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The printing trades (1916)

Shaw, Frank L. (Frank Leslie), b. 1882, Cleveland Foundation. Survey Committee. Cleveland education survey · Cleveland, Ohio : Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation · leaf 62

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ook the gatherer movesrapidly along a row of folded sections, piled on atable in regular order, gathering one sectionafter another until the book is complete. Inone Cleveland bindery the sections are piled ona circular shelf arranged to revolve about theworker, who gathers one section after another… … tions to the machines while another, usually alearner, cuts the threads between the completedvolumes. Wire-stitching machines are usedextensively on pamphlet work. The operationof both book- and wire-stitching machines isrelatively simple, and most girls can learn thework well enough to earn…

Printing industry · Book industries and trade · Vocational Education

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