Units of paper quantity Simon Winchester, in "The Surgeon of Crowthorne", cites a specific number, defining quire as "a booklet eight pages thick." Several European words for quire keep the meaning of "book of paper": Ger. "Buch von Papier", Dan. "bog papir", Du. "bock papier". In blankbook binding, "quire" is a term indicating 80 pages. A ream of paper is a quantity of sheets of the same size and quality. International standards organizations define the ream as 500 identical sheets. This ream of 500 sheets (20 quires of 25 sheets) is also known as a 'long' ream, and is gradually replacing the old value
Norman B. Ream United States and the Reliance Company, as well as banking, serving on the Boards of the First Financial Bank of Chicago and the New York Trust Company (later merged with Chemical Bank, now known as JPMorgan Chase). Ream also served on the Board of Directors of the National Biscuit Company, later known as Nabisco, now a subsidiary of Mondelēz International. Additionally, Ream served on the Boards of the Central Safety Deposit Company, the Metropolitan Trust Company, the Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Assurance Company, the Securities Company, the Cumberland Corporation, the Sussex Realty Company, the Franco-American Financial Association, etc. Ream helped Chicago recover