An Egyptian papyrus
Paper Inventions
Paper, an old Egyptian invention
Paper is one of the most important inventions of all times. The word paper comes from the word papyrus –a grasslike plant. The Egyptians first used papyrus around the year 3000 B.C. to make a kind of paper. In A.D. 105, a Chinese man named Ts’ai-Lun created a new type of paper using pieces of old cloth. For centuries, people all over the world used this Chinese method to make paper. In 1838, Charles Fenerty, a Canadian man, invented a new method of papermaking using wood. Today, most of the paper we use is made from wood.
