The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-31

by the Chinese in los A. D. About
10 years later block printing Waf
practiced In Japan.
A Chinese smith. II Sheng, invent.
ed the next great innovation. IL
made d paste of porcelain clay and cut
il into cubes, on which he carved
Chinese characters. They we're baked
in an oven until hard IN driving. Of
course, their sizes became even more
irregular than when they were frs'
nodded. ri shene took sheet OF iron
and covered il with a layer Of wax
lime and resin. Above this he plae-
ed a frame containing parallel wires.
Between the wires he forced the NOV
able types. The wax was warmed
/ until il was soff, and Pi Sheas
! planed' the fgpe down until its sur
face was even. The form was
locked by the simple expedient o.
/ letting the NAY cool and harden. Ink
was passed ever the type with cor
brush, sheet OF paper WIS placed
over the mixed surface an with an
other brush the impression Wa5 taken.
After all the sheets had bell printed
the form was IA oeked y heating the
/ wax. The type was cleaned and Was
then distributed into a case. The
Chinese method OF printing today is
essentially the same as that followed
by the smith. ri Sheng The clay
TYPE did not prove popular bur an
other genius vas struck with the idea
of using metal instead of porcelain
clay, and by 14o3 the Coreans were
using movable types OF copper and
lead
As part of the exhibit at the New
berry Library. DR.. Berthold Laufer
has prepared the following tabloid
history of printing and rag paper max
ing:
History of printing:
is A D.-Texts of the Chinese
classics engraved on stone tablets and
paper rubbings taken from them in
the interests of students.
593-First of the classical books of
Confucianism by means of wooden
blocks; on a smaller scale, block
printing had been. practiced at an
earlier date.
764-Block printing in Japan.
10th century-Date of the Arabic
REPRINTED books discovered in
Faiyum, Egypt.
Notwithstanding the period of the
Sung dynasty the rise OF literature
and art resulted in high development
of printing. Specimens of Sung
prints are in the Newberry and Crerar
Libraries. among others a history OF
China in 100 volumes published in
lip.
972-First printing of the Chimes
version of the Buddhist canon, the
Tripitaka.
1O69-First printing of the Thibetan
sacred writings in Pekin, 80 volumes.
1311-19-First printing of the
kanjur and Tanjur in Thibet.
resin a printing office establish
ed by the Mongol rulers of Persia in
Tabriz paper notes We're turned out
after the Chinese method of block
printing.
1310-The Persian historian, Rash
ider-din. describe the Chinese process
of printing.
1041-49-Movable types of clay in
vented in China by smith, Pi Sheng.
1403-Printing and movable types
of copper and lead in Korea.
1423-First dated wood engraving in
Europe, representing st. Christopher.
1437-57-The Dominican, Conrad
Forster, in Nurnberg employed NOV
able types in bookbindings.
1439-John Gutenberg made his first
experiments in Strassberg.
144S-First printing press of Guten-
berg in Mainz.
1467-Printing in Rome.
1469-Printing in Paris.
1474-Printing in Spain.
1477-Printing in England by Will
liam Caxton at Westminster Abbey.
1540-First press in the new world
at the City of Mexico.
15S4-Press at Lima, Peru.
163S-First press in the British
colonies of North America set up al
Harvard College University Press
1728-The largest cyclopedia TIA
snu tsi ch'eng) printed in 5000 vol
umes by means of a font of 250000
movable copper types under the En-
peror kan-hsi. A copy is in the
Crerar Library.
173S-The Chinese version of the
Buddhist canon printed from 2S.411
wooden blocks in the Palace of Pc
king. Original edition in Newberry
Library.
The history of rag paper is So.
forth as follows:
A. D. 105-Invention of mixed rag
paper by Taisi Lun, the first to utilize
raw vegetable fibers with the addition
Of rags
751-Method of paper making intro
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