Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-11-01
THR Uses OF PIPER.

When Evans began to make collars, his
attention was at once drawn to a subject
which had long occupied the mind of his
predecessor, Walter Hunt, and the pursuit
of which had led TO some of Hunts most
| persevering experiments. This subject was
the discovery of practical mode of max
ing tough, long fibre paper which would
| not require linen or muslin as "A strength
er. Notwithstanding Hunts failure, Evans
became satisfied that such paper could be
made and in connection with the Messrs
Crane, well-known paper makers of Dal-
ton, he began a series of experiments which
resulted in the production of sheet of pa
per combining all the requisites of thick
ness, pliablity, firmness smoothness and
color. This paper, as made on a cylinder
machine, is produced by running off three
sheets ofpulp and uniting them while in
the wet or pulp state by passing the sheets
together between pressure rollers. BY
this mode the tibres of the middle sheet
are made TO Intervene or interlock with
those of the outer ones, so as TO form an al
most homogeneous sheet quite unlike what
is produced by FASTING together several
sheets of finished paper, as in the manuac-
ture of Bristol board or pasteboard. This
description of fine thick paper of long fibre
| is claimed to be an entirely new article, as
distinct in its character, when compared
with other paper, rs vulcanite rubber Is
wien c.mIaIcd with the older goods. 1t
is maintained a,so, that not only is this pa
per ia itself patentable, but likewise any
article made therefrom.
The fact that three sheets of pulp could
be thus combined, led Mr.. Crane and 9TH
ers to conclude that the sheets of pulp
might be almost indefinitely multiplied,
and sheets of paper of nearly any required
strength produced. Experiment proved
the correctness of their reasoning, and soon
after Mr.. Evans procured his patent for
collars made of this paper, patent was is
sued for hats similarly made, by CONSOLE
dating successive sheets Of the paper in
mods of the desired shape which afforded
limitations of straw braids. This was fol-
lowed by patents for paper slippers, paper
betting for machinery, equal in toughness
to the strongest English sole leather; paper
boats, admirable as hunting and pleasure
and swiilness for racing purposes paper
cans and wood encased barrels for holding
and transporting petroleum and benzlne,
which are superseding all others patent
sweat Innings for hats ; paper horse collars,
as enduring as ox-yokes; paper wagon
and carriage bodies. paper, lambrequns or
vaances, initiating elegant tapestry, and
MANY al bar pnypltipS nf similar nboroctnr
All these articles are manufactured o pa
per substantially the same in its mode of
production as that first obtained and used
by Evans in his manufacture of paper col
lars. A very large amount of capital is
now embarked in the production of paper
of this description and of the various arti-
cles made therefrom. The multiplicity of
these articles bids fair to rival that of the
useful and novel products of hard rubbers,
while in their dissimilarity and fitness for
opposite uses they present the most strik-
ing contrasts. What for instance affords
a greater contrast than fine embossed pa
per collar for ladies' wear, initiating the
richest emb' oidery, and almost as delicate
in pattern and fabric as lace, and solid
paper wagon body, or paper rollers for
rolling metals, which are so hard that if
two of them are placed close together and a
tenpenny nail passed between them, it e.
merges as flat and thin as sheet of writ
ing paper, leaving not the slightest mark
or impression upon the rolls.
Nearly all the articles which we have
mentioned are now manufactured largely,
the paper being procured chiefly from mills
in Massachusetts, but also from mills in
Northern New York and in the vicinity of
Philadelphia