Paper’s invention was a revolutionary breakthrough. Following the invention of paper in 105 CE, forms of communication, ...

But it could not have done so without another invention, just as essential but much more often overlooked: paper. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy highlights the inventions, ideas and ...

In fact, it’s the ingredients for paper – as it was made in ancient China, that is. At the time of its invention, life was hard if you had something you needed to remember. Legend has it that ...

Before the invention of the printing press — sometime ... a press that mechanized the transfer of ink from movable type to paper. Adapting the screw mechanisms found in wine presses, papermakers ...

Security threads, which now run the width of the currency, are not a new invention. In some early versions of paper currency, thin security threads were added to paper. In these currencies ...