The Times Printed by Steam for the First Time: The Press Revolution
Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer unleashed their steam-powered presses on The Times in London, shattering the manual limits that had kept printing slow and expensive for centuries. This mechanical leap flooded the streets with affordable news, transforming information from a luxury for the elite into a daily commodity for the masses.
November 28, 1814
212 years ago
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