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Printing press - Wikipedia  The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, based on existing screw presses.
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Printing press - Wikipedia
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Johannes Gutenberg - Wikipedia  Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, ... Gutenberg in 1439 was the first European to use the printing press and movable type in Europe. ..... Jump up ^ "What Did Gutenberg Invent?".
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The Printing Press - The History Guide  The immediate effect of the printing press was to multiply the output and cut the costs of books. ... gutenberg.jpg (11527 bytes) He who ... most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world: he had invented the art of printing.
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Who Invented the Printing Press? - Live Science  Feb 25, 2014 ... Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the inventor of the printing press. Indeed, the German goldsmith's 15th-century contribution to the technology was revolutionary  enabling the mass production of books and the rapid dissemination of knowledge throughout Europe.
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Johannes Gutenberg - Inventor - Biography.com  Oct 15, 2015 ... He's known for songs like "Johnny B. Goode" and "My Ding-a-Ling. ... He started experimenting with printing by 1438. ... Movable type had been used in Asia hundreds of years earlier, but Gutenberg's innovation ... In 1448, Johannes Gutenberg moved back to Mainz and by 1450 was operating a print shop.
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Who Invented the Printing Press? - Live Science  Feb 25, 2014 ... Johannes Gutenberg is usually cited as the inventor of the printing press. ... He cast these movable blocks of letters and symbols out of various...
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Gutenberg Bible - Wikipedia  The Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable type. ... He had invented the printing press and was the first European to print with movable .... The vellum Bibles were more expensive, and perhaps for this reason tend to be ...... Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gutenberg Bible.
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Gutenberg Bible - New World Encyclopedia  What links here  Printable version .... In a legal paper, written after the production, Gutenberg refers to the printing as ... The 35 copies printed on hemp required 11,130 sheets. ... Some copies of the Bible were printed on vellum (scraped calfskin). ... As of 2007, 48 Gutenberg 42-line Bibles are known to exist, of which 21 are...
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Johannes Gutenberg - McGill School Of Computer Science  Although movable type was known in Korea in the 13th century, Gutenberg's printing ... Gutenberg may have been familiar with printing, it is claimed that he had worked ... The Gutenbergs may have moved to Eltville am Rhein (Alta Villa), where his mother ... In 1448, he was back in Mainz, where he took out a loan from his...
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Centuries-Old Gutenberg Comes Up For Air | Beinecke Rare Book ...  A rare Bible came out of its case and time-traveled viewers back to the techie revolution ... of ... case Thursday at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. ... by Bruce Gordon, a professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale's Divinity School.
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Movable type - Wikipedia  Movable type (British English 'Moveable Type') is the system and technology of printing and ... Around 1450 Johannes Gutenberg made another version of a metal movable-type .... The claim that Bi Sheng's clay types were "fragile" and "not practical for large-scale ... Wooden movable types were used continually in China.
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The History of Printing - A Potted Version (by Pam Killalea) Printing ...  By 1450, Gutenberg had perfected his invention far enough to exploit it ... printing, who has deserved well of every nation and language. Indeed. To return to ... Early inks consisted of lampblack ... The printer made his own ink which he cooked according to a 'secret' formula. Boiled linseed oil was an ingredient at one time.
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7 Things You May Not Know About the Gutenberg Bible - History in ...  Feb 23, 2015 ... The Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed in Western Europe using ... Chinese artisans were pressing ink onto paper as early as the second ... that he produced around 180 copies of his Bible during the early 1450s.
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Bibliophilia - Still No Cure in Sight - NYTimes.com  Apr 14, 1991 ... On April 24, 1911, Henry E. Huntington confirmed his intention to form ... for a Gutenberg Bible, the most anyone had ever bid on a printed book. ... In all, $35.7 million was spent for more than 10,000 books and manuscripts, just short of the $37.4 million record for the contents of one library established in the...
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Punch archives - The Online Books Page  Punch began publication in 1841. ... It ceased publication in 1992. In 1996, the magazine was revived under new ownership, but the revival folded in 2002. ... 1841, 1853, 1872, 1887, 1890-1895, 1914-1917, 1919, 1920: Project Gutenberg is posting transcriptions ... This page has no affiliation with the serial or its publisher.
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Who Invented the Printing Press? - Live Science  Feb 25, 2014 ... Gutenberg's printing press is considered one of the greatest ... "Jikji," is believed to be the oldest book in the world printed with metal type. ... This lukewarm reception was most likely due to the complexities of Asian writing systems. ... intensive and, as a result, books in Europe were very expensive and few...
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Johannes Gutenberg Biography for Kids - Ducksters  Inventor of a method of movable type and a printing press that brought ... in Mainz, Germany; Best known for: Introduced movable type and the printing ... Without the printing press we wouldn't have had the Scientific Revolution or the ... It appears he moved a few times around Germany, but that's about all is known for sure.
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Extracts from the Gazette, 1739  [Advertisement] Benjamin Franklin, Printer, is removed from the House he lately dwelt .... of his Journals and Sermons, with Leave to print the same; I propose to publish them ... by B. Franklin, Post-Master, at the New Printing-Office near the Market. ... Cure for the Pleurisy in Poor Richard's Almanack for 1740 (see below, pp.
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History of the Printing Press - Invention of the Printing Press  May 1, 2007 ... In 1440, German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing ... 1457 First known color printing, a Psalter (a collection of Psalms for devotional use) by Faust. ... 1461 Albrecht Pfister printed the first illustrated book Edelstein ... 1476 William Caxton sets up his printing press in Westminster, England.
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Gutenberg Bible Is Sold for Record $4.9 Million - latimes  Oct 23, 1987 ... A Gutenberg Bible sold in rapid-fire, tense bidding at auction Thursday night for $4.9 million, the highest price ever paid for a book.In total, the ... the room. Throughout the world, only 48 Gutenberg Bibles, the first books printed by movable type, survive. ... Fewer than 1% of Japan's population is Christian.