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Browse All : oil on canvas by Parrish, Douglas M., 1922-2001 of England - London from 1966 approximate
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Title
Fourdrinier and the Papermaking Machine
Creator
Parrish, Douglas M., 1922-2001
Summary
At the turn of the 19th century Louis Robert, a French paper mill clerk, invented a paper manufacturing machine to replace hand labor. Prevented from developing it because of political troubles in his homeland, he sold the idea to Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, prominent paper manufacturers. The Fourdriniers continued experimenting and in 1803, designed a machine which could produce a sheet of paper.
Title
Friederich Koenig and the Cylindrical Press
Creator
Parrish, Douglas M., 1922-2001
Summary
After centuries of use, history's oldest printing machine, the hand press, was finally superseded when Frederich Koeing sold his first power-driven press to The London Times in 1814. Koeing's invention instantly lowered printing and composing costs by 25 per cent and made possible the production of cheaper and larger publications of every kind. His contributions to the graphic arts were presses with increased multiplying capacities which soon replaced manpower with machine power. From his inventions came today's entire line of modern, high speed printing machines.
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