G C 3460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Screw Press, Hammermill, Movable Type
23 Jan 2018
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Papyrus paper was created in egypt before 2,200 bc and was made by slicing the plant"s stalks in very thin blades and laminating them into a weave. Since papyrus sheets were not formed from a suspension of individual fibers into a mat or a sheet, it is not considered paper. Rollable, flexible, substrate, can only write on one side. Parchment: made from splitting skin of sheep into two layers. The inside was washed, treated with lime and scraped into parchment. Doesn"t soak up the ink or paint--when ink sits on top holdout . Can use goose quill pen and be bound into books. The follicles, however, tended to produce an irregular surface. Genuine papermaking got its origin in ancient china over 1900 years ago in 105 a. d. A man named ts"ai lun created paper (as distinct from the woven silk sheets used for writing in ancient china. )
