{"id":1073,"date":"2018-01-10T09:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T09:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/?page_id=1073"},"modified":"2018-01-10T10:08:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:08:33","slug":"boston-mit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/boston-mit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge (MA): MIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/\">Massachusetts Institute of Technology: <\/a>77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/printinghistory.org\/mit-students-build-a-common-press\/\">Website<\/a>: \u201cA 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 \u201cMaking Books: The Renaissance and Today,\u201d an interdisciplinary class that integrated studies of history, rare books, and printing press construction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/mens-et-manus-mit-history-workshop-0610\">Website<\/a>: \u201cStudents gain insights into early book-making technology and cultural systems by creating paper and a handset printing press from scratch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ioPT8oDoG_I\">Video<\/a>: \u201cThe History of Making Books: Build a Printing Press at MIT.\u201d (4:28, May 25, 2016).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1072 .fg-image { width: 200px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1072 { --fg-gutter: 5px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-left fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-loading-default fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1072\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-1.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"[ &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/printinghistory.org\/mit-students-build-a-common-press\/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Source&lt;\/a&gt; ]. 2016.\" data-attachment-id=\"1071\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-1\/1681933284.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22200%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/printinghistory.org\/mit-students-build-a-common-press\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a> ]. 2016.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-3.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Photo: Jeffrey Ravel. [ &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/mens-et-manus-mit-history-workshop-0610&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Source&lt;\/a&gt; ]. 2016. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-3.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Full size&lt;\/a&gt;.\" data-attachment-id=\"1079\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-3\/3945765809.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22200%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Photo: Jeffrey Ravel. [ <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/mens-et-manus-mit-history-workshop-0610\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a> ]. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full size<\/a>.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-2.jpg\" data-caption-desc=\"Photo: Jeffrey Ravel. [ &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/mens-et-manus-mit-history-workshop-0610&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Source&lt;\/a&gt; ]. 2016. &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Full size&lt;\/a&gt;.\" data-attachment-id=\"1078\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-2\/1043120330.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22200%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20200%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Photo: Jeffrey Ravel. [ <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2016\/mens-et-manus-mit-history-workshop-0610\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a> ]. 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/US-MA-Boston-MIT-2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full size<\/a>.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"wpgmza_map\" class=\"wpgmza_map\" data-settings='{\"id\":\"32\",\"map_title\":\"Cambridge: MIT\",\"map_width\":\"100\",\"map_height\":\"600\",\"map_start_lat\":\"42.359221\",\"map_start_lng\":\"-71.093003\",\"map_start_location\":\"42.3592206,-71.09300250000001\",\"map_start_zoom\":\"16\",\"default_marker\":\"0\",\"type\":\"1\",\"alignment\":\"1\",\"directions_enabled\":\"2\",\"styling_enabled\":\"0\",\"styling_json\":\"\",\"active\":\"0\",\"kml\":\"\",\"bicycle\":\"0\",\"traffic\":\"0\",\"dbox\":\"1\",\"dbox_width\":\"100\",\"listmarkers\":\"0\",\"listmarkers_advanced\":\"0\",\"filterbycat\":\"0\",\"ugm_enabled\":\"0\",\"ugm_category_enabled\":\"0\",\"fusion\":\"\",\"map_width_type\":\"\\\\%\",\"map_height_type\":\"px\",\"mass_marker_support\":\"0\",\"ugm_access\":\"0\",\"order_markers_by\":\"5\",\"order_markers_choice\":\"2\",\"show_user_location\":\"2\",\"default_to\":\"\",\"other_settings\":{\"wpgmza_store_locator_restrict\":\"\",\"wpgmza_sl_animation\":\"1\",\"store_locator_query_string\":\"ZIP \\\/ Address:\",\"store_locator_name_string\":\"Title \\\/ Description:\",\"store_locator_default_address\":\"\",\"wpgmza_dbox_width_type\":\"%\",\"map_max_zoom\":\"3\",\"map_min_zoom\":\"21\",\"sl_stroke_color\":\"FF0000\",\"sl_stroke_opacity\":\"0.25\",\"sl_fill_color\":\"FF0000\",\"sl_fill_opacity\":\"0.15\",\"click_open_link\":2,\"transport_layer\":0,\"iw_primary_color\":\"2A3744\",\"iw_accent_color\":\"252F3A\",\"iw_text_color\":\"FFFFFF\",\"wpgmza_iw_type\":\"0\",\"list_markers_by\":\"0\",\"push_in_map\":\"\",\"push_in_map_placement\":\"9\",\"wpgmza_push_in_map_width\":\"\",\"wpgmza_push_in_map_height\":\"\",\"wpgmza_theme_data\":\"\",\"upload_default_ul_marker\":\"\",\"upload_default_sl_marker\":\"\"}}' data-map-id='32' Data-maps-engine='' data-shortcode-attributes='{\"id\":\"32\"}' style=\"display:block; overflow:auto; width:100%; height:600px; float:left;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 &nbsp; Website: \u201cA 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 \u201cMaking Books: The Renaissance and Today,\u201d an &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/boston-mit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cambridge (MA): MIT&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,86,83,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-all","category-cambridge-mit","category-massachusetts","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenpress.info\/census\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}