The Steam-Powered Press at The Times

1814

The Steam-Powered Press at The Times

John Walter II of The Times of London buys a Friedrich Koenig steam-powered cylinder press and prints the 28 November 1814 edition on it. The press runs 1,100 sheets per hour — four times the speed of a hand press.

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