User talk:Heathen531

Wood pulp
You asked about the history of paper and the inconsistency between paper mill and paper. The paper mill article is correct in stating that wood pulp for making paper is a recent invention. While the Chinese invented paper many centuries ago they used fiber sources other than wood. They used rags, hemp and so on. Wood was too difficult to break down into fibers. Silverchemist (talk) 12:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)