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The Chinese were the first to discover a practical method of paper making by the weaving of fibres. The Arabs of Samarkand acquired
the art from the Chinese and were followed by the Persians. The Moors introduced paper making into Europe in the twelfth century through Spain as they dul agriculture after that art had been lost and forgotten during the dark ages.
From spain paper ma'king spread to Italy France t lie Netherlands
"'9 7 I and Germany. It was begun in England in 1 1-7(5, but apparently died until reintroduced one hundred years later. Howeyer it did not be■J come firmly established until the end of the seventeenth century.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 26, 23 November 1945, Page 6
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114ORIGIN OF PAPER Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 26, 23 November 1945, Page 6
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