Excerpt from Notes on the Manufacture of Wood Pulp and Wood-Pulp Papers In my previous efforts to put before the paper trade a reliable Guide to the Manufacture of Paper, based upon my own practical experience, I confined myself to the raw material best known to me at that time. But since the issue of the last edition of my book a decade in papermaking seems to have passed over us; and, with the advent of a popular and comparatively new material, which is better known on the Continent of Europe than with us, and which is fast coming to the front, I consider the present a fit opportunity to put my experience of wood fibre manipulation on the Continent before the trade. The result I leave to practical men. If I am enabled to add a little to the knowledge of those engaged in the papermaking industry (especially the rising and younger portion), it will be a pleasure to me to know that I have thus been of some help to them. I have endeavoured to confine myself to what I consider up-to-date information relating to Wood Pulp and Wood-Pulp Papers, and the application of the latest ideas to machinery used in their manufacture, with suggested improvements which have for their object the saving of time and consequent cheapening of production. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.