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8 POINT No. 7.
PRINTING is the art of producing im-
pressions, from characters or figures, on
paper or any other substance. There
are several distinct branches of this im-
portant art-as the printing of books
with movable types, the printing of en-
graved copper and steel plates and the
taking of impressions from stone, called
lithographing. We have now to describe
the printing of books or sheets with mov-
able types, generally called letter-press
printing, and which may undoubtedly
be esteemed the greatest ofiall human
inventions. The art of printing is of
coinparatively modern origin, only four
hundred years having elapsed since the
first book was issued from the press; yet
we have proofs that the principles upon
which it was ultimately developed ex-
isted among the ancient Assyrian na-
tions. Entire and undecayed bricks of
the famed city and tower of Babylon
have been found stamped with various
symbolic figures and hieroglyphic char-
acters. In this, however, as in any simi-
lar relic of antiquity, the object which
stamped the figures was in one block or
piece, and could therefore be employed
only for one distinct subject. This,
though a kind of printing, was totally
useless for the propagation of literature,
on account both of its expensiveness and
tediousness. The Chinese are the only
existing people who still pursue this rude

8 POINT No. 60.
PRINTING is the art of producing im-
pressions, from characters or figures, on
paper or any other substance. There
are several distinct branches of this im-
portant art-as the printing of books
with movable types, the printing of en-
graved copper and steel plates, and the
taking of impressions from stone, called
lithographing. We have now to de-
scribe the printing of books or sheets
with movable types, generally called
letter-press printing, and which may
undoubtedly be esteemed the greatest of
all human inventions. The art of print-
ing is of comparatively modern origin,
only four hundred years having elapsed
since the first book was issued from the
press; yet we have proofs that the prin-
ciples upon which it was ultimately de-
veloped existed among the ancient Assy-
rian nations. Entire and undecayed
bricks of the famed city and tower of
Babylon have been found stamped with
various symbolic figures and hieroglyph-
ic characters. In this, however, as in
any similar relic of antiquity, the object
which stamped the figures was in one
block or piece, and could therefore be
employed only for one distinct subject.
This, though a kind of printing, was
totally useless for the propagation of
literature, on account both of its expen-
siveness and tediousness. The Vhinese
are the only existing people who still

8 POINT NO. 11
PMWTING is the art of producing im-
pressions, from characters or figures, on
paper or any other substance. There are
several distinct branches of this impor-
tant art-as the printing of books with
movable types, the printing of engraved
copper and steel plates, and the taking
of impressions from stone, called litho-
graphing. We have now to describe the
printing of books or sheets with movable
types, generally called letter-press print-
ing, and which may undoubtedly be es-
teemed the greatest of all human inven-
tions. The art of printing is of compara-
tively modern origin, only four hundred
years having elapsed since the first book
was issued from the press; yet we have
proofs that the principles upon which it
was ultimately developed existed among
the ancient Assyrian nations. Entire
and undecayed bricks of the famed city
and tower of Babylon have been found
stamped with various symbolic figures
and hieroglyphic characters. In this,
however, as in any similar relic of an-
tiquity, the object whigh stamped the
figures was in one block or piece, and
could therefore be employed only for one
distinct subject. This, though a kind of
printing, was totally useless for the pro-
pagation of literature, on account both of
its expensiveness and tediousness. The
Chinese are the only existing people who
still pursue this rude mode of printing

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