ABSTRACT With particular reference to Birmingham’s printing industry, this article considers how machines and materials, crafts and skills, alongside working practices and specialist knowledge were transferred between the local printing industry and the many and various trades active in the region during the long eighteenth century. It demonstrates how the effect of place and space and the unique combination of skills and materials available in the town assisted in the technical progress of the printing industry and gave rise to specialist forms of printing, some of which are still active in the region today.

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地方、空间和印刷机：伯明翰的贸易互动

摘要 本文特别针对伯明翰的印刷业，探讨了机器和材料、工艺和技能以及工作实践和专业知识在漫长的 18 世纪期间如何在当地印刷业与该地区活跃的众多行业之间转移。它展示了地方和空间的影响以及该镇可用的技能和材料的独特组合如何促进了印刷业的技术进步并催生了专业印刷形式，其中一些印刷形式今天仍然活跃在该地区。