ADVERTISEMENTS. T_He first Volumne of_ Mechanick Exercises, _Treating of the_ Smiths, _the_ Joyners, _the_ Carpenters, _and the_ Turners _Trades, containing_ 37½ _sheets, and_ 18 _Copper Cuts, are to be had by the Author_. Joseph Moxon. _Price_ 9_s._ 3_d._ _in Quires_. T_He first Volumne of the Monthly Collection of Letters for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, containing Twenty four Sheets with an Index, is now finished, and the second is carrying on:_ _By_ John Haughton, _Fellow of the_ Royal Society. [Illustration: _Plate 3._] _MECHANICK EXERCISES:_ Or, the Doctrine of =Handy-works.= Applied to the Art of =Printing.= §. 10. _Of the_ Press. THere are two sorts of _Presses_ in use, _viz._ the old fashion and the new fashion; The old fashion is generally used here in _England_; but I think for no other reason, than because many _Press-men_ have scarce Reason enough to distinguish between an excellently improved Invention, and a make-shift slovenly contrivance, practiced in the minority of this Art. The New-fashion’d _Presses_ are used generally throughout all the _Low-Countries_; yet because the Old-fashion’d _Presses_ are used here in _England_ (and for no other Reason) I have in Plate 3. given you a delineation of them; But though I give you a draft of them; yet the demensions of every particular Member I shall omit, referring those that think it worth their while, to the _Joyners_ and _Smiths_ that work to _Printers_: But I shall give a full description of the New-fashion’d _Press_, because it is not well known here in _England_; and if possible, I would for Publick benefit introduce it. But before I proceed, I think it not amiss to let you know who was the Inventer of this New-fashion’d _Press_, accounting my self so much oblig’d to his Ingeniety for the curiosity of this contrivance, that should I pass by this oppertunity without nameing him, I should be injurious to his Memory. It was _Willem Jansen Blaew_ of _Amsterdam_: a Man as well famous for good and great _Printing_, as for his many _Astronomical_ and _Geographical_ exhibitions to the World. In his Youth he was bred up to _Joynery_, and having learn’d his Trade, betook himself (according to the mode of _Holland_) to Travel, and his fortune leading him to _Denmark_, when the noble _Tycho Brahe_ was about setting up his _Astronomical Observatory_, was entertain’d into his service for the making his Mathematical-Instruments to Observe withal; in which Instrument-making he shew’d himself so intelligent and curious, that according to the general report of many of his personal acquaintance, all or most of the _Syderal Observations_ set forth in _Tycho’s_ name, he was intrusted to make, as well as the Instruments. [Illustration: _Plate 4._]