The following marriage license applications were received by the Marion County Circuit Clerkâs Office during the week of Feb. 5: â¢ Bruce Christopher Jr. of Columbia and Bettina Consuela Smith of Columbia. â¢ Shandose Chance Stuart of Columbia and Shelbi Kathleen Broome of Columbia.
By the 9th century, Chinese craftsmen had developed a way to mass produce books by carving words and pictures into wooden blocks, inking them, and then pressing paper onto the blocks. Each block consisted of an entire page of text and illustrations.
The world's first known movable type system for printing was made of ceramic materials and created in China around A.D 1040 by Bi Sheng (990â1051) during the Northern Song Dynasty (960â1127).utenberg was the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony âand these materials remained standard for 550 years.. For alphabetic scripts, movable-type page setting was quicker than woodblock printing.