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A printing experiment with movable pieces

Wang Zhen (inventor): illustration of a water mill in Nong Shu by Wang Zhen

Discover an innovator associated with agricultural writing and techniques for arranging movable type.

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Wang Zhen (simplified Chinese: 王祯; Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368 AD) / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

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