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American Encyclopedia of Printing (1871)

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American Encyclopedia of Printing 1871

Title:

American Encyclopedia of Printing (1871)

Author:

Edited by J. Luther Ringwalt

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Printer:

Menamin & Ringwalt; J.B. Lippincott & Co.

Place of Printing:

Philadelphia, PA

Date of Printing:

1871

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Author and Commentators

John Luther Ringwalt (1828-1891). Publisher of the Monroe Democrat newspaper in Stroudsburg, PA and the Railroad World in Philadelphia, PA. Author of Development of Transportation Systems in the United States (1888). Editor of the American Encyclopedia of Printing.

The Book

Green cloth covers with gilt decorations on front cover and spine. 505 pages of definitions, articles and illustrations along with a twelve page article on how a book is made. Approximately 1700 articles. Colored frontispiece showing printing press with allegorical figures. Twenty full page plates. Hundreds of smaller illustrations of printing tools.

Contents (partial)

• How a Book Is Made. Pages ix-xv.
• A-Z Definitions and explanations of printing terms and printers. Pages 18-506.
• Contents. Pages 507-512.

Gallery

CoverBinding close-upBindingFrontispieceTitleCopyrightAdams PressAncient Printing OfficeApplying pressurePrintingTypePrinting ProcessInkingR. Hoe & CoBed & Platen Job Printing PressPressType Revolving Book PressBronstrup PressBullock Single-Feeder Perfecting PressBullock Press with Kelleberg's ArrangementBullock Self-Feeding & Perfecting PressCutting MachinesPatent Table Card PressChicago Taylor PressChromatic Printing PressCincinatti Cylinder PressComposing SticksComposing SticksCopperplate PressCotrell & Babcock 1st Class Drum Cylinder PressCampbell Country PressHattersley Distributing MachineMackie Distributing MachinePotter Drum-Cylinder PressBlack Leading MachineToggle-Press with Lifting HeadEmbossing PressRuggles Engine PressExcelsior PressFlyForsaith Newspaper Folding MachineGage Paper-CutterGlobe Job Printing PressGordon PressPrintingWritingGutenbergHand-Inker for Hand-PressHattersley Type-Setting MachineHattersley Type-Setting MachineTaylor Hat-Tip PressHenry Patent PressTen Cylinder Type-Revolving Printing MachineTen Cylinder Press (detail)Ten Cylinder Press (detail)Ten Cylinder Press (Close-up)R Hope & Co. PressR Hope & Co. PressSingle Small-Cylinder PressRailway Newspaper Printing PressSingle Large-Cylinder PressSingle Large-Cylinder Hand-Printing PressHydraulic PressGutenberg, Fust & SchoefferKellogg Improved Newbury Blank & Card PressKosterLever-Sliding Knife Cutting MachineLithographic Hand-PressLithographic Power-PressAlois SenefelderMackie Type-Setting MachineMinerva Paper-CutterMinerva Paper-CutterPatent Mitring MachinesPrinting HistoryNewbury Country PressChambers Newspaper Folding MachineNewbury Paper CutterNonpareil PressNovelty PressPaper FibersPawl PressPotter Improved Country PressPrinting PressesRailway Coupon-Ticket Printing & Numbering MachineRailway Rotary Ticket MachineReady Proof PressRiehl Patent Cutting MachineSanborn Paper CutterSheridan Patent Sliding Knife Paper CutterType StandStereotype Mould Drying PressIron Top Beating TableStop-Cylnder Wood Cut PressTaylor PressesTaylor Press with Fountain on Back EndTaylor New-Drum CylinderTaylor Job PressType makingType Casting MachineOriginal Alden Type-Setting MachineOrren L. Brown's Patent Type-Setting MachineOrren L. Brown's Type-Distributing MachineUniversal Printing MachineUniversal Printing MachineWashington PressR. Hoe Washington PressWetting Machine