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Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)

Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 586

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n made in a fewminutes, come the plates of curved, bright metal. Passed to the pressmen,they are locked on the cylinders as fast as they can be handled. The rolls ofpaper have been placed in their proper positions. This accomplished, the men step back from the machine, the brakemanpulls the lever,… … LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS. The paper rushes from its continuous rolls, is printed, folded, cut, andthrown out from the four outlets at a speed that would be over twice greaterthan that of any express train if it were confined to one roll. Every paperis just like every other one, perfect in every detail.…

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