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=== International Standardizations ===
=== International Standardizations ===
German physicist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg appears to be have proposed the standardized paper size system  
German physicist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg appears to be have proposed the standardized paper size system  
Link to [[https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/lichtenberg-letter.html]]
[[https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/lichtenberg-letter.html/title]]


==== Section 1.1 ====
==== Section 1.1 ====

Revision as of 19:14, 3 December 2020

History

Before Standardization

Since early books were exclusively handmade materials, page sizes varied considerably and without any stand for uniformity. During the manual paper making process, the size of the paper was governed by the size of the framed screen used to hold and mould the paper material solution.

International Standardizations

German physicist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg appears to be have proposed the standardized paper size system [[1]]

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