The Osceola times., 1882-04-22
PAPER
Interesting Facts About Its Manufacture
and Use.
Albany Evening Journal.


Paper car wheels are composed en-
tirely of paper rings pressed together
under a weight Of six tons, and then las
tened by means of bolts and steel tires
put on them, when they are ready Tor
use. Laid loosely, the rings stack as
high as the shoulders Of an ordinary
man. Under treatment they sink to the
the thickness required. II the tire
should wear or fall off the wheel, or the
train run from the track, there would be
no danger of their breaking, as they are
very flexible and would spring. A paper
ball can be rendered 30 solid that moth
ing but diamond tool can cause an In
dentation into it. At the mill is square
block of compressed paper fastened on
turning lathe, and so hard that if fine
steel chisel is held against it when it 10
moving, instead of cutting the paper it
will break the chisel into hundred
pieces. The strength is astonishing.
| Yon can take E5 note OF the Bank OF
England, twist it into kind of rope, sus-
pend 339 pounds upon one end OF it and
not iniure it in the slightest degree. Bath
tubs and pots are formed by COMPRISING
the paper made out of linen fbres and
annealed-that is, painted over with a
composition which becomes part there
Of and is tireproof The tubs last indef-
initely, never leak. and, put in the fire,
will not burn up. You can beat on them
with hammer and not injure them.
Plates compressed and annealed are
very durable; YOU can not only wash
them, but drop them upon the floor and
stand upon them. The fork can be used
for any practical purpose, and the knife
can always be kept sharp. Paper can be
substituted for wood, converted into
picture frames and colored like walnut,
cherry and the like. Bed steads are
fashioned the same as car wheels, only
Of long strips instead Of rings. They are
very beautiful and lasting. Cooking OF
heating stoves are also annealed, and il
is impossible to burn them out they are
less costly than iron. A house can be
literally constructed of and furnished
with every convenience in paper. The
printing press, type and all the fixtures
of the office could be concocted Of thi
material, and more cheaply than of th'
ordinary kind. A complete steam en-
CINE can be thus manufactured and d,
all required duty. Clothes and shoes viii
come in the future. Twenty mine hour
are needed to transfer linen fibre into
car wheel.
Solid, card like paper was made q
early as the fifth century, but it is stateC
on the authority of the Arabian bistor
ians, and largely conceded, that liner
paper did not come into use until 1910
or at most a short time before. Th'
cotton card or paper known previously
was Of thick, coarse, woolly texture
brittle and interior. There is still SOM
demand for hand made paper. and in I
corner Of the l.. l.. Brown Paper Com
pany at Adams are simple and inexpen
sive appointments for the production o
paper as it was made one, two or th7e'
hundred years ago. The call comes large
ly for uses in making architectural draw
ings-for drawing paper, in short-iI
consequence of the fact that it will NO
stretch, point indispensable in accur
ate drawings. The paper can be erase,
and rewritten upon. A brisk deman,
has sprung up for these papers for wed
ding and society invitation cards, billets
doux and personal correspondence also
for business houses where recherch,
stationery is desirable.