Author: James N. Green
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9780914076841
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In 1691 the Rittenhouse family opened a paper mill outside of Philadelphia and for the next forty years were the only paper manufacturers in America. Wilhelm Rittinghausen, later known as William Rittenhouse, was born in Mulheim, Germany and learned the paper making trade. He moved to Amsterdam at a young age and then emigrated to America with his three children in 1687. William's descendants continued to be active in the paper making business into the nineteenth century when the productivity of the mill gaveway to the new technology.
The Rittenhouse Mill and the Beginnings of Papermaking in America
Author: James N. Green
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9780914076841
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In 1691 the Rittenhouse family opened a paper mill outside of Philadelphia and for the next forty years were the only paper manufacturers in America. Wilhelm Rittinghausen, later known as William Rittenhouse, was born in Mulheim, Germany and learned the paper making trade. He moved to Amsterdam at a young age and then emigrated to America with his three children in 1687. William's descendants continued to be active in the paper making business into the nineteenth century when the productivity of the mill gaveway to the new technology.
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9780914076841
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
In 1691 the Rittenhouse family opened a paper mill outside of Philadelphia and for the next forty years were the only paper manufacturers in America. Wilhelm Rittinghausen, later known as William Rittenhouse, was born in Mulheim, Germany and learned the paper making trade. He moved to Amsterdam at a young age and then emigrated to America with his three children in 1687. William's descendants continued to be active in the paper making business into the nineteenth century when the productivity of the mill gaveway to the new technology.
American Paper Mills, 1690-1832
Author: John Bidwell
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1584659645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A comprehensive account of early papermaking in America
America's First Paper Mill
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
William Rittenhouse and the First Paper Mill in America
A History of Paper-manufacturing in the United States, 1690-1916
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher: New York : Lockwood Trade Journal Company
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Lockwood Trade Journal Company
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Historical Sketch of the Rittenhouse Paper Mill
Author: Horatio Gates Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Papermaking in Pioneer America
Author: Dard Hunter
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512817058
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This indispensable guide to American papermaking, lists papermakers in America from 1690 to 1817.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512817058
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This indispensable guide to American papermaking, lists papermakers in America from 1690 to 1817.
Papermaking
Author: Dard Hunter
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486236196
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The classic work on papermaking, this book traces the craft's history from its invention in China to its introductions in Europe and America. The foremost authority on the subject covers tools and materials; hand moulds; pressing, drying, and sizing; hand- and machine-made paper; watermarking; and more. Over 320 illustrations.Reprint of the second, revised, and enlarged 1947 edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486236196
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The classic work on papermaking, this book traces the craft's history from its invention in China to its introductions in Europe and America. The foremost authority on the subject covers tools and materials; hand moulds; pressing, drying, and sizing; hand- and machine-made paper; watermarking; and more. Over 320 illustrations.Reprint of the second, revised, and enlarged 1947 edition.
A Chronology of Paper and Paper-making
The Story of Paper-making
Author: Frank O. Butler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper industry
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description