An old engraving showing a Campbell Printing & Manufacturing Company’s two-revolution printing press It is from a mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. Andrew Campbell (1821–1890) was an important inventor and manufacturer of printing presses and was president of the Campbell Printing Press Company of Brooklyn, New York, USA. He invented the press-feeding machine in 1853. In 1861 his company built the ‘Campbell Country Press’, which became widely used throughout the country by newspaper publishers. In 1866 he created the two-revolution book press.
An old engraving showing a Campbell Printing & Manufacturing Company’s two-revolution printing press It is from a mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. Andrew Campbell (1821–1890) was an important inventor and manufacturer of printing presses and was president of the Campbell Printing Press Company of Brooklyn, New York, USA. He invented the press-feeding machine in 1853. In 1861 his company built the ‘Campbell Country Press’, which became widely used throughout the country by newspaper publishers. In 1866 he created the two-revolution book press. He held 50 patents relating to printing presses.
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Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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