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Fourdrinier
[ foor-drin-ee-er ]
noun
- a machine for manufacturing paper.
Fourdrinier
/ fʊəˈdrɪnɪə /
noun
- a particular type of paper-making machine that forms the paper in a continuous web
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Fourdrinier1
1830–40; named after Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, 19th-century English papermakers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Fourdrinier1
C19: named after Henry (died 1854) and Sealy (died 1847) Fourdrinier , English paper makers
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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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