cylinder press

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The cylinder press of Jackson’s design was finished in 1735 and paid for by the income from prolonged sieges of work for printing offices.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob

A part of Clarkson's "Life of William Penn" was printed on this press, and was the first book ever printed on a cylinder press.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

The invention of the half-tone, together with the invention of the modern two-revolution cylinder press which has brought printing into its present state of perfection, made necessary radical improvements in the machinery for making electrotypes.

From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.

Shortly afterward a single-cylinder press was constructed upon the same principle, the forerunner of what is now known as the single large or drum cylinder press.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

With the invention of the cylinder press by Frederick König was verified the saying that the art of printing had lent wings to words.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various