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
But as far as I can make out, he and Paul Fourdrinier seem to have come to England about 1720.
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
The Belgian exhibit contains also one of those immense paper-machines invented by the brothers Fourdrinier about fifty years ago, and now used almost universally for the best class of machine-made papers.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
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