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Johannes Gutenberg 1395-1465
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=**Invention: Printing Press Date Discovered: 1440**=

The invention of the printing press was vastly important in the advancement of not only technology but society as a whole. It changed the process of how we create books and multiple copies of paper. It increased efficiency in the way that the no longer had to hand write each copy and created a mechanical way to reproduce each page. By using a metal surface to put pressure on a surface covered in ink to paper, or cloth which in the process transfers the ink to the surface. This invention’s technology remained mostly unchanged until the 19th century. It’s only changes related to the change of time, were it fit the needs of society. In all this invention accomplished our need to be able to mass produce text to distribute to the people, for important issues, and express ideas that not all people would have access to. Due to the technology that had never been seen in his invention Gutenberg was believed to be a wizard, and that he had met with the devil, and that was who was helping him with his invention and making it work.



==﻿ I choose the a combination of the w and Howe trusses. I choose these for my design to give it additional support. In my eyes thes two styles were the best options for the materials given. My bridge was able to withstand around 80 Pounds of pressure untill it failled.==