Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988

Richard Leslie Hills, MBE is an English historian and clergyman who has written extensively on the history of technology. He founded Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 This Paper Thynne, John Tate
2 Paper of High Grade, Papermaking Before 1500
3 The Art of Watermarking
4 A New Industry Emerges, 1500-1800
5 The Whatmans and Wove Paper
6 The Origins of Wallpaper
7 The Development of the Fourdrinier Paper Machine
8 Rival Machines for Making Paper
9 The Nineteenth Century: Demand Outstrips Rag Supplies
10 Esparto and Other Types of Pulp
11 The Paper Machine Matures
12 Watermarks on Papermachines
13 The Twentieth Century

Bibliography
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Notes Index