There are no findings jumped out of a person's thinking, nor the printing press. Seal and seal sphere that the process adheres to a principle similar to the print block has been known in China centuries before Gutenberg was born and the evidence shows that in the year 868 AD a printed book been discovered in China. A similar process is also well known in Europe before Gutenberg. Block printing allows printing many copies of a particular book. This process has one drawback: because a new and complete set of woodcuts or metal must be made for a book, by itself it is not practical to print a wide variety of books.
Often called the most important contribution was his discovery in the field of Gutenberg printing letters that can move. In this case also a similar case had been found in China around the mid-11th century by a man named Pi Sheng. The letters of the original print made from a kind of land that can not be durable. Meanwhile, some Chinese and Korean have done a series of improvements and work well before Gutenberg. The Koreans use metal printing letters, and the Korean government helped a smelter to produce printed letters at the beginning of the 15th century AD Apart from all this, a mistake to think of Pi Sheng had a special influence. At the first level, Europe did not learn the letters movable from China but on his own creations. Second, scored by means of movable letters in general has never been used in China itself until just recently when modern printing procedures they learned from the West.
There are four essential components of modern printing method. First, print letters that move, following some of the setup procedures and laying of letters established. Second, the printing press itself. Third, matching ink to produce prints. Fourth, materials such as paper to print it. Paper has been found in China years before the printing press by Ts'ai Lun and its use has been widespread in Europe before the days of Gutenberg. That element of the sole of the Gutenberg printing process that is ready so. Although others have done all kinds of work on each component, but Gutenberg has managed to do all kinds of improvements. For example, he developed a metal alloy for printing letters; pouring the liquid metal to print letters blocks appropriately and accurately; oil printing ink and presses required for printing.
Gutenberg Printing Machine
However, the overall contribution of Gutenberg mind is greater than anyone else in terms of improvement of the printing press. Its importance lies in its success primarily combines all the elements of the printing press into a system that is effective and productive. Because of the printing press, in contrast to previous inventions, the production process of large-scale primary. Sepucuk rifle itself far more effectively than a bow and arrow. A printed book is not much different with a book based on the handwriting. Excess printing machine thus lies in terms of its massive production. What has been developed by Gutenberg was not the invention of a device or sense, and not just a series of improvements, but a complete production process.
Biographical repertory us about yourself once a rare Gutenberg, we just know he was born in Germany around 1400 AD in the city of Mainz. Contributions to the art with printing occurs by mid-century and the work terbagusnya-What was called the Gospel Gutenberg-- printed in Mainz around 1454 AD Curiously, Gutenberg name was never listed in any book, nor in the Gospels Gutenberg, although a clear he himself is printed by means of discovery.
Gutenberg never appear as an entrepreneur; really she has no desire to make money from his invention. He was often involved with court charges resulting necessity for him to pay ransom in the form of tools equipment to his friend named Johann Fust. Gutenberg died in 1468 in the city of Mainz.
One page of the Gospels original Gutenberg
One of the effects of Gutenberg in the history of the world can be profitable if we connect with developments in China and Europe in the subsequent periods. At the time of Gutenberg was born, the area was almost as advanced. But after Gutenberg invented the printing press European darted forward rapidly, while the Chinese, who are still using the print blok-- rather slow progress. Perhaps an exaggeration if we say the development of printing the only factors that cause differences in the rate of progress, but the findings clearly have important meaning that can not be removed.
Also noteworthy if only three people on the list this book lived during the five centuries before Gutenberg, while sixty-seven live in the past five centuries after Gutenberg's death. It shows how the invention of the Gutenberg very meaningful, lays penting-- can be called an invention in relation to the withdrawal of the trigger advances the revolution of modern times.
Alexander Graham Bell may even not born into the world, but the phone still found at the same time in history. So also can take a sample of other inventions, without Gutenberg's invention of modern printing will be delayed a few generations, and a great measure of its effects, no one else can honor Gutenberg listed in this list.
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Hundred Most Influential People in History
Michael H. Hart, 1978
Translation H. Mahbub Djunaidi, 1982
PT. World Pustaka Jaya
Jln. Kramat II, No. 31A
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