Gutenberg printing press biography book

  • Part of an eight-volume set, these two titles provide basic information on two significant figures from the Renaissance era.
  • A biography profiling the life of Johannes Gutenberg, a man from the Renaissance era who is best known for developing the printing press.
  • A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day.

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    The Gutenberg Press

    In 1436 Johaness Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, began designing a machine capable of producing pages of text at an incredible speed—a product that he hoped would offset losses from a failed attempt to sell metal mirrors. By 1440 Gutenberg had established the basics of his printing press including the use of a mobile, reusable set of type, and within ten years he had constructed a working prototype of the press. In 1454 Gutenberg put his press to commercial use, producing thousands of indulgences for the Church. The following year he printed his famous 42-line Bible, the first book printed on a moveable type press in the West.1

    Gutenberg's press was the combined effort of several discoveries and inventions. The printing press was built around the traditional screw press, a precursor to today's drill press, with an added matrix on which individually-cast letters and symbols could be arranged to form the desired text. This moveable type design allowed pages of text to be quickly assembled from a pre-cast selection of letters and symbols rather than laboriously carved from a block of wood as in the block printing method. Gutenberg also created a unique oil-based ink which transferred from his metal type to the printing substrate much more effectiv

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    A Short History of
    The Printing Press

    *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 63545 ***

    A Short History of
    The Printing Press
    And of the Improvements in
    Printing Machinery from the
    Time of Gutenberg up
    to the Present Day

    FROM A MEDAL BY SCHARFF OF VIENNA

    PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR
    ROBERT HOE
    NEW YORK
    1902

    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    THE PRINTING PRESS5
    THE EARLIEST FORM OF THE PRINTING PRESS6
    THE BLAEW PRESS7
    STANHOPE PRESS8
    CLYMER’S COLUMBIAN PRESS8
    PETER SMITH HAND PRESS9
    WASHINGTON HAND PRESS10
    TREADWELL’S WOODEN-FRAME BED AND PLATEN POWER PRESS11
    ISAAC ADAM’S BED AND PLATEN PRESS14
    SINGLE SMALL CYLINDER PRESS18
    DOUBLE CYLINDER PRESS18
    SINGLE LARGE CYLINDER PRESS19
    STOP CYLINDER LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS26
    ROTARY ZINCOGRAPHIC OR ALUMINUM PRESS27
    TWO-COLOR ROTARY ZINCOGRAPHIC OR ALUMINUM PRESS30
    FOUR CYLINDER ROTARY TYPE-REVOLVING PRESS31
    TEN CYLINDER ROTARY TYPE-REVOLVING PRESS31
    APPLEGATH’S TYPE-REVOLVING PRESS40
    BULLOCK PRESS42
    LONDON TIMES ROTARY MACHINE46
    FIRST HOE WEB PRESS50
    DOUBLE SUPPLEMENT PRESS51
    QUADRUPLE PRESS59
    STRAIGHT-LINE PRESS59
    SEXTUPLE PRESS62
    APPLETON ROTARY BOOK PRESS68
    ROTARY TYPE-REVOLVING WEB PERFECTING PR