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Title: Boardmaker and board embosser
Original Title: Cartonnier et gaufreur en carton
Volume and Page: Plates vol. 2 (1765)
Author: Unknown
Translator: Abigail Wendler Bainbridge [West Dean College]
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Citation (MLA): "Boardmaker and board embosser." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Abigail Wendler Bainbridge. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.406>. Trans. of "Cartonnier et gaufreur en carton," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2 (plates). Paris, 1765.
Citation (Chicago): "Boardmaker and board embosser." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Abigail Wendler Bainbridge. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.406 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Cartonnier et gaufreur en carton," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2 (plates) (Paris, 1765).

Plate I: Cardboard Maker


First Plate

One sees the boardmaker’s workshop at the top of the Plate or scene.

  • Fig. 1. Worker who is turning the material for the board into porridge, [1] by the action of the mill.
    • A B, the vat for the mill
    • C D, the arbor
    • E F G, yoke
  • 2. Boardmaker making board
    • A B, vat.
    • C D, the large sink or drainer
    • G, a mould
    • F, the end bucket (that is its name).
    • E, opening that brings the water and pulp in the bucket F.
    • K, L platen of the press
    • H I, pile or post
  • 3. Worker at the press.
    • A B, platen.

Bottom of the Plate.

  • 1. Stone trough for breaking up and preparing the work.
  • 2. Sink or drainer.
  • 3. Shovel
  • 4. Cross-section of the turner or mill
    • C D, the arbor
    • E F, its journals
    • V, the center plate
    • G H, arms of the yolk
    • I K, L M, other parts of the yolk
    • n o, p q , cords and keys
    • r s, r s, r s, r s , blades
  • 5. Rake with iron claws.
  • 6. End of the pole and body of the burnisher
  • 7. Mould or board form
  • 8. Mould or board form divided in two
  • 9. Separator for the large mould or form
  • 10. Platen
  • 11. Wool or felt
  • 12. Glue pot
  • 13. Glue strainer
  • 14. Glue brush
  • 15. Ramp for putting a stone on the post.
  • 16. Scraper
  • 17. Point or awl
  • 18. Hook or needle
  • 19. Burnishing stone

Plate II: Board embosser


  • Fig. 1 . Table of the intaglio press, notched to receive engraved plates, or the mat in which one places them.
  • 2. Mat
  • 3. Engraved plate
  • 4. Assembly of the three preceding figures, ready to put in the press.
  • 5. Mat of which the holes B B are turned in the shape of screens.
  • 6. Engraved plates for the screens
  • 7. Engraved plate for the screens, in the middle of which one gouged out the space for the copper plate that is next to it.
  • 8. The same apparatus ready to put in the press.
  • 9. Corner mould for embossing the covers of books, & etc. See the article Carton for the detail of the art.

Note

1. See Porridge.