History of the printing-press—Blaeu, its first
improver—Ramage press—Stanhope press—Clymer or Columbian
press—Smith press—Washington press—Adams’s bed-and-platen
power-press—Invention of the Cylinder press—Frederick
König—William Nicholson—Dr. Kinsley—Applegath and
Cowper—Account of the house of R. Hoe & Co.—Stop Cylinder
press—Cottrell & Babcock presses—Campbell presses—Richard
M. Hoe’s type-revolving printing machine—Bullock
perfecting press—The Walter perfecting press—The Hoe
perfecting press—Presses at the Centennial Exhibition,
1876—Railroad-ticket printing and numbering press—Job
presses—Ruggles, Hoe, Gordon, Degener, Wells, and
Gally—Franklin press—Nonpareil press—Fire-fly press—Liberty
press—Globe press—Peerless press—Universal press—Amateur
presses—Folding machines—Setting up a Washington
press—Setting up the roller-stand—Composition rollers—Melting
kettle—Covering tympans—Wetting paper—Blankets—Making ready
a form on a hand-press—Pulling—Rules and remedies for
pressmen—Ley-trough—Making ready on cylinder presses—Fine
hand-presswork—Printing wood-cuts—Card printing—Gold
printing—Bronze printing—Printing in colours—Ink stone
and muller—How to use dry colours—How to multiply
colours—Contrast of colours—Oiling a press—How to treat wood
type.