Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Strong and Durable Papor [ARTICLE]

Strong and Durable Papor

The strongest paper yet produced Is made of Manila hemp. A sheet of legal cap will sustain a weight of 300 pounds, and £ man of ordinary muscular power cannot tear it across. The most durable paper is made by a guild near Nankin, China, which supplies the government of that empire the leaves of its official documents. Some of these are over 1,000 years old. Fireproof paper made of asbestos is another kind of greater durability. The drawback to it, however, for printing purposes, is that although it will pass through fire unscathed, it will come out snow white, without a trace of the printed letters or writing that was on it