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 603
In these presses the form is placed upon a portion of the circumference of alarge drum or cylinder. The impression is given by smaller cylinders, to which the paper is fed byhand, each having its own jnlring apparatus. This class of press is used for printing newspapers oflarge circulation, and in… … The Hoe Web Perfecting Press is represented in section in Fig. 3473, and in perspective in a full-page plate. The blank paper, in the form of a large roll wound upon a roller, stands over the machine,and while passing through it is printed on both sides, and delivered folded. From the great widthof…
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