—By Arden Dore Need a few extra-credit points in English class? Impress your teacher with your knowledge of book trivia. The first public library in America was opened in Charleston, South…
(Encyclopedia) Mazarin BibleMazarin Biblemăzˈərĭn [key], considered to be the first important work printed by Gutenberg and the earliest book printed from movable types. The Bible, printed at Mainz,…
(Encyclopedia) Castaldi, PamfiloCastaldi, Pamfilopämˈfēlō kästälˈdē [key], c.1398–c.1490, Italian humanist and printer. He was the first printer of the city of Milan. Some credit him with the…
(Encyclopedia) Koster or Coster, Laurens JanszoonKoster or Coster, Laurens Janszoonlouˈrəns yänˈsōn kôsˈtər [key], c.1370–c.1440, Dutch sexton of a church in Haarlem, one of the men to whom has been…
(Encyclopedia) Agricola, Johann or JohannesAgricola, Johann or Johannesyōˈhän, yōhäˈnəs [key]Agricola, Johann or Johannes əgrĭkˈələ [key], c.1494–1566, German Protestant minister, whose family name…
(Encyclopedia) Pfister, AlbrechtPfister, Albrechtälˈbrĕkht pfĭsˈtər [key], c.1420–c.1470, printer, of Bamberg, Bavaria. He is believed to have been the first to print illustrated books (c.1460) and…
Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897. Aerosol can: Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926. Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868. Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.…
(Encyclopedia) Obrecht, JacobObrecht, Jacobyäˈkōp ōˈbrĕkht [key], c.1450–1505, Flemish composer. Obrecht was ordained as a priest in 1480. He wrote an early four-part setting of the St. Matthew…
