Like I said school keep me busy. Last Wednesday for a school assignment I visited the Crandall Historical Printing Museum in downtown Provo. I highly recommend it.
http://crandallmuseum.org/
We learned about the history of printing from Johannes Guttenberg to modernity. Our presenters were quite engaging and involved us in their demonstrations. The Crandall Museum has a printing press that is an exact replica of the one Guttenberg used to print the first Bible. I got to help print a page of the Bible in Latin! We also saw an working exact replica of the Benjamin Franklin Press that printed the first print of the U.S. Constitution. That definitely brought out some of my Philly pride. Who can't love the hometown of someone who brings us such quotable wisdom as: "Dost thou love life? Then do not squandor time; for that's the stuff life is made of"?
We then saw a Linotype machine, which apparently Thomas Edison called the Eighth World Wonder, and I can see why. The thing is huge, and it puts on quite a show as it molds print leading on the spot and sorts pieces back into their original positions.
Last was a working exact replica of the E. B. Grandin printing press. This is the press that printed the Books of Mormon (Book of Mormons? copies of The Book of Mormon?) in 1829-30. The replica was set up to print the first 16 pages of The Book of Mormon. We learned about some of the miracles involved in the printing of these first 5,000 copies. Specifically, I recall the statistic quoted that during the seven months of printing, while working 11-hour shifts, they would have needed to produce a manuscript page every 30 seconds. We went through a re-enactment of all that would have taken, and again, I got to help work the press! It was exhausting work. The hand of God surely was aiding their endeavor.
http://crandallmuseum.org/
We learned about the history of printing from Johannes Guttenberg to modernity. Our presenters were quite engaging and involved us in their demonstrations. The Crandall Museum has a printing press that is an exact replica of the one Guttenberg used to print the first Bible. I got to help print a page of the Bible in Latin! We also saw an working exact replica of the Benjamin Franklin Press that printed the first print of the U.S. Constitution. That definitely brought out some of my Philly pride. Who can't love the hometown of someone who brings us such quotable wisdom as: "Dost thou love life? Then do not squandor time; for that's the stuff life is made of"?
We then saw a Linotype machine, which apparently Thomas Edison called the Eighth World Wonder, and I can see why. The thing is huge, and it puts on quite a show as it molds print leading on the spot and sorts pieces back into their original positions.
Last was a working exact replica of the E. B. Grandin printing press. This is the press that printed the Books of Mormon (Book of Mormons? copies of The Book of Mormon?) in 1829-30. The replica was set up to print the first 16 pages of The Book of Mormon. We learned about some of the miracles involved in the printing of these first 5,000 copies. Specifically, I recall the statistic quoted that during the seven months of printing, while working 11-hour shifts, they would have needed to produce a manuscript page every 30 seconds. We went through a re-enactment of all that would have taken, and again, I got to help work the press! It was exhausting work. The hand of God surely was aiding their endeavor.
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