The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-27
Assistant, Allegheny Obseryator.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ITS MANUFACTURE
AND USE.

Paper car-wheels are composed entirely
Of paper rings pressed together under Il
weight OF six tons, then fastened by means
OF bolts and steel tires put on them when
they are ready for use. Laid loosely, the
rings stack rs high as the shoulders OF an
ordinary man. Under treatment they sink
to the thickness required. Ii the tire
should wear or fall oil the wheel, or the
train run from the track, there would be no
danger Of their breaking, rs they are very
flexible and would spring. 4 paper ball
can be rendered so solid that nothing but a
diamond tool can cause an indentation into
il. At the mill is Il square block OF COM
pressed paper fastened on a turning-lathc,
and so hard that ii fine steel chi>el is held
against il when it is moving, instead OF
cutting the paper it will break the chisel
into hundred pieces. The strength is as
tonishiag.
You can take a s. note Of the Bank OF
England, twist il into a kind OF rope, sus-
pend $50 pounds upon one end OF it ana
not iniure il i'm the slightest degree. Bath
tubs and pots are formed by COMPRISING
the paper made out Of linen fibres and an
nealed-that is, painted over with compo-
sition which becomes part thereof and Is
lireproof. The tubs last indefinitely, never
leak, and, put in the fire, will not burn up.
You can beat on them with hammer and
not iniure them. Plates compressed and
annealed are very durable; you cannot
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 wal
nut, cherry, and the like. Bedsteads are
fashioned the same rs car-wheels, only OF
long strips instead OF rings. They are
very beautiful and lasting.
Cooking or heating-stoyeS are also an
nealed, and it is impossible to burn them
out; they are less costly than iron. A house
can be literally constructed OF and furnished
with every convenience i'm paper. The
printing press, type, and all the fixtures OF
the Office could be concOcted OF this mate
rial, and more cheaply than Of the ordinary
kind. A complete steam-engine can be
thus manufactured and do all required
duty. Clothes and shoes will come I'm the
future. Twenty-nine hours are needed IL
transfer linen fibre into car-wheel.
Solid, card-like paper was made as early
4
authority of the Arabian historians, and
largely conceded. that linen paper did moi
come into use until 1870, or at most but
short time before. The cotton card OF
paper known previously was OF thick,
course, woody texture, brittle and inferior
There Is still some demand for hand
made paper, and in a corner of the
l.. l.. Brown Paper Company, at Adams,
are simple and inexpensive appoint
ments for the production OF paper a
il was made one, two, and tire,
hundred years ago. The call comes Iargel,
for uses In making architectural draw
ings-for drawing-paper, in short-in con
sequence OF the fact that it will not stretch
point indispensable in accurate drawings
| The paper can be erased and rewritten
upon. A brisk demand has sprung up fol
these papers for wedding and society invi
tation cards, bullets dour, aud personal cor
respondence; also for business-house'
where recherche stationery is desirable
Albany Euening Journal.