Name: Woodcut depicts the early process of paper making. The raw materials would be placed in a trough to be macerated by hammers operated by a water-wheel. It would then be mixed with water in a vat by a 'vatman'. The Vatman would then use moulds to form thin spongy sheets. Wooden screw-press the sheets are pressed in piles of 144 and separated by layers of the felt the paper is then hung to dry. Dated 16th Century - SuperStock
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Woodcut depicts the early process of paper making. The raw materials would be placed in a trough to be macerated by hammers operated by a water-wheel. It would then be mixed with water in a vat by a 'vatman'. The Vatman would then use moulds to form thin spongy sheets. Wooden screw-press the sheets are pressed in piles of 144 and separated by layers of the felt the paper is then hung to dry. Dated 16th Century

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