Paper wasn't always wood. Paper started out as silk. Later the Chinese pounded bamboo to a pulp, boiled it with lime for eight days, poured it into a vat, carefully lowered a screen into it, when it came out it was covered with wet fibers which were pressed and dried. Later on they used mulberry bark, straw, hemp, and seaweed. Now it is made of wood which is probably easier to make.
2 much stuff... ahhh... probably a week or so to make a sheet.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. I wonder how anyone thought of that. Maybe one day some guy (or girl) was like let's try smashing bamboo, boiling it in lime, and putting a screen on it and see what happens.
ReplyDeleteLime juice?? Really , thats really cool! I wonder if it owas sour if you tried to eat it? This is some really cool in formation, Jake!!
ReplyDeleteWhy would they use lime juice?!?! I wonder if someone tried to eat it, ha ha.
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