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| Mankind has always sought to improve ways of communicating and recording thoughts. Early attempts at achieving this involved the use of waxed boards, leaves, bronze, silk, and clay tablets. It wasn't until the invention of paper that information could be recorded and passed on cheaply and in greater quantity. Way back in 4,000 B.C. - Ancient Egyptians invented the first substance like paper as we know it. Papyrus was a woven mat of reeds, pounded together into a hard, thin sheet. The word "paper" actually comes from the word "papyrus". Later on in history, the Ancient Greeks used a kind of parchment made from animal skins for the same purpose. |
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| A.D. 105 - Paper as we know it was invented by Ts'ai Lun, a Chinese court official. It is believed that Ts'ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp, and rags with water, mashed it into a pulp, pressed out the liquid and hung the thin mat to dry in the sun. Paper was born and this humble mixture would set off one of mankind's greatest communication revolutions. Literature and the arts flourished in China. The creation of paper also eliminated the cumbersome use of rock slab animation. The main problem was that the 2 inch thick slabs would often pinch the animator's fingers as they tried to "flip" their drawings. The lighter clay slabs tended to crack and break when flipped. Paper was the next obvious step in the evolution of animation. |
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