The New York herald., 1869-03-31
PRINTING.
THE ART OF PRINTING.
THE INVENTION OF PRINTING.
ITs INFLUENCE AS MOTOR OF CIVILIZATION
ITS PROGRESS AND PRESENT PERFEcrION

W. Cooke Taylor in his "Naturai History Of socety-
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Invention or at least insroducton from the
improved system Of arithmetic aud" especially Of
and he opinion nations and bestowed on
Sf % Slate sharing IN the de-
new element of civilization, but II gave intensity
o. printing and particularly that OF journas BEEN
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trbntng no other could to the diffusion know.
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people ,wiFhsr ths knowodss had been brought from
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public records instead Of parchment which had become
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nations have contributed TO H. What during tho first
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s,ch perfection thai letter press Impression often psrcu
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p'0''''' TIE PRINTING PRESS.
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type. mn cylinder oyss rS' Which,
thc upon the
under the cylinder fhts press about 500 in-
made BY Cowpcr hppiegsih, who IN isss eons,suc,ed
another press for the Times which by reducing the
tho cylinders cuahed them 20 increase their number and
thus print $500 copies hour dosl printing presses
" nse IN this couny Tor newspaper and book printing
OF this system Until i54' cod whio many the improve
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under the cyiirdtrs on which The paper revolvcd.
HOES PRESSHS.
The great invention IN the printing given 10 thu
roc IN the year las. named By Richard NJ ilos Of e New
York firm OF machinsts, r. Hoe Il 10 II consisted Ia trans.
fcrrug the form OF typo from the horizontal bed TO the
large central cylinder around which FOUR eight OF ten
smaller cylinders revoved their The
fed 70 The printing cyne by The smaller ones 80 that each
revolution OF tho central printing cylinder gave Tour, ss
eight printed copies, from LOCO 10 2000 impress
hour Such ccery OF printing had hereteorc been
Of the NV YonK iiknALn the new press az ia, tested
the Times In London Aud have stll another I'm
rovennt IN the Bullock press, which, without requiring 80
much room, prints nearly the number OF copies and
prints them on both aIdcs simultancousy.