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Definition of Deckles
1. deckle [n] - See also: deckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deckles
Literary usage of Deckles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1836)
"... fourth, the method of making paper of different widths by the same machine,
by adjusting or inserting deckles according to the width required ; fifth, ..."
2. Proofreading and Punctuation by Adele Millicent Smith (1907)
"Endless rubber-bands, called deckles, extend on each side on top of the wire;
... The deckles continue about two- thirds of the distance of the run of the ..."
3. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"It measured 67| ins. between the deckles on the wire, and 65 inches when it left
the cylinders. This is a shrinkage of 2f ins. on the machine. ..."
4. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"deckles. The Deckle Straps on a Fourdrinier paper machine are made endless, ...
These deckles are set at a width corresponding to the width of the pond, ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"Endless rubber bands, or deckles, extend on each side on top of the wire, ...
The deckles continue about two-thirds of the distance of the run of the belt, ..."
6. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"These are called deckles. They are made heavy that they may bear closely upon
... The wire, deckles, and rolls, except the couch-rolls, are supported in a ..."
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