. A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day . STANHOPE PRESS CLYMERS COLUMBIAN PRESS It >-.^^n:i^ •A ^ Ei^. CLYMER S COLUMBIAN PRESS securely riveted at the topand bottom ot the castin<j;.This gave not only additionalstrength, but greatly dimin-ished the amount ot metalused in construction. Thispatent was purchased byR. Hoe & Co., who im-proved upon it, and pro-ceeded with the manufactureof the presses, although theSmith continued to beused to some extent. Thenew invention was known asthe Washingto
. A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day . STANHOPE PRESS CLYMERS COLUMBIAN PRESS It >-.^^n:i^ •A ^ Ei^. CLYMER S COLUMBIAN PRESS securely riveted at the topand bottom ot the castin<j;.This gave not only additionalstrength, but greatly dimin-ished the amount ot metalused in construction. Thispatent was purchased byR. Hoe & Co., who im-proved upon it, and pro-ceeded with the manufactureof the presses, although theSmith continued to beused to some extent. Thenew invention was known asthe Washington press, andin principle and constructionhas never been surpassed byany hand printing were manufactured ingreat numbers, and continueto be manufactured and soldat the present time for takingfine proofs, although the uni-versal adoption of the cylin-der press has almost entirelysuperseded them for otherprinting. The number madeand sold by Hoe & , a majority of whichare now in use, is over six thousand. They have been sent all overthe world. This style of press is made in seven sizes. The following is a description of this press : The bed slides on 9
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