Printing Press
1455
Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz prints the 42-line Bible using movable type cast from a lead-tin-antimony alloy. Within 50 years there are 28,000 different books in print across Europe.
Part of First · Watch in the documentary
1455
Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz prints the 42-line Bible using movable type cast from a lead-tin-antimony alloy. Within 50 years there are 28,000 different books in print across Europe.
Part of First · Watch in the documentary