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Written Communication

Emmalyne Martin & Xenia Münger B8 Introduction to Engineering and Design. Written Communication. 30,000 -25,000 BC painting pictures. 9,000 BC counting tokens. 4,100- 3,800 BC Cuneiform. pictures vs. abstract figures. Pictograph Cuneiform Babylonian Assyrian. 3,100 BC Hieroglyphs.

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Written Communication

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  1. Emmalyne Martin & Xenia Münger B8 Introduction to Engineering and Design Written Communication

  2. 30,000 -25,000 BC painting pictures

  3. 9,000 BC counting tokens

  4. 4,100- 3,800 BC Cuneiform

  5. pictures vs. abstract figures Pictograph Cuneiform Babylonian Assyrian

  6. 3,100 BC Hieroglyphs

  7. 3,000 BCPapyrus

  8. 953 BC fountain pen

  9. 400 BC Greek alphabet

  10. 200 AD Paper in China 1,000 AD Paper in Europe

  11. 600-1,800 AD Parchment Quills& Ink

  12. 1452 AD Gutenburg printing press invented, metal plates are first used in printing

  13. 1790 AD Pencil in France & Austria

  14. 1846 AD Cylinder press

  15. 1863 AD Rotary web-fed press

  16. 1865 AD Typewriter

  17. 1888-1916 AD Ballpoint pen

  18. 1890 AD Mimeograph machine introduced

  19. 1892 AD 4-color rotary press invented

  20. 1955 AD Teletypsetting

  21. 1991-2012 AD Computer typing

  22. Sources Information about the developments in Mesopotamia: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html Information about early and medieval developments: www.historian.net/hxwrite.htm Information about the inventors of modern written communication: www.inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa100197.htm Overview over the evolution of writing utilities: www.ringpen.com/history.html A interview with a friend of Emmalyne’s mother to get personal experience with the change of written communication.

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