First rotary press printing machine patented by Bacon and Donkin, 1813.

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First rotary press printing machine patented by printer Richard Bacon and engineer Bryan Donkin, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary, London, 1816.

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