There are also dozens of historical items, books and printing equipment on display. ... The printing press was invented around 1450 and the design was hardly changed for the next 400 years.

Before Johannes Gutenberg perfected his printing press in the 1440s, all books in Europe were produced by hand – every word had to be written out, mostly by monks or other scribes in monasteries.

Before the invention of the printing press — sometime between 1440 and 1450 — most European texts were printed using ... Gutenberg's press allowed more Bibles, books and music to reach more ...

1439: Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany, develops his printing press. In 1452, he’ll begin printing 180 copies of the entire Bible. 1473: William Caxton prints the first book in English ...

The invention of the printing press, using movable type, by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440 made books cheaper to produce, encouraging writing and the sharing of knowledge.

It surprises no one to say that the printing press has revolutionized the world. Even the word revolution, in the sense of overturning an entire established system, comes from the 1543 publication ...

But after the printing press, Palmer says it became nearly impossible to destroy all copies of a dangerous idea. And the more dangerous a book was claimed to be, the more the people wanted to read it.

The Albion press closely resembles the widely used book printing technology adopted to produce most books after 1450. “The Albion has a few more decorative elements than the Washington press.

Additionally, by the time the printing press was unveiled, eye glasses were in broad use. This allowed a much wider population to not only read, but to read with magnification, enabling Gutenberg to ...