Towle, George M. (George Makepeace), 1841-1893 · Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Tillingham · leaf 45
, and at last of sen-tences. Then, finding that wood was nothard enough, he carved some types, with moredifficulty, in lead. Having made types which satisfied him,Gutenberg used his knowledge of chemistryto make an ink which would leave a distinctimprint, and he soon succeeded in producingsuch an… … JOHN GUTENBERG —PRINTING-PRESS 39 as printing a whole word or sentence on apiece of parchment; and by changing themovable types about, could form at will newwords and sentences. His next task was to construct ^^ chases/so that the types could be held together^ andwould print in pages. And at last…
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