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Stories Of Lost Mines - (Found June 29, 2008 )

Of all the romantic tales heard in this land of romance, none are more fascinating than the stories of lost mines.
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Paper Grades And Definitions - (Found June 29, 2008 )

WHEN starting to write this chapter the main object was to give the reader a general idea of the variety of products made by the paper industry and the multiplicity of their uses.
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Non-Woody Fibrous Materials - (Found June 29, 2008 )

ALL PAPER is today made of cellulose in one form or another, and in different degrees of purity.
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Wood - (Found June 29, 2008 )

WOOD is, at present, by far the most important source of fiber for paper; it so far exceeds in quantity all other fibers used that it may be said to be the universal raw material for the industry.
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Groundwood - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE first producer of groundwood, as well as the first papermaker, was the wasp.
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The Soda Process - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE first chemical process for reducing wood to pulp was the soda process, so-named because it uses caustic soda as the cooking agent.
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The Sulfite Process - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE second chemical method for pulp making was the sulfite process, invented by Benjamin C. Tilghman, who experimented with the effect of sulfurous acid on wood shortly after the Civil War.
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The Sulfate Process - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE third chemical process for the preparation of fibers from wood was developed by Dahl in Germany in 1883. It is an alkaline process similar in many ways to the soda process.
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Other Pulping Process - (Found June 29, 2008 )

THE three chemical processes and the groundwood process account for the great bulk of papermaking fibers, but there are a number of other methods which are of interest for various reasons.
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Bleaching - (Found June 29, 2008 )

NONE of the methods used for producing papermaking fibers yields a perfectly pure cellulose or one which is sufficiently lacking in color to make paper of a high degree of whiteness.
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