Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-27

would have been entitled TO call tor ndemni-
~, il the power, which commanded aud execu-
ted the confscaton OF their property had, un
fortunately, continued 10 flourish.
lie will 20 no further than 10 remark to Mr..
Pinkney, that such a call could rot affect the
actual government OF his majesty, nor has peO-
pie and his eXcellenCN anu his government
are too heightened and too ,npartialJOt 20 be
fully convinced OF this, now that they can
dwell upon circumstances, which perhaps
were NOT previously within their knowledge.
The Undersigned reuews 80 Mr.. plnkneY, OF
this occasion, the assurance Of hiS most distiu-
euisheu considerations.
oAitChESE DI CIRCELLO.
The Patent Completing Printing Macs;ne
The following interesting article weCopy from
The London Literary Gazette of the 10th of ia
mary N. y. Com. Idp.
THE PATENT COMPLETING PRINTING MACHINE
la our last number we mentioned that the
LitrrGry Gazette was the only journal in the
world printed by thiS most admirable machine !;
and rs matter Of extraordinary mechanical
interest we subioin b'ef account of the pro-
cess by whicL abouta thousand of these large
sheets are per tom produced BY this magical
invention. The beauty otiie movements, their
Tapidity, their precision, are enhanced TO the
Imagination by the nature of the operation
they perform il looks as ifmird and not mat
ter were at work. We see boy lay a white
sheet ct paper upon the web (here described. J
aud while we tell three il is received hN auo-
Their boy, as Hour comes from the mill a perfect
newspaper. printed ON both sides, with "a de-
gree of unequalied force, clearness and cor
rectness. y more gratifying scene than the
action of this piece of mechanism, lis impos-
Sihle to conceive; 1t seems the very climax of
human ingenuity, and il ever a thing of the
kind merited public admiration aud acknow-
Judgement we hesitate not To say that II is this
wonderful apparatus. Printed in tho honse
where Samuel Johnson lived and died, nv
machine as curious and unique as his endow-
ments we're Stupendous aud unrvaed the
Literary Gazette now presents at least two
Incidental attractions. in addition 10 those
which have been already honorcd with such
cheering eucour, gement.
We request the notice Of our readers to our
page as specimen oithe art ofprnting by the
singular means devised and perfected as below
explained.
About ten years ago Mr. 8ensley was appli.
ed 10 by Mr.. KONG, d Saxon. who submitted TO
hlm proposals for joining him IN the prose Gu
ton OF plan for improving the common print
ung press, which consisted chiefly in moving
the press by machinery, by which the labor of
one man might he saved. A presSwas formed
on this plan; but the resnl. was so unsatislac-
tory as to induce The rejection oft altogether.
II viii readily be conceived that this resoluii.
on was not taken till after numberlesS eNneri.
ments had rendered the prospect of suCct IS
hopeless. The idea OF cylindrcalmpreSyion
now presented Itself, which had been attempt.
I'd by Others without success and machine
on this constructions was completed, after en
cOunterins great difficulties, at theclose of the
year 1872. 1t may be proper here to introduce
AN outline gifts operation.
The form. "a. {. the composed tyneS) is Dlac
cd on carriage or coffin, which is constantly
passing under the hiking cylinders, obtaining
a coat of ink IN ITS iugress and egrcss these
cylinders have lateral and rotary motion,
tor the purpose of eQutliziug the ink before
il is communicated 10 the form. After the
j0Tm is tho OughlY mixed, il passes under the
printing cylinder, on which the paper is laid
where il receives the impression. and thence
delivers itself INTO the hands Of the boy who
waits Ia receive it. Tins is termed Il single
machine by the assistance of two boys il
prints $50 sheets on one side per hour. As de-
spdtuh, however is OF the utmost Importance TO
newspaper, IL was deemed advisable to con-
struci What il called double machine This
differs IN no respect from that above mention
ed, excepting the addition OF second printing
cylinder, by which means, with the assistance
OF four boys, 100 sheets are printed within
the hour OF one SIDE. The Machines used for
printing the Times newspaper are on this plan
aud have now been constantly III use since No.
vember, 1914. After the Times machines were
constructed, the grand Improvement of the
Completing Machine was suggested, so called
Tor its delivering the sheet printed OH both
sides. 1t has double hiking and printing ap.
paratus, with two carriages, collins, each
large enough to admit double DENY form 81
by II inches. fhe paper is laid on an endless
web, called the feeder, which revolves at i'll
tervals; thence the sheet passes into the ma
chine, and IS eJected III a lew seconds print.
ed on Dom Slues. by thlS means 300 sheets are
struck oil in an hour, printed on both sides,
or 1900 Impressions II the double sized paper
be used, 5000 single impressions. Two bows
and an oyerlooker are all the assistance requ;.
site, and steam engine of one horse power is
sufficient force 10 impelIt.
The pateHtees must feel Just pride in the
completion or such an arduous undertaking.
after so many years of labor and expense {;
and 1t is not the least gratifying circumstance
attending it, to consider that im England so
important an invention has been matured
Which had been previously rejected by AL the
principal cities OH the continent; for the in
ventOr Mir. konig) spent not less than two
years 10 seeking patronage in Germany and
Russia, till at length, tn use his Own words he
was" compelled TO take refuge in England
the only country where mechanical inventions
are duly rewarded