The Pentateuch of printing, with a chapter on Judges (1891)
Blades, William, 1824-1890, Reed, Talbot Baines · Chicago : A. C. McClurg and company · leaf 89
time. The screw was of wood,and worked by a bar, much thesame as a modern napkin press.The chief thing was to obtain aneven surface on the bed uponwhich the page of type rested ;and, secondly, an even surface forthe platen, which was lowered asthe bar turned the screw, andthus pressed the paper… … 01.1) WOODEN PRESS igc iSoS. dred years ago. It is a task which we could not now accomplish sosuccessfully were our modern tools and appliances withdrawn. The ink was doubtless a sore trial to the early fathers of thepress. It was only by long experience upon block-books and woodengravings that the…
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