Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 578
one of thegreat printing houses of the coun-try, how astounding to him wouldbe the revelation ! No more thewooden types or the unsymmetri-rical metal pieces; no more thewooden hand-press, the wood en-gravings, the ink balls, and theprocess of printing a few hundredsheets an hour. The terrific… … PRINTING PRESS AS USED BY BENJA-MIN FRANKLIN. 544 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY same time; the setting of type by machines seemingly possessed of humanintelligence; the rapidity and the simplicity of making stereotype plates;the dexterity of forming ordinary metal types into all kinds…
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