The Art of Paper-Making / A Practical Handbook of the Manufacture of Paper from Rags, Esparto, Straw, and Other Fibrous Materials, Including the Manufacture of Pulp from Wood Fibre

A comprehensive practical handbook explains the materials, chemical and mechanical treatments, and machinery used in making paper from rags, esparto, straw, and wood pulp. It surveys raw materials and their preparation; rag-sorting, cutting, boiling and washing; esparto and straw processing; chemical and sulphite pulping and mechanical wood-pulp methods; bleaching, beating or refining, loading, sizing, and colouring; and methods for recovering soda from waste liquors. Numerous process variants, equipment designs, tests, and operational recommendations are described to aid both practitioners and students seeking technical guidance in paper manufacture.