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Tsemaḥ David (The Sprout of David): On the Invention of the Printing Press
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The printing of books: began [lit. “was located”] in the city of Mainz, by a Christian man named Johannes Gutenberg of Strasbourg, and this was in the first year of the pious emperor, Friedrich, in…

Contributor:

David Ganz

Places:

Prague, Habsburg Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1592

Subjects:

Print, Technology, Wisdom

Categories:

Historical writing
Technical Diagram from Joseph Delmedigo’s Elim
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This is a technical diagram from Joseph Delmedigo’s Sefer Elim (Book of Elim), a scientific and philosophical work published by Menasseh Ben Israel.

Contributor:

Menasseh Ben Israel, Joseph Solomon Delmedigo

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1629

Subjects:

Print, Technology, Math, Scholarship, Profession

Categories:

Print & book culture, Science & philosophy
Printed page with Hebrew text on right side and illustration of tall tower with wheels inside it on left side.