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The marvel of nations. Our country: its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it (1887)

Smith, Uriah, 1832-1903 · Battle Creek, Mich., Review & herald; Oakland, Cal., Pacific press; [etc.,etc · leaf 51

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general knowledge. To meet that demand required great improvements inprinting machinery, and these have been supplied. The printing-press,at the time of theRevolution, is shownin that used by Franklin, in which thepressure force was obtained by means of ascrew. The ink wasapplied by huge balls ;and… … Old Franklin (Ramag-e) Press. 250 copies an hour. Years passed on, and the cylinder presswas invented; and in 1847 it was perfected by Richard M. Hoe ofNew York. This has been further improved lately, and a printing-press is now used which will strike off 15,000 newspapers,printed on both sides,…

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