The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-12

il almost similar TO piece OF paper which has seen
in The mouth few minutes. After il has been com
pleteiy mastieated, or, Hannibal Choop would say,
.casawampously chaved up" 1t is discharged from the
machines through common conductor pipe, into .
large reservoir where is kept constantly OF
agitation From this it Ia again discharged through
small pipe auid semi-transpsrent state resembling
very thin starch in appearance . machine which
changes it from that condition, by process
derfu than the art OF the Magician into perfect paper
ready for printing The manufacture OF paper in itself
Of the greatest arts invented by human genius
is only second in Importance to that OF printing
which Il Is indispensable II almost appears hey ond the
bounds Of human credulty to believe that the whole
literary world dependent upon IT, and that without
the education Of the and the progress of civil
iaaton would be only a vision Of dream land By it
the east of clothing Of yesterday Is made the Of
improving and refining the intellectual pc day
The machine which produces this astonishing trans
formation remarkable mechanical contrivance and
exhibits all the neatness and perfection of detail dis
played in the mechanism Of watch. 1t is called the
Fourdriner machine in honor Of the distinguished
Frenchman by whom it invented, and consists Of
large number Of copper cylinders of various sizes and
endless wire gauxe, made of brass. The pulp pre-
cipitated from small pipe to this gauze, which par
tally separates the water from the solid substance
| While this separation is taking place the wire is
passing copper rollers towards the other end Of
the machine carrying with in s progress the sod
flying mass, which Is transferred to similar
trvancc made Of felt As is passing to the felt it is
pressed between two iron rollers which take away all
the inequalities II Is carried second felt the
process stil going the surface of the wire
gauze which have described; and thus, the
machine il the marvellous combination Of a liquid
Solid After it leaves this second felt il is sufficiently
| strong and compact to support ITSELF and is
| actly like saturated paper The drying cylinders
which made of copper and charged with steam
take it up and pass through another series of cyn
ders called calender rolls, which give the surface the
necessary smoothness and polish As it leaves these it is
wound reel and aterwar cut to the required size
by revolving knife attached to the machine. From
the it is discharged the surface OF the wire
gauze till it comes out in the form Of paper, not
| than four or five minutes elapse. In this way about
twenty eight miles of paper weighing about three tons,
and just sufficient for the supply of the HERALD, is
worked off in the Of twenty -four hours. The
| machine believe, is somewhat fifty feet in
| length and eighty-four inches wide.
There is another machine Of the capacity that
have described but it not in operation during
visit to the mill The great advantage which these
| machines possess the old style warrants
| in believing that the quality of the paper will be
much superior that with which have been hlther
| to supplied. They worked entirely by two little
steam engines, which, being steady in their opera
ton than water will produce paper OF more texture
and greater strength. The rest of the machinery how
ever driven by three OF Boyden's patent
Wheels of 400 horse power which made at Holyoke,
and which nearly double the power required, that
if the proprietors wish to enlarge their works at some
future time they do No expense has been
spared in the construction Of the whole establishment
which has been planned and finished by Mr. Peeg Rose,
| Ct Norwich, Conn. In the washing process pure
water is absolutely necessary and it is impossible to
obtain this always from the canal, account of
freshets, the proprstors have caused rtesan wells
| to be sunk Mt expense of several thousand dol
lars One of these $50 feet deep, and all furnish
inexhaustibe supply In addition to these they win
have constant stream of pure spring water conveyed
distance Of mile and half in iron pipes, that they
provided against every emergency The mill is the
largest in the country and built for the express pur
pose of furnishing the HERALD with paper the old estab
shment being inadequate for the purpose. hundred
operatives employed in it, and fifty in the other,
and about thousand persons dependent both for
subsistence Before the establishment of
the population Of Windsor Locks did three
bred persons and it is in boastful spirit speak when
say that for its present is almost
entirely indebted to the Ngw YORK HERALD. Few Of
readers imagine that nearly whole village supported
by the manufacture of the paper alone required the
printing Of the HERALD but If to carry this
innate into the other departments connected with
|
incredible The circulation of paper is very Gloss
sixty thousand day, and if it increases it has
done for the past four five years it will eventually
quire mill of double the capacity Of that just con-
structed to meetour demands The two mills Of Persee
Brooks will produce Is 600 pounds of paper per day,
than half Of which will be consumed by the New
| YORK HERALD.
We conclude this article without saying few
words upon the manufacture of paper. We learn
Tho atstot and Nc
Culloch that is very ancient and be traced back
far the days OF the Pharaohs The material used
the papyrus which found growing by the banks
Of the Nile. The inner bark Of the plant divided
with needle into very thin coats; these placed
side by side longtudinaly and the edges glued together
Similar layers glued these, behind, right
angles to give the page the requisite strength and the
sheets then pressed dried polish ed and otherwise
prepared for How different from the paper Of which
our books at present composed Alexandria at
one time the chief seat Of this valuable manufacture;
but at later periods much also made at Rome where
an article Of superior beauty produced The
sumption OF paper was very considerable and it
seems to have been tolerably cheap, and furnished
employment to q large number Of workmen. Ancient
paper white, smooth, durable and well adapted in
all respects for writing, but it not suited for the
printer, account Of the closeness of the gran-it
would not receive the ink from the types any better
than wood shavngs, and brittle its texture that
it would have shivered into pieces under the press.
Modern paper has nothing in with the ancient,
save that vegetable fibre is the basis of both.
Paper was introduced into Europe by the Moors but
there Is some uncertainty to tho precise Of its first
appearance and the origin and progress the invention
are unknown. The Chinese also possess knowledge Of
the arts Of making paper and printing may
familiar with them from time immemoral for all know
to the contrary Paper originally made entirely Of
cotton, substance less obstinate than linen rags which
are now commonly used At present the rags torn
in pieces have shown; formerly the custom,
to suffer them to rot that being partially decaycd II
might be less difficult to trituratc them. 1t Is only
| within the last half century that the manufacture
has been carried to its greatest perfection and for
this indebted mainly to the great discoveries