Louis Edgar, 1848-1925 · London : Scott, Greenwood & Son ; New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 251
Characteristics of Paper 227 paper with a breaking length Now it may be stated that of less than 2200 yds. is bad. moderate, Between 2,200 and 2,750 . „ 2,750 „ 3,300 . fairly good, good. „ 3,300 „ 4,400 . very good, „ 4,400 „ 5,500 . excellent. „ 5,500 „ 6,600 . … Bearing also in mind that the best grades of paper should have a certain weight, without any loading ingredients other than size and blue {i.e. a low ash content), together with a certain elongation before breaking, we can lay down certain requirements that paper should fulfil for certain purposes,…
Paper · Papermaking
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