Fourdrinier

[ foo r-drin-ee-er ]

/ fʊərˈdrɪn i ər /

a machine for manufacturing paper.

Origin of Fourdrinier

1830–40; named after Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, 19th-century English papermakers

By 1872 two hundred and ninety-nine Fourdrinier machines were running in the United States alone.

Inventions in the Century |William Henry Doolittle
Messrs. Fourdrinier having expended 60,000 in perfecting the machine.

Great Facts |Frederick C. Bakewell
The Fourdrinier part consists of a head box, which resembles the case of an upright piano.

From Paper-mill to Pressroom |William Bond Wheelwright
A long felt carries the paper from the couch rolls back over the Fourdrinier part, delivering it to the first press.

From Paper-mill to Pressroom |William Bond Wheelwright

The same principle is occasionally adopted on the Fourdrinier machine for duplex wrappers.

The Manufacture of Paper |Robert Walter Sindall

Fourdrinier

/ (fʊəˈdrɪnɪə) /

a particular type of paper-making machine that forms the paper in a continuous web

C19: named after Henry (died 1854) and Sealy (died 1847) Fourdrinier, English paper makers