To: Zeneta
At that time they had the basics for making a printing press. They even did quite a bit of block printing.
The big breakthrough was the idea of movable type and the alloy to make them which had to be hard enough to keep it's shape and soft enough that it did not damage the paper.
114 posted on
04/12/2015 7:40:48 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear; DBrow
Paper no paper..
I think you two need to work a few things out.
121 posted on
04/12/2015 7:44:52 PM PDT by
Zeneta
(Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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