Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-10
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We have 80 long cherished a we'll
founded prejudice against paper as bein,
n fiimsy and unsubstantial subatsncs
that we are surprised at It's recent utiIi.
zation in manv ways where gtreng,,.
and durability are the important renni
sites. Many articles, il we learned H.,
they were made entirely or in part frnT,
paper, Immediately lost favor in nnr
eyes, and we looked at them askance
When the goles OF our shoes soon wnro
out tie fact was often attributable =,
the use, by the unscrupulous maker n
shoddy strips of paper in the place n
inside layers of durable leather, and hi.
Is only single illustrat on among mar,
that might be given TO show tG via,
miserable, IL not dCspicable, usrs IA no.,
has been put. The daily tearing =,
newspapers and light wrapping i.rrr
for the purpose of doing up parcels la.
also done much TO impress u with ,'.
iragility OF the frequently handled mn.
terial. 1t was natural that we had corIs
10 regard paper as n cheap and unrcT
able substance.
AS "a consequence, we cannot readily
conceive of the successful applications of
paper where great strength. trnarity r.
Withstand powerful strains and dur
ability are required of it. But tl- one
process of compression, enormous in IL.
power, gives ali these highly dcsirab,e
constituents TO solid. COMPACT sub.
stance, which. although harder than
wood and taking 10 some extent Tie
place of iron, Is formed Of the same ms.
terial that MAKES the fragile ncwgp.rar
sheet.
Paper car wheels are succrssfll.y
manufactured and used, paper bricksar
becoming desirable as building mate.
rial. Professor Green, oithe Troy Pow.
technic institution. has erected a gres,
revolving dome whose light frame woyt
IL covered with hard, enduring pq1,lr.
nadche only one-si1th OF an inch ,hicl
Paper has been successfully cmp,oyed
rs an anti-fouling sheathing for an iron
vessel and in other things almost AZ IN.
expectei.
1t must be observed in connection
with paper, however employed, that il
possesses two very manifest advantage.
-lightness and cheapness-and when
compressed into solid substance il /.
also rs hard and durable as seyers
other strong and more costly materials
No one will hesitate 10 employ paper in.
stead of iron in any construction pro
vided that the former can be shown 70
be sufficiently strong, for its iightnc,s
and cheapness are most important con
siderations in its favor.
The range and mutabi.ity OF papers sre
remarkable. The same material tha,
forms the delicate valentine enters into
the composition of the staiwart car
wheel that sustains the weight Of ton.
and enduTes constant friction a. it glide,
along the iron rails. According As parer
may be prepared, it ranks among tie
most fragile or the stoutest substances.
Harder than wood ard impcrylous ~
water. just think of il. How people
fifty years ago would have been ,ur.
prised at such accomplishments. Bu,
being established facts, they are fraugA,
with great significance. They have en-
larged the possibilities Of paper wonder
fully. They have opened a wide fed
for experiment and invention. Paperis
destined to take the place of many sub
stances that will be found inferior TO IT,
while its application in numerous unde-
veloped ways, wherein nothing else car
be used. may confidently be expected
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