Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : $b The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printing — John Shaqi
Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : $b The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printingMoxon, Joseph
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Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : $b The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printing
Moxon, Joseph
Printing -- Early works to 1800
Into the Inner-side of this _Tympan_ is fitted the _Inner-Tympan_,
whose three sides are also made of Wood, and its fourth side of
Iron, as the _Tympan_, but without _joynts_; it is made so much
shorter than the _Outer-Tympan_, that the outer edge of the Iron of
the _Inner-Tympan_ may lye within the inner edge of the Iron on the
_Outer-Tympan_; and it is made so much narrower than the inside
of the _Tympan_, that a convenient room may be allowed to paste a
_Vellom_ between the inside of the _Tympan_, and the outside of the
_Inner-Tympan_.
About the middle, through the hither-side of the _Inner-Tympan_, is
let in and fastned an Iron Pin about a quarter of an Inch over, and
stands out three quarters of an Inch upon the hither outside of the
_Inner-Tympan_, which three quarters of an Inch Pin fits into a round
hole made in the inner-side of the _Tympan_, to gage and fit the
_Inner-Tympan_ right into the _Tympan_; for then by the help of an Iron
turning _Clasp_ on the further side the _Tympan_, the _Inner-Tympan_ is
kept firmly down and in its position.
¶. 11. _Of the_ Inck-Block, Slice, Brayer, _and_ Catch _of the_ Bar,
_marked_ c d e f _in_ Plate 7.
To the _Rail_ between the hither _Cheek_ and _Hind-Post_ is fastned
the _Inck-Block_, which is a Beechen-board about thirteen Inches long,
nine Inches broad, and commonly about two Inches thick, and hath the
left-hand outer corner of it cut away; it is Railed in on its farther
and hinder-sides, and a little above half the hither-side, with
Wainscot-Board about three quarters of an Inch thick, and two Inches
and an half above the upper-side the board of the _Inck-Block_. It is
described in Plate 7. at c.
The _Brayer_ marked _a_ is made of _Beech_: It is turned round on the
sides, and flat on the bottom, its length is about three Inches, and
its diameter about two Inches and an half; it hath an Handle to it
about four Inches long. Its Office is to rub and mingle the _Inck_ on
the _Inck-Block_ well together.
The _Slice_ is a little thin Iron _Shovel_ about three or four Inches
broad, and five Inches long; it hath an Handle to it of about seven
Inches long. Near the _Shovel_ through the Handle is fitted a small
Iron of about two Inches long standing Perpendicular to both the sides
of the Handle, and is about the thickness of a small Curtain-Rod. It is
described at e.
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