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Patent model for a web perfecting rotary press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a compact rotary press with forms for printing both sides of the paper, mounted on the two ends of a single type cylinder. The invention was granted patent number 212444. After one side of the paper was printed, the web was turned and moved sideways so the other side could be printed. The press was designed particularly for newspaper printing.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent model for a web perfecting rotary press. ca 1879. Crowell, Luther C.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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