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
_Secondly_, They seldom _Boyl_ or _Burn_ it to that consistence the
_Hollanders_ do, because they not only save labour and Fewel, but have
a greater weight of _Inck_ out of the same quantity of _Oyl_ when less
_Burnt_ away than when more _Burnt_ away; which want of Burning makes
the _Inck_ also, though made of good old _Linseed-Oyl_ Fat and Smeary,
and hinders its _Drying_; so that when it comes to the _Binders_ it
also _Sets off_.
_Thirdly_, They do not use that way of clearing their _Inck_ the
_Hollanders_ do, or indeed any other way than meer Burning it, whereby
the _Inck_ remains more _Oyly_ and _Greasie_ than if it were well
clarified.
_Fourthly_, They to save the _Press-man_ the labour of _Rubbing_ the
_Blacking_ into _Varnish_ on the _Inck-Block_, _Boyl_ the _Blacking_ in
the _Varnish_, or at least put the _Blacking_ in whilst the _Varnish_
is yet _Boyling-hot_, which so _Burns_ and _Rubifies_ the _Blacking_,
that it loses much of its brisk and vivid black complexion.
_Fifthly_, Because _Blacking_ is dear, and adds little to the weight
of _Inck_, they stint themselves to a quantity which they exceed not;
so that sometimes the _Inck_ proves so unsufferable _Pale_, that the
_Press-man_ is forc’d to _Rub_ in more _Blacking_ upon the _Block_; yet
this he is often so loth to do, that he will rather hazard the content
the Colour shall give, than take the pains to amend it: satisfying
himself that he can lay the blame upon the _Inck-maker_.
Having thus hinted at the difference between the _Dutch_ and _English
Inck_, I shall now give you the Receipt and manner of making the
_Dutch-Varnish_.
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