H. S. CROPPER & CO.'S Patent “Minerva ' Minerva Printing Machine. THIS IS THE MOST COMPACT, ELEGANT, AND SPEEDY PLATEN MACHINE EVER MADE. Britannia Machine Printing Works, March 17, 1869. Gentlemen,-Some time ago we had, through Messrs. Hughes and Kimber, one of your fcap. "Minervas." We are so very pleased with its performance in black and colour work, on enamel and plain cards, on stout or thin paper-that we trust our entirely unsolicited testimonial may be accepted by you as the grateful expression of a Printer to the Inventor of a small machine that will do good work. We state it as a simple fact that we engage to print on the "Minerva " the very finest work a press is capable of producing, since a more perfect "touch impression," or a more thorough distribution of ink could not be obtained. No printing office with any pretension ought to be without it, especially where competition forces a reduction of prices. Assuring you that our motive in sending you these few lines is simply to acknowledge the worth of your useful and ingenious invention. We are, Gentlemen, yours very obediently, BURG & DANIEL. 3 & 4, Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row, London, Messrs. H. S. CROPPER & Co. March 27, 1869. Gentlemen,-Having had considerable experience with the "Minerva " machine for the last two years, I feel great pleasure in testifying to its very great economy and speed, and can with confidence pronounce it to be by far the simplest, most effective, and best made treadle machine ever introduced into a jobbing office. The three machines I have are in constant use, producing really capital work. Yours faithfully, P. GRANT. Midland Place, Derby, May 11, 1869. Messrs. H. S. CROPPER & Co. Gentlemen,-We write to say that we have started the Demy Folio Machine at 1,620 per hour, but regret that we have not put it on at 1,800 impressions per hour, as we believe that speed is about the right one for general work. We run the small Machine at 1,860 per hour for general work. We enclose a sample of the work, on the larger Machine. Yours truly, W. BEMROSE & SONS. MAY BE SEEN AT WORK DAILY AT H. S. CROPPER & CO.'S, HOCKLEY MILL, NOTTINGHAM, PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS; And at the Office of the LONDON AGENT, S. CROPPER, 70, Cheapside, E.C. First-class Publications executed WITH EMBELLISHED BORDERS, IN COLORS OR TINTS, IN A STYLE QUITE NOVEL, AND EXCEEDINGLY Pattern Pages and Designs FURNISHED FREE OF CHARGE, IF RESULTING IN AN ORDER. PRINTERS TO THE TRADE. Britannia Steam Lithographic and Letter-press Printing Works, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA. H. W. CASLON & CO., 22 & 23, CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, E.C. ESTABLISHED 1716. Manufacturers of every description of NEWSPAPER, BOOK, and JOBBING TYPE, will have much pleasure in forwarding a copy of their Specimen Book on application. Special attention is given to Newspaper Founts, which are cast in extra Hard Metal, combined with the most accurate manufacture. The original OLD-FACED LETTERS, engraved in the early part of the Last Century, by the celebrated WILLIAM CASLON, are in this Foundry. Patent "Moss" Rubber Inking Roller. S. MOULTON & CO., KINGSTON INDIA RUBBER MILLS, BRADFORD-ON-AVON, BEG EG to call the attention of the Printing Trade generally to their PATENT "MOSS" RUBBER INKING ROLLER, composed of a new and homogeneous material of the consistency of Moss, and hermetically sealed in a smooth skin of specially prepared India Rubber. The advantages they claim for these Rollers, as compared with the ordinary Composition Rollers, are, 1. Their great durability, on account of the unchangeable nature of the material. 2. They are wholly unaffected by any temperature. 3. They are not damaged by brass rule. 4. They are permanently soft and elastic. 5. They can be used immediately after being washed. These Patent "Moss" Rubber Inking Rollers, can be obtained from no other parties than as above; and Notice is hereby given that the necessary legal steps will be taken where requisite, to protect S. Moulton's Patent for the manufacture of "Moss" Rubber from all infringement. N.B.-The Ink must be washed off these Rollers before laid by. Alkalies only may be used, such as Pearlash, Potash, or Ammonia. Turpentine, and every kind of Oil, Soft Soap, or Grease, must be carefully avoided. Bisulphuret of Carbon will clean off Coloured Inks. PRICES.-Machine Rollers, per inch length.-1 in. and 1 in. diameter, 4d.; 2 in., 6d. ; 21 in. 7d.; 2 in., 7d.; 3 in., 8d. Charge for Fitting Old Stocks to our Rollers, 3s. 6d. each. Hand Rollers, 3 in. diameter, price 9d. per inch length under 1 foot; 1 foot and upwards, 8d. per inch length. Bushings, 9d. per Roller up to 1 foot; above 1 foot up to 2 feet, 1s. per Roller. THE PRINTERS' ENGINE. EDWARDS & Co., 531, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W.C., MANUFACTURERS OF THE PATENT HOT-AIR ENGINE. THE ABOVE ENGINE IS BY FAR THE MOST ECONOMICAL MOTIVE POWER KNOWN. COST OF WORKING, ONE PENNY PER HORSE POWER PER HOUR. IT REQUIRES NO ENGINEER. IT REQUIRES NO WATER. Sold by HUGHES & KIMBER, West Harding Street, Fetter Lane, London. DAVIS AND PRIMROSE, DUKE STREET, LEITH, PATENT IMPROVED Lithographic Cylinder Gripper Machine, For Chromo, Chalk, or ordinary work, capable of producing from 500 to 1,000 Impressions per Hour. The ADVANTAGES of the LITHOGRAPHIC MACHINE may be briefly stated as, 1. FACILITY IN MAKING READY.-Owing to the great simplicity of the mechanical arrangements, and entire absence of complex movements, the stone can be adjusted with perfect ease-in fact, the time required is scarcely more than on an ordinary Press, thus enabling short numbers to be worked with economy. 2. THE ROLLERS being made from the very best French leather, great uniformity of pressure is obtained, causing so little damage to the work on the stone as to allow as many as 20,000 impressions to be taken from a single transfer. In many cases the quantity printed has far exceeded that number. 3. VARYING SPEEDS.-A pair of Cone Pulleys and Countershaft, &c., may be used, by means of which the Printer can change the speed, so as to yield any given number of impressions per hour. 4. THE INKING APPARATUS is entirely self-acting, and the damping as nearly so as experience warrants. If desired, the damping can be entirely self-acting; but it is open to many objections, especially in the fine descriptions of colour work. The supply of ink is varied at will with the greatest nicety. 5. REGISTERING COLOUR WORK.-In registering colour work, points on the Cylinder and guides on the Feed-table are used; the Cylinder stopping at every revolution sufficient time to enable the layer-on to point with the greatest accuracy. The position of the Feed-table and the stopping of the Cylinder are peculiar to this Machine alone. 6. STONE NEVER LOST SIGHT OF.-The Stone is never lost sight of by the Printer. This very great advantage is possessed by no other Machine. This Machine is extensively used in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, Belfast, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Bradford, &c., and is manufactured in sizes for Printing Stones, varying from 24 x 18 up to 40 x 60. Full particulars on application to HUGHES & KIMBER. PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS, WEST HARDING STREET, FETTER LANE, LONDON; AND 110, READE STREET, NEW YORK. WITH PATENT FLYERS, FOR DELIVERING THE SHEETS PRINTED SIDE UPWARDS. WILLIAM AND DAWSON AND SONS, PRINTERS' ENGINEERS, OF MANUFACTURERS ditto (to print 1,500 per hour). CYLINDER, SINGLE COLOR ditto THE WHARFEDALE TWO-FEEDER PRINTING MACHINE (to print 3,500 per hour). CYLINDER, TWO COLOR ditto ditto DIAGONAL AND VERTICAL PAPER CUTTING MACHINES for Steam and Hand Power. Also, Millboard and Card Cutting Machines, Label Cutting Machine for Steam and Hand Power, Rolling Machine for Bookbinders and LONDON AGENTS: HUGHES and KIMBER, WEST HARDING STREET, FETTER LANE, E.C., AND 110, READE STREET, NEW YORK. WOOD ENGRAVING? FOR ILLUSTRATING BOOKS, CATALOGUES, PERIODICALS, &c. Begs to call the attention of Publishers, Authors, Printers, Stationers, &c., to his Establishment for the production of every Description of Blocks for all kinds of Colour Printing executed in the finest Style of the Art. OFFICES-25, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, LONDON. W.C. PATENT ROTARY DAMPER, HUGHES AND KIMBER, WEST HARDING STREET, FETTER LANE, LONDON, E.C. Printed for the Proprietor by ALFRED GADSBY, of 10, Crane Court, Fleet Street, in the Parish of Saint Dunstan's-in-the-West, in the City of London; and published by E. W. ALLEN, of 11, Ave Maria Lane, in the said City of London. No. 36.-Monday, November 1st, 1869. |