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Author
Publisher
Lane Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"Documents printing technology and innovations...describes the early days of setting type by hand and today's automation of the printing process..." p. 9. Covers the history of printing in Vermont from 1904 to the present. Most emphasis is on the Lane Press, but other printing companies are included. There are oral histories from people who have worked in the industry.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When his foster father, a wealthy merchant and bookseller, finances Johann Gutenberg and his printing press, Peter Schoeffer is ordered to become Gutenberg's apprentice and begins his education in the "darkest art" as they print copies of the Holy Bible, drawing the wrath of the Church.
10) 3D printing
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
3D printing is no longer just a figment of your imagination. This remarkable technology is coming to the masses with the growing availability of 3D printers. 3D printers create 3-dimensional layered models and they allow users to create prototypes that use multiple materials and colors. This friendly-but-straightforward guide examines each type of 3D printing technology available today and gives artists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and hobbyists insight...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the life story of founding father Benjamin Franklin, describing the many hats he wore, from inventor to businessman to statesman; the persona he created--and that still lives on; and his relationships with his wife, his illegitimate son, and his illegitimate grandson.
14) London in chains
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 1647, Lucy Wentor flees her father's home after being attacked by soldiers during the Civil War, hoping to start her life over with her uncle and aunt in London, and takes a postition as an assistant in a print shop known for printing seditious literature.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist, and the most prominent celebrity of the 18th century. Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions,...
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