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 ...

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”.

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.

He invented a cast-iron press with compound levers which could withstand the pressures of repeated prints. His first design, with straight sides, still cracked during a run, but his second design ...

He invented a cast-iron press with compound levers which could withstand the pressures of repeated prints. His first design, with straight sides, still cracked during a run, but his second design ...