a text-book of papermaking
1Book — A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf… …
2Book collecting — Some inexpensive collectible books Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given individual collector.… …
3Dard Hunter — William Joseph Dard Hunter (November 29, 1883 – February 20, 1966) was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking especially by hand, using the tools and craft of four centuries prior. Hunter produced two hundred copies of his book …
4Four Great Inventions of ancient China — [ papermaking, outlined by Cai Lun in 105 AD] The Four Great Inventions of ancient China (zh tsp|t=四大發明|s=四大发明|p=sì dà fā míng, meaning four great inventions ) are four inventions that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical… …
5List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
6printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …
7Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
8Bookbinding — A traditional bookbinder at work Old bookbindings …
9Inventions in medieval Islam — A significant number of inventions were developed in the medieval Islamic world, a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from Al Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east.… …
10Printing press — For the history and technology of movable type, see Movable type. Printing press from 1811, exhibited in Munich, Germany …
