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THE ILLUSTEATED EXHIBITOR.

491

Messrs. Brown, of Edinburgh, and Mr. Rich,

f London, are also patentees of platen machines. A

Sance at the engraving, with the accompanying references,

v& sufficiently explain the manner of working these useful

prMp?S?smHop1Mnson and Cope also exhibit one of their
Alb on presses! of which there are upwards of 2,700 in
rtual use at the present moment—a sufficient evidence of
foeir value and adaptability for the purposes required.

Messrs. Ransomes and May, of Ipswich; Messrs. Wa-
terlow, of London Wall; Messrs. Thomas, Pope, and Co.,
of Birmingham; and Mr. Ullmer, of Fetter-lane, also
exhibit printing-presses, that of the latter gentleman being
constructed so that it may be worked by one man. It is
fitted with an apparatus similar to the inking cylinder of
the platen machine, the rollers moving over the form by
the action of the bar or handle of the press.

The adaptation of an inking apparatus to the ordinary
printing press is not, however, confined to Mr.
Ullmer, as an examination of the illustration in
the next page sufficiently proves. The advantages
of this press are increased expedition, and conse-
quent economy—one man doing the work of two.
The carriage and tympan of this press are rolled
simultaneously in opposite directions, the type re-
ceiving ink at one end of the platen, and the tym-
pan the blank sheet at the other; a reversed action
of the handle brings them together with precision
beneath the* platen, there to receive the impres-
sion. The printed sheet is freed from the form
by means of springs.

There are few specimens of " printed paper" to
be seen within the walls of the Crystal Palace
that are calculated to attract attention. Typo-
graphy, as an art, seems to have attained a very
early maturity. Within a comparatively brief
period of the incident which has enabled Mr.
Maclise to render memorable the Royal Academy
Exhibition of 1851, the " Presentation of the
first Specimens of the first Printed Book by
Caxton to his Patron, Edward IV.," the type-
founder and letterpress printer had exhausted
even the possibilities of improvement* For deli-