| Title: | Printing press |
| Original Title: | Presse d'imprimerie |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 13 (1765), p. 220 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | IML Donaldson [University of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh] |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Printing press." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by IML Donaldson. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.285>. Trans. of "Presse d'imprimerie," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 13. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Printing press." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by IML Donaldson. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.285 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Presse d'imprimerie," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 13:220 (Paris, 1765). |
Printing press for letterpress printing. This is a complicated piece of machinery; [1] its principal wooden parts are : the two cheeks, the two heads, the ribs , the small beams or struts, the rounce [2], the coffin, the plank, the support, the feet, the hind-posts [3], and its supports , the roller of the rounce . The principal metal parts are: the screw [4], the spindle of the screw, the toe of the spindle, the platen, the stud of the platen [5], the bar, the corner brackets [6] of the coffin, the pads of the carriage [7], the spindle of the rounce, the key of the screw [8], split pins [9] and ring bolts [10]. For information about each part of the press and its size and use see each article arranged alphabetically and similarly for all the other material relevant to the press .
Presses are not built in quite the same way in all printing houses in France or abroad; however, their components though they may be arranged a little differently, all have the same purpose and carry out the same functions. See the Plates on printing and the article Printing.
1. The list of components in this article appears to be a random selection of a few parts of the press – by no means all the ‘principal’ parts are included. Much the most satisfactory way to understand the press and its components is to examine the plates Plates on letterpress printing with their legends.
2. le rouleau Strictly, the roller of the rounce.
3. le train de derriere
4. Or worm
5. la grenouille Moxon calls what seems to the same component – or at least one of similar function – the stud of the platen . It receives the toe of the spindle which turns in a small hole punched in the bottom.
6. cantonnieres or cornieres
7. pattes or crampons These pads support the carriage on the rails of the ribs along which they slide.
8. clé de la vis This label does not seem to be present in any picture legend. Clearly it refers to the screw or worm that drives the platen down; perhaps it is the locking pin holding the end of the bar into the screw?
9. clavettes Probably split pins or similar pins to lock removable screws in position
10. les pitons