A short history of the art of printing in England (1877)
Powell, Arthur, b. 1853 · London : J. M. Powell, "Printers' Register" office · leaf 48
nother covered with soft leather.It was he, too, who invented the roller for distributing and applying the ink,and the gripper for seizing the sheet of paper to be printed. Brilliant as hisgenius was, he was only a theorist, and never brought any of his notions to apractical result, leaving to… … KOENIG S TIMES MACHINE, idea that the motions of the ordinary hand press might be accelerated. Receivingno encouragement in Germany, he came to London in 1806, and here soon effectedan arrangement with Mr. Thomas Bensley, an eminent printer, who undertookto provide the necessary funds for carrying…
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