Andreas Friedrich Bauer
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"In 1814 The Times in London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the begin of making newspapers available to a mass audience."--Sholem Stein |
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Andreas Friedrich Bauer (August 18, 1783 – 1860) was a German engineer who developed the first high-speed steam powered printing press with his colleague Friedrich Koenig, who had invented the technology and sold it to The Times in London in 1814.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Bauer joined Koenig in 1817 to found Koenig & Bauer at the Oberzell monastery near Würzburg.
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