| 单词 | movable type |
| 例句 | Of those advances—in paper, movable type, metallurgy, presses, inks, and scripts—paper and the idea of movable type reached Europe from China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1623, when the First Folio was printed, every page had to be set up for the press by hand, using tiny metal letters called movable type. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It took humanity 200,000 years to produce movable type, widespread literacy and enough leisure time to enjoy a book. Perspective | Summer reading has a fraught history. But if there was ever a time to delight in escapism, it’s now. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z What a book is has certainly changed over time, as clay tablets, papyrus scrolls, parchment and quills have given way to codexes, movable type, mechanized printing processes and e-readers. The 2,000-Year Story of Building the Book 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Because mankind has lived through an earlier transformation in its communications environment, brought about by the invention of printing by movable type. Everything you need to know about the internet 2010-06-19T23:14:00Z The pen, or at least movable type, was for Maximilian even mightier than the sword. 20 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z That innovation, known as movable type, made it viable to print not just a single page of text, but to simply rearrange the letters to print subsequent pages. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The printing press with movable type, developed in Europe during the Renaissance, aided Martin Luther in his efforts to spread his message, and thousands of copies of Luther’s writings circulated throughout Europe. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps their most significant innovations were movable type and the printing press, which made books cheaper and spread the new learning widely. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Among the most important inventions were movable type and gunpowder. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The same could all be said of Gutenberg’s movable type. Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg, meet Johannes Gutenberg 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z With movable type, an entire book could be printed with clear, readable letters, and at a fraction of the cost of hand-copying. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He regards Mr. Berners-Lee’s 1989 invention as an innovation as significant as Johannes Gutenberg’s development of movable type in the 15th century. An NFT of the World Wide Web sells for $5.4 million. 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The event, normally held in October, traces its roots to the 1400s not long after Johannes Gutenberg, a native of nearby Mainz, invented movable type and made mass production of books possible. In a Year of No Trade Fairs, Germany Takes It Hard 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z With movable type, a printer could arrange blocks of individual characters in a frame to make up a page for printing. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Both are as small as the Galileo, but neither were set from movable type. Why we are fascinated by miniature books 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Gutenberg would go on to invent printed illustration in 1461, using carved blocks that were sized to fit alongside movable type. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z State media hailed bike-sharing as one of China’s “new four great inventions,” putting it and high-speed rail, e-commerce and smartphone payments on the same plane as paper, movable type, the compass and gunpowder. Ofo, Pioneer of China’s Bike-Sharing Boom, Is in a Crisis 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z It is axiomatic that the way we tell stories changes as new technology emerges; the rise of the novel would have been impossible without cheap paper and movable type. “SKAM,” the Radical Teen Drama That Unfolds One Post at a Time 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The Chinese writing system contains thousands of different characters, so most Chinese printers found movable type impractical. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He mused about Gutenberg’s invention of movable type and how his contemporaries had been alarmed that people wouldn’t memorize anything anymore because of it. How Harvey Karp Turned Baby Sleep Into Big Business 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z His key invention, movable type, allowed the casting of consistent pieces of interchangeable metal letters, from which books could be expertly printed. When newspaper compositors were sporting heroes 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The invention of the movable type printing press around 1440 in Germany caused a publishing explosion. The Hunt for Centuries-Old Books Reveals the Power of the Printed Word 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Johannes Gutenberg, who invented movable type around 1450, usually gets the credit for that. How Martin Luther became a publishing smash — and created books as we know them 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z In 1452, Johann Gutenberg combined known technologies from Europe and Asia with his idea for molding movable type to create a printing press that changed the world. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The relationship between humans and their pets has been a staple of literature almost since, say, the advent of movable type. Lost dog needs his medicine, or he will die. The race is on to find him 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z As he was fond of reminding people, movable type originated in China centuries before Gutenberg. T.H. Tsien, Scholar of Chinese Written Word, Dies at 105 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Gutenberg could make movable type only because there were people nearby who knew how to manufacture hundreds of identical pieces of metal. Ten objects that made modern Germany 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s a quandary religious leaders have faced since long before movable type: Socrates was condemned to death for “denying the gods recognized by the state.” Sister Farley’s revenge: Want to popularize a book? Ban it. 2012-06-06T21:50:00Z A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z With the invention of movable type came an easy and cheap method of preserving the thoughts and history of one generation to another and transmitting the life of one nation to another. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z They invented movable type, taught us the art of printing and made it possible to save and transmit the intellectual wealth of the world. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z It is fairly clear that printing, both with blocks and with movable types, was practised in China and Japan long before it was in Europe. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z This was the first book in our country printed with movable type, so far as can be said with certainty. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z After movable types came the invention of Presses. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z In another of these books, the Speculum Human� Salvationis, the titles were not engraved on the plates, but were printed with movable types. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z Printing with movable types was the natural outcome of printing with blocks. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z And it is worth mention in passing that, as an example of fine typography, the earliest book printed with movable types, the Gutenberg, or "forty-two line Bible" of about 1455, has never been surpassed. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The method of printing with movable types had been introduced into Korea of course from China, and types made of wood as well as of clay had long been in use there. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z It is a great step from the humble invention of Schoeffer five hundred and fifty years ago of cast movable type to that of another German, Mergenthaler, in 1890-92. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The art of printing was known to the ancient Chinese, but movable types were first used by Gutenberg about 1454. Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes 2011-07-19T02:00:23.283Z So far from block-printing being unable to co-exist with printing from movable type, it was not till nearly a century after printing had been invented that block-books finally ceased to be produced. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z It was during this period that gunpowder and printing with movable types were invented—the first completely revolutionizing the methods of warfare and the second marvelously facilitating the diffusion of knowledge. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z To print sundry accessories alongside Chinese texts, in order to make them easily legible for Japanese students, was another difficulty which was found almost insuperable in the adoption of movable types. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Books Before TypographyBy F. W. Hamilton A primer of information about the invention of the alphabet and the history of book-making up to the invention of movable types. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z Hovering about this gentleman, our eyes detect at once that the impression on his page is taken from a wood-cut imitation of handwriting; movable types are not yet introduced into Japan. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 The interest thus early shown in block-books sprang from an entirely reasonable, but probably incorrect, view of the part which they had played in the development of printing with movable type. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z This tradition was already highly developed before the days of printing from movable type, and long before the days when maps or illustrations were printed. The Salvaging Of Civilisation What most attracts our attention in his undertakings, however, is the fact that all of these books were printed, not in the movable type then in vogue, but in the wood-block style of old. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z He perceived the advantage and utility of such insulated characters, which hitherto he had been cutting together on one block, and so the invention of printing with individual movable type was made. From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 It interpreted something to the reader that words were incapable of doing; and even when movable type was first introduced, the simple character of the engravings harmonised well with the letters. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. But within this restricted field it had its own commercial possibilities, and there is thus nothing surprising in its coexistence with printing from movable type. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z And it is worth mention in passing that, as an example of fine typography, the earliest book printed with movable types, the Gutenberg, or “forty-two line Bible” of about 1455, has never been surpassed. The Art and Craft of Printing It proves also that Japan was not yet in any urgent need of seeing books suddenly multiplied by the busy use of movable types. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z As to the exact date of the invention of printing from individual movable type in Europe, we know only that it was some time prior to A. D. 1454. From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 The Chinese newspapers of modern times are all printed from movable types, an ordinary fount consisting of about six to seven thousand characters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Woodcut pictures and text printed from movable type. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Since the invention of movable types came opportunely to meet the desire for enlightenment by means of books, it was natural that printed books should be planned closely to imitate the hand-written or lettered books. Applied Design for Printers A Handbook of the Principles of Arrangement, with Brief Comment on the Periods of Design Which Have Most Strongly Influenced Printing Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #43 Most of the early editions are printed from movable types with a block printed illustration at the head of each page. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 The first authentic European printing produced from individual movable type of which we have any recorded impression, bears the date of A. D. 1454. From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 Gutenberg, Faust, and others improved upon the Chinese method by a system of movable type. History of Human Society Analogies from books printed with movable types may be quoted on both sides. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z The invention of the poor sacristan would have covered the surface of the earth with plates engraved or sculptured in relief, but would not have been a substitute for a single case of movable type. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The early 15th century, then, sees everything prepared for the invention and use of movable types for printing purposes. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 The inventor of movable types, says the venerable Teufelsdröckh, was disbanding hired armies, cashiering most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete We find also that the Arabs had learned to print from movable type, and the introduction of paper made the printing-press possible. History of Human Society Five hundred years before the art of printing was known to Europe, books were multiplied by movable types in China, and her annals thereby preserved. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Five hundred years before the art of printing was known to Europe, books were multiplied by movable types in China. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands The Chinese are said to have used movable types made of porcelain at a very early period. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 Another benefit derived by Japan from her contact with Korea at this time was the introduction of movable type. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era There are, however, earlier examples of little books printed with engraved blocks and even with movable types. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Within these circles may be placed either movable types, or letters and figures may be engraved on the circles themselves, and these, according to a key, of which the corresponding parties must possess a duplicate. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The first half deals with Jackson’s opinions on the origins of printing from movable type and the progress of cutting on wood, the second half with Jackson’s career and his venture into wallpaper manufacturing. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut Here were Luther's manuscript translation of the Bible, Gutenberg's Bible, the first book printed on movable types, the ancient Codex of the time of Charlemagne, miniatures, illuminated missals, and other things of much interest. In and Around Berlin Printing from movable types would have been impossible under such a system. China and the Chinese It would certainly be unreasonable to complain that printing with movable types was not inventxied at a time better suited to our national convenience. English Embroidered Bookbindings It is chiefly used for making, from the ordinary movable types, plates of fixed metallic types, for printing books. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. In Bibles the whole art of printing with movable types is fully portrayed, the series beginning with the "Mazarin," or Gutenberg, Bible, the first book ever printed with movable types. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 It must not be forgotten that many gross errors in typography occur after the sheet is gone to press, through the accidents that are constantly happening to the movable types. Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851 He began by explaining the different kinds of type and how they are made, and showed specimens of the old block-printing which preceded the movable type and is still used in China. Miscellanies The original Morse transmitter had consisted of a porte-rule and movable type. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty The inventor of movable types, says the venerable Teufelsdröckh, was disbanding hired armies, cashiering most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Once you invent the printing press, all the books that are better-suited to movable type migrate into that new form. Ebooks: Neither E, Nor Books Many attempts were made to obtain solid printing-surfaces by transfer from similar surfaces, composed, in the first place, of movable types. Men of Invention and Industry This invention was the method of printing with movable types. Introductory American History The use of movable types, although devised, it is said, many centuries earlier, did not come into vogue until the seventeenth century. Outline of Universal History Both paper and movable type had to be invented. Early European History Nothing in all history exceeds in moral importance the invention of the telegraph except the invention of printing with movable types. Steam, Steel and Electricity Stereotyping is the transfer of pages of movable type into solid metal plates, by the medium of moulds formed of plaster of Paris, papier-mâché, gutta-percha, or other substances. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation The great advantage of movable type over the blocks was the infinite variety of work which could be done by simply setting and resetting the type. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Of these the principal were gunpowder, the mariner's compass, and printing by movable types. Outline of Universal History Men now had a material moderate in price, durable, and one that would easily receive the impression of movable type. Early European History Here began the art of printing, but it was not till a blacksmith named Pe-Ching, three or four hundred years later, invented movable types that the astounding possibilities of the invention were seen. Round the World They say that the first movable types were made on birch sticks—BUCHSTABE—hence the name. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 01 Among the most essential elements of the perfected process are movable type with which the impression is made, and paper, on which it is made. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. They had been printed from movable types of metal. Famous Men of the Middle Ages A German, Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, set up the first printing press with movable type about 1450 A.D., and from it issued the first printed book. Early European History Vulcan has done much in the past in his smithy, forging the thunderbolts of war, but put all such weapons together and I will back the movable types of Pe-Ching for victory. Round the World All the witnesses made written record of the immense historical birth—the first justification of a line of movable type by machinery—and also set down the hour and the minute. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) The actual history of the transition from the use of blocks to movable type—the real invention of modern printing—is shrouded in a good deal of mystery and dispute. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. The Germans—and most other people—think that he was the inventor of the art of printing with movable types. Famous Men of the Middle Ages The art of printing from movable type, beginning with Gutenberg about 1450, helped to further the Renaissance. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest This is best exemplified by comparing Chinese printing methods, intent on letters seen as images, with those following Gutenberg's movable type. The Civilization of Illiteracy This is indeed the first line of movable types that ever was perfectly spaced and perfectly justified on this earth. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) The other great event of that same century was the invention of printing with movable type. Study of the King James Bible III The Dutch claim that Lorenz Coster, a native of Harlem, in the Netherlands, was the first person who printed with movable type. Famous Men of the Middle Ages Notwithstanding the fact that Cathay was the happy possessor of gunpowder, movable type, and the compass before such things were dreamt of in Europe, she owed them to no knowledge of physics, chemistry, or mechanics. The Soul of the Far East Not long after this the Dutch say Coster had made movable types and was printing and selling books in Harlem. Famous Men of the Middle Ages |
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