The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-21

creased considerably within the past ten years In 1851
millions one hundred thousand; ia 1885 sixteen miops
seven hundred and eighty i've thousand four hundred
and fifty sI and last year seventeen Millions or An
average OF hy four thousand copies daily printed
The largest number printed of any single edition was
on the day After tho funeral Of the Duke Of Wellington,
when seventy thousand copies were struck or
At tho further end Of ,hs room b machine which d
used for weng down the old process Of doing this BY
hand having been discarded about I'VE years SINCE and
the machine now IN use having been invented by
poye in the paper room The apparatus u very simple
consisting Of woolen apron upon which the paper IL
whole being wet and the paper twenty four sheets Of
which are fed at one time, coming out thoroughly damp
sosp; an turned AND i've
machine GOO sheets may be wet down hours
WIN tne iaoor Oh nree msn-tne same amount OF work
men twelve hours
From this We went up into the press room, where by
two Of Appegarths eight Under vertical presses This
certainly Of the most beautiful pieces Of machinery
to upright cylinder which forms the centre Of The
huge machine which, in al IL parts about thirty feet
eight pairs Of feeding rosrs Wnch ls he ,s,
conveying 10 the cylinder, pass round IT, and then by
means Of rollers and tapes pass back directly under
the feeding rollers, whore entered, and where the fly
boy take Off In this way eight shssls are turned
of from the press each seoood and hail. amounting to
twelve thousand ve hundred an hourthe two presses
In the morning, In two hours printing nfty thousand
sheets These presses have been in operation snos 1919
and have never been out Of order but onoe Prus
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mDutey, had the cape of his cloak caught In the main
cylinder, and would himself have followed had he not
retained sufficient presence Of mind To unclssD hs
outer garments, which he must have with lightning
Ike quckness. As was his CLOAK was torn into yerv
small rags There was second edition the lirss
that day, and the propretors subjected to little
bill Of repairs amounting $500 These msshines coal
each and arc sufcrntended BY brother Of the
inventor Each one requires sxteen mon 70 feed and
fly IT,
In the adjoining room two Of Hoes ten cylinder
presses These we're built In Manchester, and one has
been in use for two three years. has Just
been completed These used for printing the adver-
Using pages which go on a. O'Clock 10 the evening
and the nrst side Of the news. which
In the morning These machines cost f6 900 each They
throw on each 10 400 hour and have
made to print 10000; but they complain Of them that
they bad them manufactured with the understanding
they would print $4,000 hour, but that they ound
when they struck OF IL o00 SONS Of the deli
cate portions OF the machinery were liable To
breakage. Notwithstanding this, however, IL seems
they had another machine built ut double the
cost Of their Applegarth masbDes and thus John Bull
pays homage to the iuvertve genius Of Young America
It in the Office OF the London Times that Novem
her, 1914 the first steam press, two Under msehne
was put up, and by hard work they managed 70 make Il