Talk:Paper mill

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[edit] List of Mills

Is a list of paper mills really necessary... there's thousands of them in the world isn't there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.202.146.213 (talk) 23:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

How does a mill "operate at speeds of over 100 mph"? It spits out paper at this speed? Kfor 19:18, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

That's what I was assuming. I work summers in a mill to put myself through college, and all the machinery here seems to be measured in feet per second (the speed of the paper passing through the machine).--Daveswagon 05:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

Could some one please add a historical section to this article. As it stands, there is one sentence on history, and the article would lead one to believe that paper was made from wood pulp at Baghdad in the 9th century. In fact the use of wood pulp is quite a modern innovation. Previously, the raw material used in England was rags (probably woollen rags), which the mill reduced to pulp. I think this applies to the period 1600-1850, but I am not an expert in this subject. Peterkingiron 17:37, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History (again)

"One of the first known paper mills in Europe was in Xativa (now Jativa) near Valencia, Spain"

I live 40 km far from Xàtiva. What is that about "now Jativa"? The official name of the city is Xàtiva. "Játiva", with j, is the name Castilians give to Xàtiva. But now, as almost always (excepting a period after it was burned out by the Castilian king, who renamed it to "San Felipe" as an humiliation), its name is Xàtiva. I don't know the motivations the one who wrote the sentence above had, but it is in no doubt false. You can check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xativa http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xativa (Catalan Wikipedia) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.129.3.122 (talk) 04:40, 20 December 2008 (UTC)