Francis Wolle
Francis Wolle (December 17, 1817 in Jacobsburg, Pennsylvania – 1893 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) was an American priest of the Moravian Church, inventor and phycologist.[1]
Francis Wolle invented and patented the first bag-making machine in 1851, forming the basis for the . In 1892 the company relocated from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Hudson Falls, New York, where it had a paper mill. The Union Camp Corporation was formed by the 1956 merger of the Union Bag and Paper Company with Camp Manufacturing.[2]
Currently his company is under the ownership of International Paper.[3]
Works[]
- Desmids of the United States and list of American Pediastrums, 1884
- Fresh-Water Algae of the United States (exclusive of the Diaomaceae) : complemental to Desmids of the United States, 1887
- Diatomacea of North America, 1890
References[]
- ^ V.B. Wittrock, "Catalogus illustratus Iconothecae botanicae Horti Bergiani Stockholmiensis", Pars II, Acta Horti Bergiana Bd. 3, No. 3, 1905, p. 202.
- ^ Campbell, John (2019-09-17). "Union Camp". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "Francis Wolle". The Great Idea Finder. 2006-01-10. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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