Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Website: “A school better known for its high-tech achievements has recently focused its students on building a low-tech wooden common press. Ten Massachusetts Institute of Technology students had the chance in Fall 2016 to participate in 21H.343 “Making Books: The Renaissance and Today,” an interdisciplinary class that integrated studies of history, rare books, and printing press construction.”
Website: “Students gain insights into early book-making technology and cultural systems by creating paper and a handset printing press from scratch.”
Video: “The History of Making Books: Build a Printing Press at MIT.” (4:28, May 25, 2016).
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