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Linen paper   /lˈɪnən pˈeɪpər/   Listen
Linen paper

noun
1.
A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish.  Synonym: linen.






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"Linen paper" Quotes from Famous Books



... positive, the best linen paper is covered on one side with albumen, soaked in NaCl solution, dried, and the same side laid on a solution of AgNO3. What reaction takes place? What is deposited on the paper, and what is dissolved? This sensitized paper, when ...
— An Introduction to Chemical Science • R.P. Williams

... judicially, "is worthy of the gem. The dark green cover, elaborately tooled, the old English lettering, the heavy linen paper, mark this as one of our very choicest publications. The letter-press is of course De Vinne's best,—there is nothing better on this side of the Atlantic. The text is a beautiful, slender stream, meandering gracefully through a ...
— The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue • Various

... the invention of printing, has contributed so essentially to the rapid circulation of knowledge, was derived through them. Casiri has discovered several manuscripts of cotton paper in the Escurial as early as 1009, and of linen paper of the date of 1106; [43] the origin of which latter fabric Tiraboschi has ascribed to an Italian of Trevigi, in the middle of the fourteenth century. [44] Lastly, the application of gunpowder to military science, which has wrought an equally important ...
— History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V1 • William H. Prescott



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