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Author	Baker, Cathleen.
Title	From the hand to the machine : nineteenth-century American paper and mediums : technologies, materials, and conservation / Cathleen A. Baker.
Publication Info.	Ann Arbor, Michigan : Legacy Press, 2010.
	©2014

Location	Call No.	Status
Conservation Reference	Con-Ref. 676 B	ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK

Description	xiv, 389 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page [344]-356) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Development of the paper industry in the United States, 1690-1900 -- Rag preparation - Papermaking by hand and by machine -- Processing innovations and new fiber sources -- Paper characteristics -- Relief printing -- Intaglio, lithography, and photomechanical reproductions -- Writing and drawing mediums, and decorated papers -- Conservation of nineteenth-century paper and mediums -- Appendix A. Papyrus, parchment, and pith "paper" -- Appendix B. Contemporary accounts of papermaking by hand and by machine -- Appendix C. Names and dimensions of typical nineteenth-century papers -- Appendix D. Testing methods -- Appendix E. Cellulose degradation -- Appendix F. Preservation recommendations.
Subject	Paper industry -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Papermaking -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Papermaking machinery.
	Paper -- Preservation.
	Printing -- United States -- History.
	Intaglio printing.
	Lithography.
Genre or Form	History.
Added Title	Nineteenth-century American paper and mediums : technologies, materials, and conservation
ISBN	097979742X
	9780979797422

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