Saturday, February 19, 2011

Richard March Hoe

The steam powered rotary printing press, invented in 1843 in the United States by Richard M. Hoe (perfected in 1846, patented in 1847), allowed millions of copies of a page in a single day. Mass production of printed works flourished after the transition to rolled paper, as continuous feed allowed the presses to run at a much faster pace.

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