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Cai Lun's invention is dated AD 105. The Emperor Ho-Ti was pleased by this invention and granted Cai Lun an aristocratic title which contained great wealth. But in the end his great wealth and position led to his downfall when Cai Lun drank poison and committed suicide after he had taken a bath and had been dressed in fine robes. | Cai Lun's invention is dated AD 105. The Emperor Ho-Ti was pleased by this invention and granted Cai Lun an aristocratic title which contained great wealth. But in the end his great wealth and position led to his downfall when Cai Lun drank poison and committed suicide after he had taken a bath and had been dressed in fine robes. | ||
| − | By the tenth century, paper production was widespread enough to spawn a printing industry in China. Chinese papermakers pulped the bark of the mulberry tree, a process which could not be duplicated elsewhere. In the | + | By the tenth century, paper production was widespread enough to spawn a printing industry in China. Chinese papermakers pulped the bark of the mulberry tree, a process which could not be duplicated elsewhere. In the fourteenth century, Europeans developed paper mills that used water power to pulp rags. The inexpensive paper produced by these mills was the basis the printing revolution. |
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Revision as of 10:53, June 14, 2016
Cai Lun was traditionally said to be the inventor of paper. He was born in Guiyang, China during the Eastern Han dynasty. Cai Lun became the secretary to the Emperor Ho-Ti. Cai Lun experimented with different materials like bark, hemp, silk, and, strangely, even a fishing net. The formula for paper that he finally came up with has been lost to history.
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Cai Lun's invention is dated AD 105. The Emperor Ho-Ti was pleased by this invention and granted Cai Lun an aristocratic title which contained great wealth. But in the end his great wealth and position led to his downfall when Cai Lun drank poison and committed suicide after he had taken a bath and had been dressed in fine robes.
By the tenth century, paper production was widespread enough to spawn a printing industry in China. Chinese papermakers pulped the bark of the mulberry tree, a process which could not be duplicated elsewhere. In the fourteenth century, Europeans developed paper mills that used water power to pulp rags. The inexpensive paper produced by these mills was the basis the printing revolution.