cylinder press
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cylinder press
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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An ampere motor in series with the motor while running off the morning paper with only the cylinder press in operation stood at 12 amperes.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
Joe bought a rebuilt cylinder press for fifteen hundred dollars and had it installed in the basement.
From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James
The second-hand engine ceases to snort, the rat printers disperse and the wheezy old cylinder press no longer alarms the neighborhood.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
A part of Clarkson's "Life of William Penn" was printed on this press, and was the first book ever printed on a cylinder press.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.
The article describing Hoe's cylinder press is a collection of badly-constructed sentences.
From Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Porter, Rufus
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