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[CBR]

They used clay or wood and that combined with having a gazillion characters meant it was never as good as what Gutenberg came up with.

When it comes to steel the real deal was how to make it in large quantities at an affordable price.

[gaelic cowboy]

They used clay or wood and that combined with having a gazillion characters meant it was never as good as what Gutenberg came up with.

When it comes to steel the real deal was how to make it in large quantities at an affordable price.

Also they needed a better fuel wood and charcoal have a nasty habit of running out in a given area thats were coal comes in as a good fuel source. Naturally the real reason we needed steam engines was to pump water from the deep mines which spurred on the revolution till it gave us microwave toast and cheezzwotzits