10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERFECT REAM»
Discover the use of
perfect ream in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
perfect ream and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES
You stated, that you gave out the additional paper besides the perfect ream ? —
Not more than the perfect ream. Do you mean to state, that no additional paper is
given out to the pressmen beyond the perfect ream ? — Undoubtedly not.
2
Report from the Select Committee on Printing and Stationery
I have at this moment a hundred reams. In speaking of a guinea a ream, do you
speak of the perfect ream ?—No; I buy it imperfect. ' What is the difference ?—
About half a crown a ream, perfecting it. ' The imperfect ream has in it twenty
quires, ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Printing and Stationery, 1822
3
The engineer's and mechanic's encyclopaedia
A printer's ream consists of twenty-one and a half unbroken quires, of twenty-four
sheets each, and is called a perfect ream ; the perfecting, as it is technically
termed, increases the value one eighth. The following comprehensive table gives
the ...
4
Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ...
If the two outside quires are replaced by two perfect quires, the ream is stated to
be all insides. A printer's ream consists of twenty-one and a half unbroken quires
of twenty- four sheets each, and is called a perfect ream. The derivation of these ...
Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey, 1829
5
Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and ...
If the two outside quires are replaced by two perfect quires, the ream is stated to
be all insides. A printer's ream consists of twenty-one and a half unbroken quires
of twenty- four sheets each, and is called a perfect ream. The derivation of these ...
6
Journal of the Franklin Institute
If the two outside quires are replaced by two perfect quires, the ream is stated to
be all insides. A printer's ream consists of twenty-one and a half unbroken quires
of twenty-four sheets each, and is called a perfect ream. tory research, is the ...
7
The Complete Calligrapher
Ream. Measured quantity of paper of any dimension, usually 480 to 500 sheets.
A printer's perfect ream contains 516 sheets. Reed. Tubular plant stalk from
which a pen can be cut. Registration Marks. Graphic marks, usually a cross in a
circle, ...
8
The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending ...
A printer's team consists of twenty-one and a half unbroken quires, of twenty-four
sheets each, *nd is called a perfect ream ; the perftcting, as it is technically
termed, increases lie value one eighth. The following comprehensive table gives
the ...
9
A dictionary of terms used in printing
Perfect Paper, or Perfect Ream. — Paper without outside quires and with the
necessary number of sheets to print 500 copies with waste. A perfect ream has
21| quires, or 516 sheets. Perforating Machine. — A small machine used for
cutting ...
10
Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
A ream of paper, unless otherwise specified, contains 480 sheets ; a " perfect "
ream for printing papers contains 516 sheets : a ream of envelope paper contains
504 sheets, and of news, .~>90 sheets. An " insides " ream contains 480 sheets ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
