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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY, PERFECTING/4 DECK
- DATE
- 1898–1899
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0675.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO.
- MODEL
- STRAIGHTLINE
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 215
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 34
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON CASTINGS/ STEEL/ BRASS/ BRONZE/ WOOD PLATFORMS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 630.0 cm
- Width
- 300.0 cm
- Height
- 430.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 32.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image transfer
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GOSS
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1899 TO 1971
- Canada
-
POPULAR STYLE OF NEWSPAPER PRESS USED BY "SMALLER" CANADIAN DAILIES FROM THE MID 1890'S UNTIL THE MID 20TH C. - Function
-
4 DECK, WEB-FACED ROTARY PERFECTING PRESS UNIT TO PRINT AND FOLD NEWSPAPERS - Technical
-
"...IS HELD TO BE IN PRINCIPLE THE FINAL STEP IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEWSPAPER PERFECTING PRESS" (REF.3). INVENTED BY JOSEPH L. FIRM IN 1899 & PRODUCED BY GOSS, THE'STRAIGHTLINE' RAN THE PAPER FROM THE WEB TO FOLDER IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERCONNECTED DECKS INCREASED THE SPEED & EFFICIENCY OF NEWSPAPER PRINTING. IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR A 'COMPACT' SIZE PRESS IN TERMS OF THE FLOOR SPACE REQ'D. SHORTCOMINGS OF THE PRESS ARE DESCRIBED IN REF. 4. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST LETTERING PAINTED GOLD
- Missing
- UNKNOWN, PRESS DISMANTLED IN ALBERTA AND REASSEMBLED IN OTTAWA, CLAIMED TO BE COMPLETE
- Finish
- PAINTED GREY AFTER REASSEMBLY/ ORIGINAL COLOUR LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN BLACK (PAINTING OF PRESSES GREY WAS NOT IN "VOGUE" UNTIL ABOUT 20 YRS LATER).
- Decoration
- N/A
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GOSS PRINTING PRESS CO., Press, printing, between 1898–1899, Artifact no. 1971.0675, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1971.0675.001/
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