Fourdrinier

[ foor-drin-ee-er ]

noun

1. a machine for manufacturing paper.

Fourdrinier

/ fʊəˈdrɪnɪə /

noun

1. a particular type of paper-making machine that forms the paper in a continuous web

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fourdrinier¹

1830–40; named after Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, 19th-century English papermakers

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fourdrinier¹

C19: named after Henry (died 1854) and Sealy (died 1847) Fourdrinier , English paper makers

Example Sentences

Messrs. Fourdrinier having expended 60,000 in perfecting the machine.

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By 1872 two hundred and ninety-nine Fourdrinier machines were running in the United States alone.

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And we had it on an elegant little new French Fourdrinier, which cost us more than we shall ever pay.

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The same principle is occasionally adopted on the Fourdrinier machine for duplex wrappers.

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The Fourdrinier part consists of a head box, which resembles the case of an upright piano.

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