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Gutenberg

[ goot-n-burg; German goot-n-berk ]

noun

  1. Jo·han·nes [yoh-, hahn, -, uh, s], Johann Gensfleisch, c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.


Gutenberg

/ ˈɡuːtənˌbɜːɡ; ˈɡuːtənbɛrk /

noun

  1. GutenbergJohann?13981468MGermanWRITING: printerTECHNOLOGY: inventor Johann (joˈhan), original name Johannes Gensfleisch. ?1398–1468, German printer; inventor of printing by movable type


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The first article, published in March 2000, was on atonality by a scholar at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

The Daily Pic: Gutenberg replaced writing with print, but his clients were all about writing in books.

Garfield starts his tour of type and its history with Gutenberg and then meanders forward.

Where possible, references to the first volume in the text and index are linked to the version at Project Gutenberg.

And it may be said in passing that printing had been invented about forty years before by John Gutenberg at Mayence.

John Gutenberg is the only claimant who is known to have received honor during his life time as the true inventor.

The tabular view has been moved to the end of the letter in this Project Gutenberg transcription.

In this Project Gutenberg eText the erratum has been applied.

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