Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — Thin Iron. [ARTICLE]

Thin Iron.

The Papermaker reminds its readers that in the International Exhibition of 1891 a specimen of iron paper was shown. This led to some competition among ironmasters as to the thinness to which' cold iron could be rolled. One maker produced a sheet of paper so thin that 1,800 layers of it piled upon one another measured only one inch in thickness. The fineness of the iron foil referred to may be understood when it is remembered that 1,200 sheets of tho thinnest tissue paper arranged in tho same manner measure a fraction tnoro than one inch in thickness. The iron paper was perfectly smooth and easy to write upon, but when held up the light it was porous. We are not aware of any practical use to which iron paper could be put, for, owing to its liability’to rust, it would be far inferior to tho paper that ire ore ■nenstnmed to