rag pulp

Bankruptcy and lawsuit documents reveal how waterfalls powered mills that generated tens of thousands of reams a year, while owners tried to replace expensive rag pulp by grinding vats of asbestos, leather and seaweed instead.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2013

That ancient world had no paper made in definite sizes from rag pulp.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The percentages of rag pulp, wood pulp, clay, coloring, etc., used, depend upon the quality of paper ordered.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various

These products are then treated in the manufacturing of paper with few variations, the same as the ordinary rag pulp.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes

This rag pulp, now called half stock, is kept in this receptacle until the water and liquor are thoroughly drained off, when it becomes a white and compact mass of fibers.

From A Book of Exposition by Nugent, Homer Heath