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• In Media Res
  Re: “‘Toilet paper is the new scroll. :P’"

  sizing does matter!

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  Cathleen A. Baker University of Michigan Library

  Thursday, June 3, 2010 — 6:55 pm

  Hey Joshua, In the case of t.p., sizing would have made that paper much more "useable" as a writing surface, although like Jeyes t.p., which used to hang out in loos in the UK, it would be a little rough on the tush (sp?). Your question about th ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Nineteenth-Century American Paper: It's Not All Bad!

  history of American paper redux

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  Cathleen A. Baker University of Michigan Library

  Thursday, June 3, 2010 — 7:14 pm

  Ah, good question. I am not sure Hunter, Weeks, etc., need to be revised necessarily, although I am sure that there is plenty of material in both that could be greatly expanded upon in theses and dissertations. My book seeks to fill in the gaps, not so mu ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Nineteenth-Century American Paper: It's Not All Bad!

  chemistry and engineering

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  Cathleen A. Baker University of Michigan Library

  Thursday, June 3, 2010 — 7:32 pm

  Hi Tim, Chemistry, by all means, but I think as important, engineering. Most of the chemcial processes for making chemical wood pulp (as opposed to mechanical or ground wood pulp) was well known and used to process rags by the 1830s. The problem with proc ...