The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-26


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TALhOu Tn~oa Nsrvin. Shields Splendid Ha7re Louise.
Bsreny BsAn, oets--on, Oliver. Antwerp; Amphi,riss
dO Isabella, Bslfas POmOna cOwe' wesminser, Graves
The Newspaper Business I'm Europe and
America.
THE PRINTING PRESS OF LA PATRfE, OF PARIs-THE
INVENTION OF DIR. HOE, OF NEW YORK.
Translated from La Patrie, Of September 20.l
The art OF printing Is. without doubt, one OF
the uobest inventions OF the human mind. BY
means of this art nothing perish; by means Of
il great men and great events are rescued from OBJ
lvion. The inventor of this sublime art was not
exactly John Gutenberg, of Mayence; the Greeks
and Romans were also acquainted with sort OF
movable type, and In the ruins of Herculaneum
there have been discovered letters of invitation
printed by means OF movable type. Also In China
and in Japan, printing on separate blocks has been
in regular use for above sixteen hundred years
In tact, some historians assert that Gutenberg was
not even the inventor OF printing IN Germany. They
affirm that one Lawrence Coster, OF Harlem, was
the inventor They relate that one day, happening
to be walking In the woods he took It into his
head TO cut out letters in relief from the bark of
uee; afterwards, with several letters thus rudely
formed, he printed few verses and sentences upon
paper for the instruction of his little grandson
With the assistance of his sen-in-aw, he after
wards invented a more tenacious and thicker INK
than the fluid in common use, and finally printed
with 1t book, consisting OF pictures and types,
entitled " SpcciGilm Nosfe Sdiufis."
Lawrence Coser, after various trials and efforts,
| instructed seine workmen to assist him. One OF
these men, named Faust or Faustus, after he had
taken oath not to reveal the secret one evening
when his master was gone to midnight prayers az
| the cathedral, and he was now sufficiently well
instructed In the new craft and mystery, ran oil
with the necessary implements tor starting the bu-
slness This dishonest servant afterwards, in lf5O,
| went INTO partnership with John Gutenberg at
Msyence. AT subsequent period he went to
Paris and died there in li66, having been accused
Of wichcrai, because he sold Bibles printed in red
| ink.
There is a worlds difference from printing, such
as 1t Yves then 10 what II Is now. Never In any art
| has such wonderful progress been made, and es-
pecally Of late years. There is, however, one
man, who above all others in these times, to
have carried these improvements 10 their utmost
| possible pitch. That man is Hoe, of New York;
he is the inventor of the press used in Office, of
which give at the head OF this article, faithful
| representation, by means OF wood cut.
| This press, of the invention and manufacture OF
Mr.. Hoe, prints of l33 copies in minute. IL often
exceeds this number, because Its velocity and
swrfinesss depends upon the speed with which the
workmen are able TO supply the sheets of paper.
| When our journal, The Pdtrie, first began to use
this press, the workmen, or feeders, only able
| 10 feed II with 1900 sheets per hour. But since
they have acquired. by constant. practice, greater
skill in their work, they sometimes. supply, the
enormous quantity OF :, go sheets per hour, which
the machine Of Mr.. Hoe prints of.
| II Is now above four months since this press 10
| in constant use and operation In our Office. The
propretors are so well satisfied with It's perform
ance, that they have given an orderto Mr.. Hoe, tor
another machine OF the same description and on
| the same plan. This machine will have Six PRINT
ing cylinders, and will strike of ~ 600 copies in an
| hour 1t IS hoped that we shall be able TO have
II at work in about four months time.
NOW outstanding the above astonishing results
produced by MIR. Hoes invention, yet such is Its
simplicity, that few lines will be enough to eI-
plain the principle Of this wonderful invention.
| An horizontal cylinder, one yard and 80 in
diameter, moves upon an axle which rests in Its
sockets. One-fourth, or whereabouts, OF the crcum-
press, IN which the chase containing the letters, or
type, placed; the remaining portion Of the cylinder
is applied for the distribution of the INK
The ink Is put into receptacle underneath the
great cy Under The feeding roller takes II oil, and
BY means Of another roller, which has vibrating,
oscillang motion, II spreads II over the form upon
the great cylinder The feeding roller revolyes
with slow and regularly sustained motion. taking
the Ink gradually out ofthe receptacle IN which II
l Is Deposited.
When this large cylinder is IN motion, the forms
are made successfully TO come IN contact with
each OF the four horizontal cy nders which are
arranged at suitable distances round the great
cylinder TO print OIL the four sheets supplied by the
\ feeding rollers,
| Of tic supply ing table, by iron hooks, fixed upon
each feeding or dePositipg cylinder
The receivers Of the sheets are supplied by
means Of wooden frames, which take them from
the conducting straps or bands and place them IN
regular pile upon the four receiving tables.
In front Of each enc Of the cy finders there are
two mixing rollers, which pass over the cylindrical
surface devoted to the distribution OF the ink, take
up the INK upon their own surface, and lay II on
the tJpes by the revolution Of the mala cylinder.
-Four foime are printed Oft at once by Mr. Hoes
press, eech form beng in separate and distinct
chase. They are four superficial scgrnents OF a
| cylinder, detached from each other, aud which are
al pleasure attached to detached from the great
| cylinder The common and usual type IL employ ed
on this press they are fixed upon the great cyln-
| der, end revolve continually, without any danger
Of becoming loose being retained in their place 10y
| pan PECULIAR TO this press.
The great central cylinder, on which the forms
are fixed revolves from left to right; whereas the
four others, err pressing cylinders, revolvs from
| reht to left. The paper II placed, by the work
men, in such manner that It clips between the
two cy hnders on ,ne slde and comes out perfectly
printed, on the other side, when, by means OF suta
bic straps and bands, the sheets are arranged in
| pile under frames which nse and fall alternately
! Such is the machine Of Mr. Hoe, which, by the
precision and exactncss Of It's operations, TO
be. necessarily, the very perfection OF tyPograph-
| cal ant. At present. Il is the apex aud summit ct
| that grand edifice Of human intelligence of which
Coster and Gutenberg laid the first foundation
s'ones.
| I'~'s, as may be scen, we are far beyond the
uillSs Win human arts and sciences were only
niece pgonc " means OF the pen.
In oioef 70 cc.vey some idea OF the difference
10 rafoy ., s %di,l,loa between the snclent
| ing, we submit 10 our feaoeiS VII" '"' calcu-
latlons- ,oo,..
The journal In Patrts contains about 4,32O lines
5000 copies make "a, $50, 0C0 lines. scribe could
write about three lines in q minute therefore, "
would require II go, coo minutes, or ls2Ooo hours
Cor single scribe to supply 5000 copies o. 20 20, o
men TO supply, by copying. the same amount when
Mr. Hoes press supplies IN one hour Thus MS
press sccomplishes az much as II would take the