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    Essay on An education tour; pankaj bhayal Many kings and emperors ruled Delhi over the years and‚ therefore‚ it abounds in monuments. People come from far and wide to see them. They have an educational value. Once when we had our Dussehra holidays‚ we went to see places of historical importance with our teacher. We hired a bus. First we went to the Qutab. It is now a building of five storeys

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    The Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984 was first introduced by the British colonial government as the Printing Ordinance of 1984 at the beginning of the state of emergency‚ this act was appeared in an emergency situation. During that time‚ the communist activities are seen as a threat‚ which is why The Printing Presses and Publication Act were introduced to fight against it. The Act required all newspaper and printing presses must granted by the Home Affairs Minister before they publish their

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    technological advancement: the printing press. The impact of the printing press had huge consequences on the economic‚ social and political spheres of the medieval world and far-reaching in the change across human evolution. Until then‚ books were expensive and laborious to make. After Gutenberg’s invention‚ books could be easily and cheaply reproduced which spread literacy‚ education ideas across Western Europe. But‚ if we look back at history and the pivotal printing press‚ we can see evidence of the

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    The Printing Press The printing press brought mass change to the 15th century during the Renaissance era‚ revolutionizing communication throughout much of Europe and most importantly spreading religious knowledge and secular education of science and mathematics to all people of society (Doc 10). Immediate effects of the printing press were seen through its spread of information quickly and accurately. This created a wider literate reading public and would be influential for centuries to come (Doc

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    What Was the Most Important Consequence of the Printing Press? The most important consequence of the printing press was the spread of knowledge. Knowledge is the greatest aspect and power. Before Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press‚ there was the development of language‚ writing with hieroglyphs‚ the alphabet and then printing. Scribes would write a book by hand from the dictation of a scholar. Most citizens were uneducated while few were well educated. Handwritten books were expensive

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    Printing redefined books. They were no longer only about religious subjects. Instead‚ printers began making books on all subjects‚ from traveling to medicine. The style of books also changed as the printing press standardized writing and language. Handwritten books usually had inconsistent grammar‚ punctuation‚ spacing‚ and spelling because they written by different scribes. On the other hand‚ because printing was done by a machine‚ there was less room for human error so written language became more

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    There were many consequences to the printing press; including the spread of the protestant reformation and the growth of more accurate maps. However‚ the most important of them would be the creation of affordable books. When the printing press spread through Europe‚ Martin Luther heard about it‚ and when he did he got a hold of one of them and printed the 95 theses which was a document used to place on the church and argued and exposed the flaw of the catholic church. After this happened‚ many

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    Vice-President of Operations Subject: Recommendation for Purchase of a New Two-Color Printing Press Introduction This memo is in response to your request for a recommendation concerning the purchase of a new two-color printing press. The purpose of this memo is to analyze two printing presses and recommend the best choice. The two printing press manufacturers I researched are Roland Press Inc. and Heidelberg Press Company. I spent a week at each facility observing the Roland 200 GTO and the Heidelberg

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    Author’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date Obesity in Western Societies Statistics show that obesity has risen in tremendous numbers over the last couple of years. All over the world‚ it has become an issue of wide discussion and worry‚ more so in the western society‚ where a third or more of the population has obesity (centers for disease control and prevention‚ 2011). Obesity can be defined as having excessive fat in the body and therefore contributing to a higher than recommended body weight

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    involving his partner in business‚ and moneylender‚ Johanne Fust. Gutenberg’s printing press contributed to the ability to disseminate information and literature at a rate infinitely faster than in the past‚ enduring that for the first time in history‚ man could be relatively certain that the innovations and progress of his generation wouldn’t be lost to time. Gutenberg “poured more than twenty years of his life into his printing press.” (Rees) While there were improvements made to his design over the years

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