. A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day . ^^mt!!^^ FROM A MEDAL BV SCHARFF OF VIENNA PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR ROBERT HOE NEW YORK1902. tm)mt)ti*tg^ia)o^igi \V?i?NK^ N DE WORDE THE PRINTING PRESS yA BOUT the year 1450, Gutenberg was engaged in printing/ ^ his first book from movable types. No method of taking± m the impressions simpler than that employed by him can beimagined, unless it be with a buffer, or by means o± a brushrubbed over the paper laid upon the form of type, after themanner ot the Ch
. A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day . ^^mt!!^^ FROM A MEDAL BV SCHARFF OF VIENNA PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR ROBERT HOE NEW YORK1902. tm)mt)ti*tg^ia)o^igi \V?i?NK^ N DE WORDE THE PRINTING PRESS yA BOUT the year 1450, Gutenberg was engaged in printing/ ^ his first book from movable types. No method of taking± m the impressions simpler than that employed by him can beimagined, unless it be with a buffer, or by means o± a brushrubbed over the paper laid upon the form of type, after themanner ot the Chinese in printing from engraved blocks. Hisprinting press consisted of two upright timbers, with cross pieces otwood to stay them together at the top and bottom. There werealso intermediate cross timbers, one of which supported the flatbed upon which the type was placed, and through another awooden screw passed, its lower point resting on the centre of awooden platen, which was thus screwed down upon the inking the form with a ball ot leather stufted with wool, theprinter spread the paper over it, laying a piece ot blanket upon thepaper to soften the impression of the platen and remove wa
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