Once wood began to not meet the needs of industrialized society, iron became the most prominent metal to create everyday use items. In the early days, wrought iron was made by heating up iron and hitting it into the desired shape for the needs. Places that produced slabs of wrought iron (blooms of wrought iron)…
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Cardwell’s “Printing Press”
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Through the thorough reading and examination of this excerpt from D.S.L. Cardwell’s “Turning Points in Western Technology: A Study of Technology, Science and History,” it can be seen how the printing press really ‘turned the page’ for the book publishing industry and sparked ideas for other groundbreaking inventions. It must be noted that two other commonly…