[DOC] [TLE] Who Invented the Printing Press? - Live Science [PAR] Feb 25, 2014 ... Gutenberg's printing press is considered one of the greatest inventions of the 
second millennium. ... Private printers in these places used both wood and metal 
blocks to ... century, when a Chinese peasant named Bi Sheng (Pi Sheng) ... that 
Sheng's movable characters were made out of baked clay. The ink... [DOC] [TLE] Movable type - Wikipedia [PAR] Movable type (British English 'Moveable Type') is the system and technology of 
printing and ... Around 1450 Johannes Gutenberg made another version of a 
metal movable-type .... The claim that Bi Sheng's clay types were "fragile" and "
not practical for large-scale ... Wooden movable types were used continually in 
China. [DOC] [TLE] 7 Things You May Not Know About the Gutenberg Bible - History in ... [PAR] Feb 23, 2015 ... The Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed in Western Europe using ... 
around the mid-11th century, a Chinese alchemist named Pi Sheng developed a 
system of individual character types made from a mixture of baked clay and glue. 
Metal movable type was later used in Korea to create the Jikji, a... [DOC] [TLE] printing | publishing | Britannica.com [PAR] Dec 11, 2015 ... Invention of movable type (11th century). About 104148 a Chinese alchemist 
named Pi Sheng appears to have conceived of movable type made of an 
amalgam of clay and glue hardened by baking. .... Gutenberg used it in 
Strassburg (now Strasbourg, France) between 1434 and 1439. But the... [DOC] [TLE] Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix [PAR] Jun 7, 2010 ... In 11th century China, Pi Sheng made this out of clay; about 1445 Gutenberg 
used metal. Would these be typeface characters for moveable... [DOC] [TLE] Science - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Gutenberg 1395-1468 In 11th century China, Pi Sheng made Movable Type out 
of clay; about 1445 Gutenberg used metal. Watt, 1736  1819) was a Scottish... [DOC] [TLE] Traveling booksellers were common figures in Europe in the ... - Scribd [PAR] European woodcuts and metal engravings date only to the 14th century. Printing 
from movable type was also invented in China (in the mid-11th century AD). ... the 
15th century, the ideographic type was made initially of baked clay and wood ..... 
It would thus appear that Pi Sheng had found an overall solution to the many... [DOC] [TLE] Traveling booksellers were common figures in Europe in the ... - Scribd [PAR] European woodcuts and metal engravings date only to the 14th century. Printing 
from movable type was also invented in China (in the mid-11th century AD). ... the 
15th century, the ideographic type was made initially of baked clay and wood and 
..... the plate. the wood block was inked with a paintbrush. like that of Pi Sheng. [DOC] [TLE] Block printing, whereby individual sheets of paper were pressed into ... [PAR] Chinese and Koreans knew about moveable metal type at the time, but because 
of the ... He made a movable wooden Rubik's Cube that can be used as a stamp: 
... century printing, gutenberg press, printing press images, gutenberg bible, ..... 
man named Bi Sheng carved individual characters on identical pieces of fine clay
. [DOC] [TLE] Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 5-1: Chemistry and Chemical ... [PAR] First book printed with metal type in China, Chu Chhen Tsou I, ..... allud~d to the 
celebrated passage about Pi Sheng in the Meng Chhi Pi Than2, and we ..... 
Paper was not used for writing until perhaps early in the + 1st century, and even 
...... the + 11th century, is strong and sturdy, with no watermarks but a surface 
made. [DOC] [TLE] [edit] History of books [PAR] Dec 4, 2006 ... Galleys are usually made as cheaply as possible, since they are not intended for 
sale. ... uponstone, clay, tree bark, metal sheetswas used for writing. .... The 
Chinese inventor Pi Sheng made movable type of earthenware circa ... Though 
papermaking in

Question: In 11th century China, Pi Sheng made this out of clay; about 1445 Gutenberg used metal
Answer: Movable Type