Printing : a practical treatise on the art of typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books (1904)
Jacobi, Charles Thomas · London : G. Bell & Sons · leaf 228
the most durable and less inclined to become looseor baggy. Cambric, or even silk, is sometimes used for 198 HAND-PRESS APPLIANCES 199 exceptionally fine work, but of course it does not last long,and is expensive. To assist the pressman in getting a proper purchase it iscustomary to have an… … Fig. 109. bank, with horse. falling back too far when flown, i.e., turned up for thepurpose of taking off the sheet just printed, it is necessaryto have some kind of stay fastened up to the proper height,to catch the top part of it—this is generally made with apiece of wood fastened from the…
