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Gutenburg's Printing Press

Without the printing press our best ideas would not survive to be improved.

Submitted by: Mark Cooper

Submitted on March 21, 2007 3:57 PM | Comments (2)| Post a comment| Email a friend|Report this post
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I agree with you and thought printing was no 1, but unfortunately if Gutenburg had wanted to patent his invention in 1440 he would have had to wait until 1474 for the Patent office to open and it would have had to catch a lift to Venice

Posted by John Fourie Wed Mar 07 3:57 PM | Report

I agree with you and thought printing was no 1, but unfortunately if Gutenburg had wanted to patent his invention in 1440 he would have had to wait until 1474 for the Patent office to open and it would have had to catch a lift to Venice

Posted by John Fourie Wed Mar 07 3:57 PM | Report
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