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February 20, 1837
The Daily Cincinnati Republican, And Commercial Register
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Account from Charleston Patriot of Rowland Hill's English rotary printing press invention, achieving 8000 sheets per hour without steam and printing miles-long paper scrolls in one hour.
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A PRODIGIOUS OPERATION,—We find in the
Charleston Patriot, this account of a newly invented
Printing Press:
A Printing Press lately invented by Rowland
Hill, an English Machinist, throws off 8000 sheets
per hour, without the use of steam. The number
thrown off by the most powerful presses now in use
is 4000 per hour. A scroll of paper of the width of
a newspaper, and from three miles and a half to
four miles long, can on one of Mr. Hill's presses,
be printed on both sides in one hour. The principle
of this invention, and which distinguishes it from
those presses now in use is that the motion is rotary,
instead of being reciprocating, which communicates
to the machine its rapidity of motion.
Charleston Patriot, this account of a newly invented
Printing Press:
A Printing Press lately invented by Rowland
Hill, an English Machinist, throws off 8000 sheets
per hour, without the use of steam. The number
thrown off by the most powerful presses now in use
is 4000 per hour. A scroll of paper of the width of
a newspaper, and from three miles and a half to
four miles long, can on one of Mr. Hill's presses,
be printed on both sides in one hour. The principle
of this invention, and which distinguishes it from
those presses now in use is that the motion is rotary,
instead of being reciprocating, which communicates
to the machine its rapidity of motion.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Printing Press
Invention
Rowland Hill
Rotary Motion
High Speed Printing
What entities or persons were involved?
Rowland Hill
Where did it happen?
England
Story Details
Key Persons
Rowland Hill
Location
England
Story Details
A newly invented printing press by Rowland Hill throws off 8000 sheets per hour without steam, doubling the speed of existing presses. It can print a three-and-a-half to four-mile long scroll of newspaper-width paper on both sides in one hour, using rotary motion instead of reciprocating.