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Pre-1800 Books, Paper, and Printing Presses This image is in the public domain. 21H.343J / CC.120J, Spring 2016 1 Writing Media Image courtesy of Ashley Van Haeften on flickr. License CC BY. Image courtesy of Jack Zalium on flickr. License CC

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21H.343J / CC.120J, Spring 2016

Pre-1800 Books, Paper, and Printing Presses

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Writing Media

Cuneiform Tablet Anatolia, ca. 1875-1840 BC LA County Museum Khipu, Inkan Date Recording System in use before 1500.

Image courtesy of Ashley Van Haeften on flickr. License CC BY. Image courtesy of Jack Zalium on flickr. License CC BY-NC.

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Chronique du monde depuis la création. 1461 French Manuscript in scroll format. Up to the present (i.e., 1461)

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Chronique du monde depuis la création. 1461 French Manuscript in scroll format.“Creation of the world.” C’est la bible hystoriale en français 1373 French manuscript in codex format

  • f. 3v, “God measuring the world”

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Paper – not what it used to be

From fiber (linen/hemp and eventually cotton) to wood

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Weight loss in flax processing plant to paper

Condition of the Material Kilograms Raw picked flax 100.00 Dry flax 25.00 Rippled flax 17.50 Retted flax 4.40 Combed flax 4.18 Spun thread 3.55 Linen cloth 2.84 White linen 2.41 Papermaking 1.69

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Key dates of the British Industrial Revolution

  • 1733 - Flying shuttle

1764 - Spinning jenny 1769 - Steam engine 1784 - Spinning mule 1785 - Power loom 1793 - Cotton gin

  • 1780-85 doubling of cotton imports
  • 1785-89 tripling of cotton imports

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Rettery – for fermentation of rags

From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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Cutting rags & removing buttons

From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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Paper stampers

From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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Mould, deckle, and mould surface

From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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Drying Loft

From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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Setting type in an eighteenth-century print shop. From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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Pressmen in action in an eighteenth-century print shop. From the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert, ca. 1760

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The Thomas Printing Press American Antiquarian Society, Worcester MA

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The Thomas Printing Press, Detail

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The Thomas Printing Press, Detail

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The Thomas Printing Press, Details

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