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....us the papyrus or paper-reed of the Nile, also writing-material made of it, a. Gr. nanvpos the papyrus-reed. From the writing-sheets made of the thin strips of papyrus the name was transferred to paper made of cotton, and thence to paper of linen and other fibres. These extensions took place before the word became English, so that here its application to papyrus is only a later retrospective use.]....

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....ade by coating paper with a mixture consisting principally of a wax and a pigment. The color is obtained from the pigment, usually a carbon black of low oil absorption, plus toners, usually lake pigments or oil-soluble dyes, which are added to increase the blackness. The wax, which acts as a binder for the pigment, must have a viscosity low enough to permit slight penetration into the pa....

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....URT] In Encyclopaedia Britannica [Volume 13 (15th Edition)], "paper" has been defined as basic material used for written communication and the dissemination of information. Paper, the general name for the substance commonly used for writing upon or wrapping things in. In Unabridged Edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language the word "paper" has been defined a....

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....ally more costly than paper which is manufactured from renewable resources. The largest use for paper is in sheets of varied thickness called paper board, for packaging, followed by printing and writing papers and sanitary tissues. Substantial quantities of paper are impregnated with asphalt for use as roofing materials while other paper products are used as decorating materials, packaging materia....