Calender
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A short encyclopedia entry defining the calender, a machine of two or more close-set, often heated rollers through which cotton, calico and other fabrics are passed to give a smooth, glazed finish. It gives the word's etymology from the Greek for cylinder and notes that the same machine is used in paper manufacture.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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