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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
Book
- Title:
- Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré
- Author(s):
- Trousset, Jules (under the direction of)
- Publisher:
- Paris: La Librairie Illustrée, 1885-1891
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
The Victory was an early model of the rotary web press. In other words, the prints were obtained by the action of a pressure cylinder against another cylinder which carried the type. The paper supply was kept on a large roll and unwound in a continuous movement. This particular press could allegedly print and fold 9,000 copies of an eight-page newspaper of 50 inches square, or 18,000 copies of a four-page paper, per hour.
The caption reads in the original French: La Victory, machine rotative à papier continu.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, industrial, machine, press, printing, reference book
