Fourdrinier
[fuә'driniә]
Definition
(n.) A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
Typist: Nelly
Examples
- The pulp, duly beaten, refined, screened, and diluted with water, is then piped into the flow-box of the Fourdrinier machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- By 1872 two hundred and ninety-nine Fourdrinier machines were running in the United States alone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fourdrinier to engage with them in bringing the machinery to perfection, and patents obtained in this country by Mr. Gamble were assigned to them in 1804. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- His invention was subsequently taken up and carried to a success by the great English paper makers, the Fourdrinier Brothers, whose name has been given to the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the Fourdrinier process rags are ground to a pulp by a revolving beater (Fig. 125) working in a tank of water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fourdrinier having expended ￡60,000 in perfecting the machine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Fourdrinier, a wealthy stationery firm, purchased the patents, expended ￡60,000 for improvements on the machine, and first gave to the world its practical benefits. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- With one modern Fourdrinier machine, and a few beating engines, a small paper mill will now turn out daily as much paper as could be made by twelve mills a hundred years ago. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Nelly