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Cadi Tayeb Roudani, the man who first introduced the printing press to Morocco
the printing press was confiscated by the Makhzen. Getting Muslims and their scholars to change their stance on printing, as invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1445, was no easy task. Resistance ...
THE WEEK1 年
The printing press explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
The printing press is “a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter”, explained History.com. Before its invention, all manuscripts had to be written out by hand ...
BBC3 年
Cast-iron printing press
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 ...
Goethe2 年
The coffee filter
The printing press is certainly one of the greatest German inventions. From the fifteenth century, it meant that books - and therefore knowledge - could be disseminated worldwide. Looking back, it is ...