Stevens wrote a book called ‘A School Arithmetic’ in which they discussed a chapter related to the use of graph papers. Knight, in their book ‘Algebra for Beginners (1906 Edition), advocated the use of good quality graph papers. Later on, after about a century, a Professor from the University of Chicago stressed the use of graph papers with square lines, especially by the students who were getting higher education in universities.

Buxton from England had the copyrights of this paper. In 1794, the very first graph paper with rectangular grids was published. Graph papers are used by mathematicians and engineers for ages. For example semi-log papers, Cartesian paper, polar graph paper, and unusual paper. Graph papers are also categorized based on the different types of uses. The formats are named millimeter paper, hexagonal paper, engineering paper, normal probability paper, polar coordinate paper, isometric graph paper, quad paper, etc. Also, there are different formats of graph papers available depending upon the type of end-users. They may vary from 1 line/inch to 24 lines/inch. The squares on graph paper could be of various sizes depending upon the requirement of the user. However, there are numerous other shapes are available such as triangular, compacted circles, Wulff net, twill, overlapping circles, Cornell notepaper, tessellated, spaced circles, brick designs, etc. Mostly graph papers with squares are used.

The basic use of such papers is to make different types of graphs and drawings. They can also be downloaded from a computer. Their notebooks and separate leaves are easily available in stores. The lines run from top to bottom and from left to right side, covering the paper entirely with boxes, circles, rectangles, triangles, etc. Graph Paper, also known as coordinate, square, or grid paper, is having very fine lines printed on it making up a grid-like formation.

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