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The gears of a machine at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia. It is a steam-powered printing press.

This is a "tool", indeed a very important one in the history of the world. While the original hand-operated presses appeared in mid-1400's, the effect of the printing press is still being felt today in 2023. The historical researcher Elizabeth Eisenstein makes the point that society is still trying to deal with the impact of this invention.

The original photo is in color, but I kinda liked the converted image. The conversion was done with GIMP. The photo was taken with the Panasonic GX85.

Annemarie, PhLB - Luc Boonen, Gillian Everett, Xata and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo


6 comments - The latest ones
 Peter Chet
Peter Chet club
hi Robert, I havn't seen the colour version but I do like this b/w one.
Reminds me of an early printing press.
Regards Peter
4 years ago.
 Robert Swanson
Robert Swanson club
It is a steam-powered printing press. I'll work on getting the color image up, too.
4 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Guess a lot more impressive in bw, so I agree with your choice there. An important toll indeed…
6 months ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
The B&W brings out the detail, great shot! Interesting. I haven't been to the Powerhouse Museum yet...
6 months ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
That really is a wonderful tool Robert. Without it the world would have been very different.
6 months ago.
 Jean Pierre Marcello
Jean Pierre Marcello club
Effectivement cette machine a révolutioné l'imprimerie. Merci pour cette approche, apprendre est toujours un plaisir.
6 months ago.

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