Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 597
>70 PRESSES, PRINTING. cam-wheel straightens the toggle-joint, raising the platen to the head, thus obtaining the impression.The impression is regulated by a hand-wheel operating a wedge at the bottom of the press. Thispress is usually run at the speed of 25 revolutions to the minute. Th<… … arranged to run slower, and has a wider space between the head and platen. It is used for pressingfolded sheets. PRESSES, PRINTING. Machines in which paper or other material is brought in contact withinked types, stones, or plates, in order that impressions may be obtained. Two general classes…
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