Scholars break world record for making the longest sheet of paper
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 @ 11:47 PM
PUPILS at a Madrid high school have broken the world record for the longest sheet of paper on earth.
Over 400 students made the paper from scratch using ancient Chinese methods from around the year 105 BC, and covered it with fragments from the epic 17th-century doorstopper Don Quijote de la Mancha, to mark the fourth centenary of author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's death.
The sheet of paper measures 0.5 metres wide (about 1'8”) and 20 metres in length (65 feet), and was made by first- and second-year pupils and the lower sixth at San Isidro high school using 10 kilos of flax fibre and two tonnes of water, or around 2,000 litres.
Next April, the paper will be taken to China by a team of teachers and some very lucky pupils.
The Chinese ambassador in Spain, Zhong Xiewi, was present when the sheet was unveiled.
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