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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 Fourdrinier machine, c.1885


Creator

 Voorn, H. (auteur/author)


Year

 1985


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Related term

 papiermaken, papiermachines, Fourdriniermachines


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 B: Schriftdragers, inkt


Content

 The Fourdrinier machine, developed by, amongst others, the Fourdrinier brothers in England in the years 1803-1808, was called after them for that very reason. The 'Fourdrinier machine' consists of a long broad belt of wire cloth which is led continuously along a number of rollers. On the wire cloth The pulp is poured onto the wire cloth which is thus mechanically made into paper.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 VNP (Vereniging van Nederlandse Papier- en Kartonfabrieken), Hoofddorp