1 86 Book of Engineering 



ship load, and is stored in huge quantities 

 at Port Sunlight until it is actually required. 



Having seen how the timber reaches 

 Britain for one of the largest firms using 

 boxes, let us now see how the engineer has 

 been brought into the business of box pro- 

 duction on a large scale. Time was when 

 the making of a box would have been a 

 carpenter's job, now it may safely be said 

 that it is essentially the work of the engineer. 



He it is who has evolved that wonderful 

 machinery which takes the plank, and with 

 a very few processes, converts it into a box, 

 printed with the name and address of the 

 user, and in many cases some instructions 

 as regards the quantity and quality of the 

 future contents. In the case of such a firm 

 as we have in mind, whose trade is world- 

 wide, it follows that several languages are 

 used for giving this important information. 



Strangely enough, the first operation in box 

 making is to print the necessary particulars 

 upon the wood before anything else is done. 

 Clever machinery has been devised which 

 cuts to the exact size the sides, ends, bottom 



