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hits | 2121 Waukegan Rd Ste 130, Bannockburn, IL 60015
(847) 919-6500
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Overview:
Somehow, Reaumur never got around to trying to imitate the wasps by making paper himself, but had stumbled upon the secret of practical papermaking: wood could be broken apart, like the other organic materials, and crafted into paper. We still follow Reaumur's advice and the wasps' example, although papermaking has become a more complex and efficient process, and its products incredibly varied and advanced. People picked up the paper challenge. One person, a man named Kellar, learned how to grind wood efficiently. Others invented new ways to separate wood fibers. If Reaumur had written down his paper recipe - or more accurately, the wasps' recipe - it might have looked like this: wood fiber + water + energy = paper. We still make paper using that same basic formula. We just vary the kinds of wood fiber and energy, and the techniques of bringing it all together, to get just the kinds of paper we want. | |
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