Did you know #49| Printing - Blocks to Books

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Throughout most of history, books are written by hand. Each book takes a long time to copy. Handwritten books are expensive.
In the 1500's, Gutenberg is a goldsmith. He gets the idea to cast individual block letters. He puts them together to form words. He uses the big screw from a wine press to push the ink from the letters onto the poper pages. This makes
books faster and less expensive. Today, Printing Presses still use the same idea.

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