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KEELEY HALSWELLE

The triumphs of invention and discovery

James Hamilton Fyfe

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THE INVENTION OF PRINTING-GUTENBERG IN THE OLD MONASTERY.

"In the depths of the cloisters, in a dark secluded spot, he fitted up a little cell as the atelier of his secret operations; and there, secured by bolts and bars, and a thick oaken door, against the intrusion of any one who might penetrate so far into the interior of the ruins, he applied himself to his great work."-Page 18.

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