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BL
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| Record Number
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974172
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b728542
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| Main Entry
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Crompton, Samuel Etinde.
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| Title & Author
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The printing press /\ by Samuel Willard Crompton.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia, PA :: Chelsea,, 2010-
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| Series Statement
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Transforming power of technology
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (Web site.).
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| ISBN
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1438123434
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: 9781438123431
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| Notes
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Title from Web page (viewed on June 23, 2010).
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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""Contents""; ""1: Scribes, Scrolls, and Parchment""; ""2: Early Printing: China, Japan, Korea, and Germany""; ""3: Printing and Language: The Use of the Vernacular""; ""4: Printing and the Religious Revolution""; ""5: Printing and the Scientific Revolution""; ""6: Early American Printing""; ""7: The Enlightenment: Edinburgh, London, and Paris""; ""8: The Press and Human Freedom""; ""9: Printing and the Financial Revolution""; ""10: Every Man His Own Printer: The Personal Computer""; ""Chronology of Events""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index""; ""Picture Credits""
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| Abstract
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Explains the mechanics of the first printing press, invented in Germany by Gutenberg in the fifteenth century, and describes the press's revolutionary impact on the world.
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| Subject
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Printing presses-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Printing presses-- History.
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Printing-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Printing-- History-- Origin and antecedents, Juvenile literature.
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Printing-- History.
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Inventions.
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Printing-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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686.2/09
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| LC Classification
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Z124 -- C76 2004eb
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