rag pulp
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Bankruptcy and lawsuit documents reveal how waterfalls powered mills that generated tens of thousands of reams a year, while owners tried to replace expensive rag pulp by grinding vats of asbestos, leather and seaweed instead.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2013
The percentages of rag pulp, wood pulp, clay, coloring, etc., used, depend upon the quality of paper ordered.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
This rag pulp, now called half stock, is kept in this receptacle until the water and liquor are thoroughly drained off, when it becomes a white and compact mass of fibers.
From A Book of Exposition by Nugent, Homer Heath
That ancient world had no paper made in definite sizes from rag pulp.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The pulp mill does nothing but bleach the rag pulp and prepare for the machines in the other mills; while the super-calendering mill gives the paper an extra finish when ordered.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
