Papermaking in Britain 1488-1988

Richard Leslie Hills, MBE is an English historian and clergyman who has written extensively on the history of technology. He founded Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry.

• ForewordAcknowledgments1 This Paper Thynne, John Tate2 Paper of High Grade, Papermaking Before 15003 The Art of Watermarking4 A New Industry Emerges, 1500-18005 The Whatmans and Wove Paper6 The Origins of Wallpaper7 The Development of the Fourdrinier Paper Machine8 Rival Machines for Making Paper9 The Nineteenth Century: Demand Outstrips Rag Supplies10 Esparto and Other Types of Pulp11 The Paper Machine Matures12 Watermarks on Papermachines13 The Twentieth CenturyBibliographyGlossaryNotes Index