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By Thomas Beckwith posted at 4:00 pm on January 11, 2013 0

In a clip The Atlantic calls “technology porn for book lovers,” you can see how manuscripts became books in the 1940s.

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Thomas Beckwith is an intern for the Millions. A native of Baltimore, he worked in New York for three years before leaving to pursue a Master's degree in Irish literature. You can find him on Twitter at @tdbeckwith.

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