Fourdrinier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Fourdrinier
1830–40; named after Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, 19th-century English papermakers
Example Sentences
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Within eight years, he had 18 so-called Fourdrinier machines in operation at mills around the country.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2013
In making paper on Fourdrinier machines, belts are used made of wire mesh in which the wires are only about .01 inch in diameter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Biography there occurs the name of Peter Fourdrinier, of whom no mention at all is made in the Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, amongst the record of the other Fourdriniers.
From Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Sieveking, Giberne
The manufacture of Blank books and Envelopes, Steam-pumps, Wire, Machinery, Cutlery, Screws, Fire-hydrants and Steam-boilers, Cement works, Spindles and Reeds, Fourdrinier wire and Rubber-goods are among the city's greatly diversified industries.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 by Various
By 1872 two hundred and ninety-nine Fourdrinier machines were running in the United States alone.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
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