Gutenburg the Goldsmith and the Press

This inventor was born in Germany and he was a goldsmith until he invented the first printing press with movable type and advanced mechanisation. It was so successful that people used it until the end of the 20Th Century. Before Mr. G people used block printing and movable clay type and xylography.

The beauty of the printing press was not only mass production but also standardisation, we all know that a mouth to mouth story passed on through generations or a story read by one and retold by another loses it's exactitude.



Bibliography

About.com:inventors (online) (last accessed 4 November 2009). Available at :
http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/Gutenberg.htm


The Great Idea Finder (online) (last accessed 4 November 2009). Available at :
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/printpress.htm