Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15351

    Printing press

    Date
    17th century
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p6
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 196mm
    width (page): 300mm
    Subject
    Description
    Design of a printing press with a system of levers to replace the commonly used screw and hose. The benefits of this change could be the speed of the operation and the simplification of the construction of a press, since the hose and the hanging of the plates that stop it from twisting are not necessary.
    Transcription
    contrepoise; about 3 inches thicke
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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