Printing press, rotary

Description

Rotary printing press, mounted on a wooden base with cast-iron columns, invented by Thomas Nelson Jr. of Edinburgh, 1850, and exhibited at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851

Museum reference

T.1980.108

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Printing press, rotary

Date

1850

Materials

Cast iron, Wood

Physical description

Wooden base, cast-iron columns

Associations

Inventor: Nelson, Thomas, Jr., 1822 - 1892
Great Exhibition

On display

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