The History of PrintingS.P.C.K., 1855 - 232 pagine |
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Pagina 109
... practice , the engineers set about simplifying the invention . In this they triumphed over all difficulties . The original machine con- tained no less than 100 wheels ; the number was reduced to 10. Mr. Edward Cowper , for instance , on ...
... practice , the engineers set about simplifying the invention . In this they triumphed over all difficulties . The original machine con- tained no less than 100 wheels ; the number was reduced to 10. Mr. Edward Cowper , for instance , on ...
Pagina 131
... practice makes perfect , and a good workman will dis- tribute 40,000 letters in a day . He separates them indeed almost as rapidly as he can pass his hand over the case . When the case is full , the compositor commences composing . For ...
... practice makes perfect , and a good workman will dis- tribute 40,000 letters in a day . He separates them indeed almost as rapidly as he can pass his hand over the case . When the case is full , the compositor commences composing . For ...
Pagina 137
... practice ; that the long training of the com- positor may be dispensed with ; that women and children may be substituted for men in printing offices H 2 HISTORY OF PRINTING . 137 types. But Major Beniowski's cases are not ...
... practice ; that the long training of the com- positor may be dispensed with ; that women and children may be substituted for men in printing offices H 2 HISTORY OF PRINTING . 137 types. But Major Beniowski's cases are not ...
Pagina 170
... practice , but recollection . The Chapel still , however , flourishes ; and not- withstanding the members deliberate in their cups , many employers consider there is useful- ness , and undoubtedly there is justice , in these rude courts ...
... practice , but recollection . The Chapel still , however , flourishes ; and not- withstanding the members deliberate in their cups , many employers consider there is useful- ness , and undoubtedly there is justice , in these rude courts ...
Pagina 210
... be obtained from it . The words it was necessary of course , to write backwards , and this present- ed another difficulty . But " practice makes perfect , " and Senefelder used some soft stone as 210 HISTORY OF PRINTING .
... be obtained from it . The words it was necessary of course , to write backwards , and this present- ed another difficulty . But " practice makes perfect , " and Senefelder used some soft stone as 210 HISTORY OF PRINTING .
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afterwards amongst art of printing beautiful Bible bishops blind block books printed called catalogue Caxton Chapel Chinese Cochlæus Cologne colour commenced compositor contrivance copy Coster cylinder machine described drawing drum edition England English engraving errors etching ground Faust French frisket Guttenberg Haarlem hand impressions improvement instance invention inventor king Koenig laid lampblack learned letters lever lines lithography logographic London Lord Stanhope master ment Mentz metal casts metal types mezzotinto Miles Coverdale mode mould moveable types multiplied Naboth niello obtained parchment persons pica piece placed platen practised pressman printers printing books printing cylinder printing machine printing-office proof pulp punches roller round says Schoeffer screw Scriptures seal Senefelder sheet of paper sheets an hour side stamped stereotype stone surface tion translation turned tympan Tyndale type-founders whilst William Caxton wood wooden types words workman writing written Wynkyn de Worde
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Pagina 6 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Pagina 4 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Pagina 5 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Pagina 108 - Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing since the discovery of the art itself. The reader of this paragraph now holds in his hand one of the many thousand impressions of The Times newspaper which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus.
Pagina 108 - Times newspaper, which were taken off last night by a mechanical apparatus. A system of machinery almost organic has been devised and arranged, which, while it relieves the human frame of its most laborious efforts in printing, far exceeds all human powers in rapidity and dispatch.
Pagina 187 - James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on.
Pagina 56 - And for as much as in the writing of the same my pen is worn, my hand weary and not steadfast, mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper, and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been, and that age creepeth on me daily and feebleth all the body, and also because I have promised to divers gentlemen and to my friends to address to them as hastily as I might this said book...
Pagina 103 - ... by all who called for it, the word " Universal " being universally omitted, and the word " Register " being only retained. " Boy, bring me the Register ! " The waiter answers, " Sir, we have not a library, but you may see it at the New Exchange coffee-house.
Pagina 103 - Tristram, suffered from unusual casualties, both laughable and serious, arising from its name, which, on its introduction, was immediately curtailed of its fair proportion by all who called for it, the word Universal being universally omitted, and the word Register being only retained. 'Boy, bring me The Register...
Pagina 103 - Ladies. For these and other reasons, the parents of the UNIVERSAL REGISTER have added to its original name that of the TIMES; which, being a monosyllable, bids defiance to corruptors and mutilators of the language.