How a Gutenberg Printing Press Works

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  @chrisjensen1924 · 4 years ago

  I'm a professor and use this video in several of my classes about early print. Incredible resource! (But I always get a little bit sad when he fumbles for a second.)

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• PU

  @PutDemLinksWitDemGrits · 8 years ago

  Lol. That guy pissed that old man off so much his mind went blank for a minute

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• DU

  @durwoodball4062 · 6 years ago

  A fantastic demonstration of a highly specialized skill. Those old master printers were real magicians in their time. The books, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, and other products from their presses were the fount of culture in their communities. As a research scholar, I'm grateful for the printing press and the men and women who operated them. I certainly miss the days of hot-lead type.

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• YO

  @yosoypabliyo · 10 years ago

  Oh my god, I though he was gonna have a heart attack when he went blank.... Damn...

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  @Mediaadoration · 6 years ago

  When your history teacher sends you here but you aren’t upset

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• TH

  @thetherrannative · 4 years ago

  What nowadays seems like such a simple and obvious invention absolutely <i>revolutionized</i> the spread of information back in the day. Without the printing press, the world we live in today would simply not exist. It makes you wonder what wonderful new ideas lie ahead!

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  @theinsfrijonds · 11 years ago

  So, this guy is basically doing the 14th century version of Control + P?

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• PO

  @poulomi__hari · 5 years ago

  What blows my mind is that they first had to make the metal pads with a whole print of the book page by page, so they could imprint it on paper.

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• VA

  @vanshika8004 · 3 years ago

  here in India, in 10th grade we have to study about this gutenberg printing press...and this is ACTUALLY very helpful video and it was very interesting to know...💛thanks for showing us this

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• RI

  @riyakakkar8805 · 8 years ago

  anyone find this so satisfying?

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• DI

  @dishadoshi2997 · 8 years ago

  Thank you so much. It&apos;s amazing how much effort they put into printing just one book. Makes me appreciate the technology we have today.

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  @pravinda333 · 7 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLctAw4JZXE&amp;t=169">2:49</a> &quot;Don&apos;t interrupt me, honey&quot;

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