Abstract
THE printing-press has without a doubt been one of the greatest factors in the progress of man. The name of the supposed inventor of printing from movable type is known to all informed people, but it is now fashionable for scholars of history to dispute the claim of Gutenberg and give the credit to one Coster of Haarlem. Apparently the most convincing German records discovered at Mainz in 1740 are held to be forgeries. The British at least can still pay tribute to Caxton for his share in bringing the printing-press to our shores.
Printing Inks
Their Chemistry and Technology. By Carleton Ellis. Pp. 560. (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1940.) 42s. net.
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ARMSTRONG, E. Printing Inks. Nature 147, 589–590 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147589a0
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