Printing was actually invented by the Buddhists in the eighth ... I'm not saying that Gutenberg actually had access to a Chinese press; that's highly unlikely. Rather, he probably got wind of ...

It seems there is a special day for everything. Last Tuesday was National Beagle Day. Our dog thought every day was National ...

Press for Printing The printing press, a revolutionary invention by Johannes Gutenberg ... relying on the stars. The Chinese created the first compass between the ninth and eleventh centuries.

Block printing, in which ink is applied to carved woodcuts and printed onto paper or cloth, arrived in Europe from China in ... when the invention of the mechanised cylinder press did away with ...

German scholar Fabian Schrodt (R) experiences and recreates Bi Sheng's movable-type printing at the Bi Sheng Memorial Hall in Yingshan County, central China's ...