Calender
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A short encyclopedia entry on the calender, a machine used in textile manufacture to press stuffs, silks, calicoes and linens so they become smooth, even and glossy, and to water or wave tabbies and mohairs. It covers the word's derivation, the construction of the machine with its wooden rollers and heavily weighted movable upper plank, the royal calender at Paris made for Colbert, and horse-driven versions. It also mentions calendering worsteds and linen cloths.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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