The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-08-22
Chronology of Printine.

Al 8gl3aHt #4a srftf f8ge8f tEs tsssi AS
Chronology Of Printing.
Previous to the year 1900, printing
from wooden blocks was said to be
known and practiced il China
but the most authentic information
~ to the art, Of which We have rec
ord, is given below, andsmay be ver-
1900. Playing cards first printed
from blocks il Europe. - RA'
f1l44O. John Genesteish, surnamed
Gutenburg, first prints in an alpha
betical language, from wooden hlocks
which served only tor the work prin-
tied.
1445. John Msydenbuch joins his
wealth to the skill Of GutenbuJg and
John Faustus, who were the first
printers. About this time Faustus
invepts movable types of metal, re-
ceiving assisl apce from his son-in--
law, Peter Scheffer, who devised the
punchenns, Matrices and moulds for
casting them, ee
1862. Faustus prints tho Vulgate
Bible, IN two volumes, which be
sOai 1t drst % high - Ave hundred
crowns per copy. Having reduced
the price to thirty crowns, be was
seriously adjudged to be in league
with the devil, and would have been
sacrificed for witchcraft, had he not
explained his art. sfa aeii i sit sa
1866. Faustusg prints Cicero de or !
ciis, and soon after dies. \
1473.. Greek first printed. " -.
1474. First printing in England.
1476. First Almanac printed. m
1895. Wilkin de Wor6e pyints the
first book on paper manufactured ia
i4ss. First work Of geographic
al nature printed in Spain. E7a7ara
1901. 1nqnisition at Venico to check
the diffusion Of knowledge by the
press. emss IS aa,.. $
1922. Hebrew printed IN Germs
NJ. @ aa'@ sasl1'i Il lgg tE
1882. 1Gasstteers first published
IN Venic, and 90 callcd from coin
for which they were sold, Gaxetta.
1887. The first book on longitude
written BY Nonius and printed in
Portugal. s. '''','.
1854. The first aipAabe& for the
deaf and dumb, with instructions,
printed in Spain. g gss9 INF?
l. 1911. Printers in Paris, a. mark
Of respect, authorised 70 wear
lswords. q 49,
1876. Book Of Diophantine Alge-
bra first printed. a7i. ihai of
ual588. - English Mercuria," q pam
Iphlet printed the first attempt at
periodical literature.
1903. First Decimal Arithmetic
printed in Flanders. ~
p 1R12o King James, tha prasent
version Of the Bible, which had been
seven years in the handsof the trans.
lators. printed.
1915. Napier's Logarithmus pr:n-
tied. aftisi' aff7 Z sfft ''af3
1859. Printing al Cambridge,
Mass, being the first attempt within
the present liraits Of the United
States.
le49. The Rrst code Of Pension
Laws printed. fasl4
NJ 1861. 80 The Public Intelligcncer,
| by Sir Robert L'Estradgc, the first
ncwspsper published in England, Of
which a few numbers are .eXtant.
1865. First Treatise on Insurance
Eprinted. s8t ta94i TaEtkI 95sR
/ 17O5. Tho " boston Ncws Letter
the first paper within tho limits o1
tho United States, printed by John
Campbell, . .Scotchman.
+ l706. DR.. Franklin, tho American
|printer, phiiosopher and Statesman
born in Boston. @ ag
i 1909. American :. Weekly Mercu
Iry," the first @ paper in Philadelphia
1928: The .New York; Gaxette,'
the first paper in that State printed
and published in June. aoy Il
j 1929. Maryland Gazette printed.
| 1881. Printing in South Carolins
i 1882. First printing onpaper mad,
within the limits of the u. S.
| 1897. First printing In Georgia
i 1855. Johnson's Dictionary print
led in England. I
/ It'll. Printing In Louisian
II 1919. Fifty-six newspapers prin
ted in tho United States.
1897. First printing in Mississippi
1893. The g Mississippi Gazette
/ printed in Matches. e-os is;.y,
] 1915. Printing in Alabama.
Il 1898. Nine hundred nswspapcrl
printed in the United States.
j 1886. Thirteen hundred newspa-
papers in the United States snt
Territories and District Of Columbia
\ From that time TO The present, tn,
increase Of newspApers and book
printed has scracely : limit.
STANTON. ( ...,,.i
/, We give below the full text OF tn
letter Of Gen. Grant, to Secretar,
stanton notifying the lattor Of hi
lGrant's) acceptance Of tho Por
tolio Of the War o1iee al interim.