China paper invented

It is believed that paper was invented by Ts ai in China around the 2nd century ad. The original paper was a mixture of bark and hemp. Paper was first produced in the United States by William Rittenhouse in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1690 and was made from rags. Paper was named after the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus. 

T our of the most significant developments in the progress of mankind - -are attributed to the Chinese the magnetic compass, gunpowder, printing, and paper (1). The invention of paper by Tsai Lun, a member of the Imperial Guard and Privy Councillor, was announced to the Hai Emperor of China in a.d. 105 (2). It was a unique event. At that time, the Chinese macerated fibers from rice stalks, flax, hemp, and bark in water and drained the suspension on a mold covered with silk cloth. The fiber mats were removed and dried in the sun to form paper. This uniqueness is attested to by its slow communication to other parts of the world five hundred years to reach Korea and Japan six hundred years to Samarkand and the Arab world and one thousand years to Europe,... 

When Ts ai Lun first presented his invention to China s arm-weary bureaucrats, he thought they would react to it with great enthusiasm. Instead, he was jeered out of court. Since no one at court was willing to recognize the importance of paper, Ts ai Lun decided that the only way to convince people of its value was through trickery. He would use paper, he told all who would listen, to bring back the dead ... 

Carter, T. F. The invention of paper in China. New York Columbia University Press, 1925. 

The need for a writing medium has constantly increased alongside the development of writing instruments. Early materials such as stone or animal skins were replaced in Ancient Egypt by a media made by crisscrossing and pressing together sliced strips of stem of Papyrus. In AD 105, paper was invented by Ts ai Lun in China and completely substituted Papyrus around the tenth century AD. 

Paper making was invented in China around 105 A.D. At that time, vegetable fibres served as the raw material. Later on, old cotton rags were the most common raw material, and they are still used for some special paper grades, e.g. note paper. Paper was made by hand until 1799, when the first continuous paper machine was invented. 

Paper is an important technological development. Although paper-like materials had already been in use for thousands of years, true paper from separated cellulose fibers was invented in China in the year 105. The manner of its production was a closely guarded secret. Since then, paper has become one of the most versatile and useful materials known, and it is used for a multitude of purposes. 

True paper was invented in China by a court official, Gai Lun, in the year 105. Cai Lun found that by treating cotton rags in a certain way, the material would break down into a mushy mass of fibers. When more water was added, the mixture could be pressed and dried into a thin, hard sheet that could be used for writing. This true paper became popular because it was much lighter than bamboo mats and less expensive than silk, both of which were used as writing materials at the time. Gai s method of making paper eventually made its way to Europe, where it became the material of choice for use with the printing press in the fifteenth century. Industrialization and mechanization since that time have led to the modern paper industry and to the thousands of types and forms of paper that are a basic commodity of modern society. 

Paper made from cellulose fibers was invented in China in the year 105. The method of making paper was a closely guarded secret for centuries. Control of paper manufacturing in Renaissance Italy was a source of great economic and political power, much like paper money is in modern times. Civilization likely would not exist in its present form without the invention of paper and the printing press, both of which enabled mass communication and literacy. 

The precursors of paper were papyrus and parchment, which were used for writing as early as 3000 BC in Egypt. In China, strips of bamboo or wood were used for writing and drawing before the discovery of paper. The invention of paper has been attributed to Ts ai Lun in AD 105, who produced a uniform writing-material paper from felted plant fibers [3]. The original paper was made in China from rags, bark... 

In China, artisans learned how to craft bamboo—an exceedingly Ught, hollow wood— in ways that are stiU poorly understood in most of the world. Mass production of paper made from bamboo fibers enabled the development of paper currency and, of course, accessible and cheaply made tablets for writing. The Chinese also invented paper kites, then around 600 AD combined flexible bamboo with silk for the fabric and twine, and sometimes equipped these kites with strings and whistles for musical quality. Kites and other flyers were not just for entertainment, but became useful for miUtary communication, and provided the basis for the science of aerodynamics [15]. Much later, wood was even used to build the first airplane. 

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