biography
pronunciation:
[foordrinier]
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| lived:
| (1766–1854)
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| biography:
| British paper-maker and inventor. With his brother Sealy (d.1847) and the assistance of Bryan Donkin he patented in 1806 an improved design of a paper-making machine (first developed in France by Louis Robert in 1799) capable of producing a continuous sheet of paper. The same basic type of machine, with further improvements, is still in use today. |
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