THE WORLD'S EARLIEST PRINTERS
It iB eaid that the art of printing was known in China upwards of 900 years ago. In th» time of Confucius B.C. 500, books were formed of slips of bamboo ; and about 150 years after Christ, paper was first made ; a.d. 745, books were bound in leaves ; A.D. 900, printing was in general use. The process of printing is simple. The materials consist of a graver, blocks of wood, and a brush, which the printers carry with them from place to place. Without wheel or wedge or screw, a printer will throw off more than 2,500 impressions a day. The paper can be bought for one-fourth the price in China that it can in any other country. The works of Confucius, six volumes, 400 leaves octavo, can be bought for ninepenw.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 12, 21 March 1901, Page 15
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136THE WORLD'S EARLIEST PRINTERS New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 12, 21 March 1901, Page 15
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