Geek Fact for July 24th

By Judy Novotny / 07/24/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1847, Richard March Hoe received a patent for a rotary-type printing press.

The rotary printing press placed the type on a revolving cylinder, making it much faster than the flatbed printing press. It was sometimes called the “Hoe lightning press”.

Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_March_Hoe.

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