Applegath & Cowper's 4-cylinder Printing Machine, Stamford Street, Lambeth 1827

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Applegath and Cowper's Printing Machine. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Thomas Allen. Provenance: "The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Lambeth, and the Archiepiscopal Palace in the County of Surrey", by Thomas Allen, published for J. Allen, 23 Prince's Road, Kennington. Type: Antique engraved print. In 1827, Edward Cowper and his brother-in-law Augustus Applegarth invented the four-cyclinder printing machine; this could print up to 5,000 copies per hour. The machine was used for printing the Times Newspaper as late as 1843

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Size: 3825px × 3115px
Location: London
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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