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Title
Hammer mill for making paper, early 17th century
Creator
Zonca, Vittorio (auteur/author), Bertelli, Pietro (uitgever/publisher)
Year
1607
Type
illustratie, illustration
Measurements
24, 5 x 15, 5 cm.
Related term
papiermaken, papiermolens, hamerbakken
Period
16e eeuw, 17e eeuw
Content
This is one of the first illustrations of a hammer mill, a 16th-century pounding apparatus invented in Italy. It consisted of a number of hammers, fastened to a camshaft, which was driven by a water wheel. By the beating of the hammers on the rags and by adding large quantities of water to clean the rags, a milky mush of fibres and cellulose (the contents of the fibre) was created. There was not enough waterpower in the Netherlands to drive this kind of hammer mill. Only in the course of the 17th century, when the windmill could generate sufficient energy to be applied to paper making, did a flourishing paper industry develop there.
Original
Zonca, Vittorio. - Novo teatro di machine et edificii per uarie et sicure operationi [...], Padoua: appresso Pietro Bertelli, 1607, p. 94
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag PC.A 201
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek