Look and Read Money The Chinese invented paper and painting. Then they invented paper money. Before coins and paper money, people used to trade for things they needed. As time passed, people begin to use shells, jewels, or tea leaves in the same way we use money now. People use about 140 kinds of money today. Records In the past, when people wanted to listen to singers and musicians, they had to do it in person. They didn’t have any way to keep the music they heard. Then in 1877, Thomas Edison recorded human speech for the first time. For many years, people used to play records made of plastic on gramophones. Today we listen to music on tapes, CDs and on computers. Plasters Before Earle Dickson invented the Band- Aid in 1920, people had different ways to stop bleeding and protect a wound. They used to chew up leaves and put them in the wound, put in spider webs, or pack the cut with sawdust. Today, we all have a box of sticking plasters at home. Umbrellas The ...