| A | B |
|---|
| Sumer | cuneiform |
| Egyptian | heiroglyphics |
| papyrus | Egyptian paper |
| Phonecians | developed written language of sounds |
| Greeks | added vowels |
| language of consonants | Phonecian language of 22 symbols |
| Romans | Latin language |
| Washington Printing Press | single toggle with springs for platen return |
| Gutenberg | movable type, wooden press |
| platen | flat bed pressed on the type |
| Stanhope printing press | first press to use a cast iron frame |
| Columbian Press | George Clymer |
| first iron press | Lord Stanhope |
| used weights and counter-weights to ease work of press | Columbian printing press |
| Koenig | first steam-powered press |
| Hoe | Single Small Cylinder Press |
| rotary press | one cylinder for paper, one for printing plate |
| William Bullock | first to use continuous roll paper |
| linotype | cast a single line of type |
| monotype | 2 machines to produce type |
| R.W. Cope | Albion Press |
| Albion | used a toggle instead of a beam |
| Samuel Rust | Washington printing press |
