Pleger, John J · Chicago : The Inland printer company · leaf 92
nd in the left hand, andhitting the back with a ten-pound beating hammer. Caremust be exercised, as the signatures are apt to sag andbreak the thread. Binders possessing an old hand clamp SMASHING 77 cutting machine can utilize it to good advantage by-putting the fore end of the book under the… … Front View Seybold Book Compressor. Book Compressor.— The sewing swell at the back ofbooks was the terror of ancient binders, and the beatinghammer was a useful tool to reduce the bulk. The beat-ing operation was responsible for the resewing of many-volumes, as the signatures would sag and the…
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