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Previous post - Next post | Parent - No child | Posted on 2005/7/26 0:00
kousei4  ???   Posts: 71
Hello Marchan

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Mimeographs are perfectly made in Japan, arent they.
And since this was invented in Meiji 27th (1894), it surely was a "great invention."  It seems that the uniqueness and originality of the Japanese craftsmanships root is sometime in this era and these tools around us.
The Japanese made mimeograph was invented by Sinjiro Horii and his son. But it is said that Horii and his son developed a mimeograph based on Edisons model which was exhibited in the 1893 Expo. The domestic first production came out the next year.

The major difference between the Japanese one and the American one is in the stencil paper. Japanese stencil paper was a waxed Japanese paper. It seems that a strong stencil paper was required to write a Chinese character.

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If the memories of the things we used in our daily life could somehow be applied or used in our future generations or in the developing countries, I thinks that we have accomplished something that proves our life.
I heard that the mimeograph is quite popular in Southeast Asian countries even today. I also read an article which said that the fluorescent light is used instead of the rubber roller. A burned out fluorescent light is used for other purpose!

That certainly is the wisdom achieved through daily life!

Karei

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