APLIN, JOHN GUISE ROGERS. _b._ 7 Nov. 1819; ensign 28 foot 7 Oct. 1837; lieut. col. 48 foot 23 Nov. 1860 to 12 Nov. 1870 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 1 July 1881. _d._ 10 Edith road, West Kensington, London 10 April 1883. APPERLEY, WILLIAM WYNNE (_son of Charles James Apperley 1778–1843, author of sporting works under pseudonym of Nimrod_). Cornet Bengal cavalry 1823; in charge of Poosah stud in Behar 1840–43 and 1845–52; superintended central division of stud department in Bengal 1854–55; major 3 European light cavalry 1854–61; remount agent at Cape of Good Hope 1857–60; left the service Dec. 1861. _d._ Morben near Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire 25 April 1870 aged 62. _Baily’s Mag. xviii_, 253–55 (1870). APPLEBY, JOHN FREDERICK (_son of John Appleby of Soberton, Hants, farmer_). _b._ 18 Nov. 1795; captain R.N. 29 Jany. 1838; retired admiral 10 Sep. 1869. _d._ Blackbrook lodge, Fareham 3 Feb. 1878. APPLEGATH, AUGUSTUS (_son of Augustus Joseph Applegath, captain of H.E.I. Co.’s ship Europa_). _b._ parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney 17 June 1788; a printer in Nelson sq. Blackfriars road; constructed machines for printing bank notes 1818; erected a printing office in Duke st. Stamford st.; invented the composition ball and roller, and the steam printing press; the first book printed by steam was Waterton’s Wanderings; invented with Edward Cowper the four-cylinder machine, and erected it at the Times office 1827; patented vertical machine 1846; erected one at Times office, May 1848, which produced 10,000 impressions per hour; invented a machine for printing 6 colours at once; took out 18 patents for improvements in letterpress and silk printing; established large silk and print works at Crayford, and printing works at Dartford. _d._ Dartford 9 Feb. 1871. _Bohn’s Pictorial handbook of London_ (1854) 76–86; _N. and Q. 4 series iii_, 485 (1869) _vii_, 153 (1871); _Dartford Chronicle 25 Feb. 1871, p._ 3, _col._ 1. NOTE.—In the year 1818 Messrs. Applegath and Cowper constructed machines for the Bank of England to print in several colours in perfect register designs for the prevention of forgery; some millions of £1 notes were printed by them in the Bank, but were never issued, in consequence of the resumption of cash payment 1 May 1821.