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 95
Fig. 59. cutting machine for leads and brass. A good serviceable one is the old-fashioned cutter, but thatwith a lever arrangement, fig. 59, is an improvement. … Fig. 60. bowra cutting machine. Another form is very compact, having a spring handle, fig.60, with a guide to the right indicating the length beingcut off. This machine is termed the Bowra. ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTS 69 Page-cord, used for tying-up pages or portions of type,is a net twine. Ordinary…
