It’s widely accepted that the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg in the 15 th Century was the event that essentially enabled the development of the modern world, allowing access to ...

It seems there is a special day for everything. Last Tuesday was National Beagle Day. Our dog thought every day was National ...

But for today, you can use your 3D printer to produce a working printing press by following plans from ... Real type was made with lead and we doubt the plastic type will be quite as durable.

The printing press is “a device that allows for the mass ... it was certainly a dramatic gesture – but he made sure he “had multiple copies made to hand out elsewhere”.

They first tried to offer Thomas honors and awards in the hopes it would soften his criticism, but he made clear he could ... Thomas disassembled his printing press and had it secretly ferried ...

The first printing press in America was set up in Cambridge ... "The first thing printed was the freemen's oath; the next was an almanac made for New England by Mr. William Pierce, mariner ...

When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, he surely could never have imagined just how much it would change the lives of people all over the world for centuries to come.