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.
Johannes Gutenberg: 15th century printing with type. 1452, Gutenberg conceives of the idea for movable type. The first to invent an effective casting of type and thus making an industry and change in European civilization. Gutenberg's major contribution to printing came while he was working as a goldsmith, back in Mainz.