Show application applications of paper raper the year 1691 was certainly one of those in which new industrial applications of payer paper were most nume numerous rouk the idea of using paper in place of stone in tho the construction of houses is already old but paper to take the place of glass in windows of clay in flowerpots flower pots of iron in railway rails wagon wheels and horseshoes of porcelain in laboratory ware of wood in barrels it having already taken the place of that material in small boats paper in pulleys are applications as novel as bold the manufacture of window panes of paper was urs first t tried in the united states the panes have the appearance of milky glass and the property of intercepting tho the light rays while letting the heat rays through which makes them suitable tor for greenhouses it is estimated that a paper window pane ninetyfour ninety four by y baity tareo centimeters in dimensions in a wooden sash with iron appliances will cost about eighty five cents and last on an average four years E matoin in popular science monthly |