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Identifier: mechanicsmagazin01knig (find matches)
Title: Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements
Year: 1833 (1830s)
Authors: Knight, John
Subjects: Technology Industrial arts
Publisher: New York, D. K. Minor and J. E. Challis
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on ^vhich they areral lib^ilula^ or dragon flies, one of which to be screwed fast, so a^ to get them m theiraf e t dl Uved fo= four months, and ano- proper places. Give the nuts two or threether for six ; and, which seems rather odd, turns, then screw the suspending rods last tohe could never keep alive those with their the platen, after which put in the bar-handleheadf on above a Lv days.-(Ency. Brit, wedge and knees ; and also the wedge throughj!\ the top of the frame, which regulates tne im- new eaii.j pression. Then turn the nuts on the sus- pending rods, so as to compress the springsjust enough to give the platen a quick retro-gade motion; observing, at the same time, toget the surface of the platen parallel withthe surface of the bed. After having put the press together andlevelled it, be particular not to raise the endof the ribs bv the gallows, but let it go underrather loose, wliich will have a tendency tomake the bed slide v,-ith more ease on theribs. smiths printing press.
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PATENT STANDING PRESS. This press, manufactured by Messrs. R.Hoe & Co. of this city, is in great requestby many of the pruiters in the United States,and deservedly so. As it is necessary, inorder to get it conveyed to distant parts ofthe country, to send it in detached pieces, wehere insert directions for putting it up : It will be necessary to observe that all theconnecting parts are marked or indented bypoints, which, if carefully observed, the presswill be put together Avithout difficulty. After setting the frame upon its legs, andputti.iir on the ribs and bed, lay the platen onthe bed, between which two bearers shouldbe laid about tvpe-high. (The front end ofthe platen is marked F. T.) Then put the.springs in their places, and the nuts overthem, and pass the suspending rods throughIhem, observing the numbers of indentations

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