A Short History of The Printing Press [Illustration: (FROM MEDAL OF GUTENBERG STATUE)] A Short History of The Printing Press And of the Improvements in Printing Machinery from the Time of Gutenberg up to the Present Day [Illustration: FROM A MEDAL BY SCHARFF OF VIENNA] PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR ROBERT HOE NEW YORK 1902 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE PRINTING PRESS 5 THE EARLIEST FORM OF THE PRINTING PRESS 6 THE BLAEW PRESS 7 STANHOPE PRESS 8 CLYMER’S COLUMBIAN PRESS 8 PETER SMITH HAND PRESS 9 WASHINGTON HAND PRESS 10 TREADWELL’S WOODEN-FRAME BED AND PLATEN POWER PRESS 11 ISAAC ADAM’S BED AND PLATEN PRESS 14 SINGLE SMALL CYLINDER PRESS 18 DOUBLE CYLINDER PRESS 18 SINGLE LARGE CYLINDER PRESS 19 STOP CYLINDER LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS 26 ROTARY ZINCOGRAPHIC OR ALUMINUM PRESS 27 TWO-COLOR ROTARY ZINCOGRAPHIC OR ALUMINUM PRESS 30 FOUR CYLINDER ROTARY TYPE-REVOLVING PRESS 31 TEN CYLINDER ROTARY TYPE-REVOLVING PRESS 31 APPLEGATH’S TYPE-REVOLVING PRESS 40 BULLOCK PRESS 42 LONDON TIMES ROTARY MACHINE 46 FIRST HOE WEB PRESS 50 DOUBLE SUPPLEMENT PRESS 51 QUADRUPLE PRESS 59 STRAIGHT-LINE PRESS 59 SEXTUPLE PRESS 62 APPLETON ROTARY BOOK PRESS 68 ROTARY TYPE-REVOLVING WEB PERFECTING PRESS 69 THREE PAGE WIDE PRESS 70 NEWSPAPER AND PAMPHLET PRESS 71 ROTARY ART PRESS 75 “TIT BITS” PRESS 80 OCTUPLE PRESS 81 DOUBLE SEXTUPLE PRESS BUILT FOR THE NEW YORK JOURNAL 84 “COLLIER’S WEEKLY” PRESS 90