【用英文介绍纸张的历史】
用英文介绍纸张的历史
【用英文介绍纸张的历史】
用英文介绍纸张的历史
Historyofpaper
PaperwasinventedbytheChineseby105ADduringtheHanDynastyandspreadslowlytothewestviaSamarkandandBaghdad.PapermakingandmanufacturinginEuropestartedintheIberianPeninsula,today'sPortugalandSpainandSicilyinthe10thcenturybytheMuslimslivingthereatthetime,andslowlyspreadtoItalyandSouthFrancereachingGermanyby1400.InmedievalEurope,thehithertohandcraftofpapermakingwasmechanizedbytheuseofwaterpower,thefirstwaterpapermillintheIberianPensinsulahavingbeenbuiltinthePortuguesecityofLeiriain1411,andotherprocesses.TherapidexpansionofEuropeanpaperproductionwastrulyenhancedbytheinventionoftheprintingpressandthebeginningofthePrintingRevolutioninthe15thcentury.
Theword"paper"isetymologicallyderivedfrompapyros,AncientGreekfortheCyperuspapyrusplant.Papyrusisathick,paper-likematerialproducedfromthepithoftheCyperuspapyrusplantwhichwasusedinancientEgyptandotherMediterraneanculturesforwritinglongbeforethemakingofpaperinChina.Papyrushoweverisa"laminationofnaturalplants,whilepaperismanufacturedfromfibreswhosepropertieshavebeenchangedbymacerationordisintegration.