Methodist Book Concern · New York [etc.] Methodist Book Concern · leaf 13
of theshell is tinned, and then backed up with metalabout three-eighths of an inch thick. In thefinishing room the cast is cut into pages, and thenput through the rougher, which gives the platea rough uniform thickness. The under side ofthe plate is then hammered wherever the facemay be low, and… … THE MAKING OF A BOOK to the thickness required for ])rinting—less tlian one-sixth of an inch thick. The guard Hues are now removed, and the plate beveled so that it can be clamped to a patent block. When the plates for a book are ready for the press, the make-up man provides a form of patent…
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