/BR R. HOE & CO S CATALOGUE OF PRINTING PRESSES AND ri^IKTERS' MATERIALS, LITHOGRAPHIC PRESSES, STEREOTYPING AND EliECTROTYPING MACHINERY, BINDERS' PRESSES AND MATERIAIiS, NEW-YORK: 504 GRAND STREET. 1881. & 55- FRANKLIN INSTITUTE LIBRARY PHILADELPHIA CLASS.^ >^ BOOK. .^..^.."7 ACCESSION ^..L^...^.. REFERENCE Article V. — The Library shall be divided into two classes ; the first comprising such works as, from their rarity or value, should not be lent out, all unbound periodicals, and such text books as ought to be found in a library of reference except when required by Committees of the Institute, or by members or holders of second class stock, who have obtained the sanction of the Committee. The second class shall include those books intended for circulation. 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Article X. — Any Member or holder of second class stock, detected in mutilating the newspapers, pamphlets or books belonging to the Insti- tute shall be deprived of )iis right of membership, and the name of the offender shall be made p^^blic. i Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/catalogueofprintOOrhoe R. HOE & CO S CATALOGUE OF PRINTING PRESSES AND PHINTEHS' MATERIALS, LITHOGRAPHIC PRESSES, STEREOTTPIISTG AND ELECTROTYPING MACHINERY BINDERS' PRESSES ANH MATERIAIiS. IS^EW-YOUK: 504 GHAKD STREET. 1881. Copyright, 1881, by E. HoE & Co. Picas of FHANCis Hart & Co THE CF.TTV CEfilLR R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 1 PATENT DOUBLE-CYLINDER PRESS. This press is exceedingly strong, and the number seven size is capable of a speed of three thousand per hour; the smaller sizes, of coiirse, running faster in proportion than the larger. As will be seen by the cut, it has been entirely remodeled, and the height reduced, so that its solidity, dura- bility, and general efficiency are greatly increased. The side frames are very soUd, and rest upon a heavy foundation frame. The bed is driven by an improved motion, and starts and stops without noise or jar. The springs, by our new patent construction, are absolutely noiseless, and are so arranged as to permit the turning of the press backward or forward freely by hand, without compressing the spring. The machines are furnished with our patent improved air springs when desired. The friction-roller frames under the bed are driven by a patented mechanism, instead of being allowed to run free. This decreases the wear on the steel ways, and prevents the rollers from cutting. The bed fi-iction rollers are made of the best tool steel. The gearing is all made of special iron, and cut with the greatest accuracy. The racks are cut on a machine constructed by ourselves expressly for the purpose. The long universal- joint shaft, assisted by a counterbalance weight, gives a regular motion to the bevel pinion driving the bed. The fountain is so constructed that the ink Ues upon the knife and passes under the roUer. The fountain itself, and aU the rollers, are in* a sliding carriage, which may be drawn back by a rack and pinion. The roller stocks are of wrought-iron pipe, with steel journals welded in. The patent adjustable roller sockets have wrought-iron bearings, case- hardened. The finger motion is noiseless. The fly cam has a continuous surface, so that the fly rises and falls noiselessly without striking the table, and does not require fastening up when the press is turned backward. The vertical fly-tape frames can be removed without loosening a screw, so that the forms are accessible from either end of the press. The fly can be removed in a minute. 2 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. The platforms for feeders are adjustable, and are provided with drawers for tools. The pulley shafts, and, in fact, all the shafts throughout the press, have their bearings in independent boxes, and not in the side frames. Thus, when the bearings become worn, they can be replaced at slight expense. Sizes and Prices. No. Bed. Matter. Price. No. Bed. Matter. Price. 6 32x47 in. 27 X 42 in. $5,500 8 38 X 55 in. 33 X 50 in. $6,750 7 35 X 51 in. 30 X 46 in. 6,000 9 41 X 60 in. 36 X 55 in. 7,500 The prices include apparatus for steam power; also, felt blanket, roUer moulds, and two sets of stocks. Improved sheet cutter, extra, $50 per cylinder. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. 6 "A Over all. Length. Width. Height. 6 16 ft. 8 ft. 10 in. 5 ft. 7 17 ft. 9 ft. 3 in. 5 ft. 3 in. 8 18 ft. 4 in. 9 ft. 7 in. 5 ft. 7 in. 9 19 ft. 10 in. 10 ft. 6 in. 6 ft. Weight lioxed, iucluding steam fixtures. About 8 tons. About 9 tons. About 10^ tons. About 12 tons. Speed. 2340 to 3600 2040 to 3300 1830 to 3000 1750 to 2800 « (4 n © !| 3 4 SUGGESTIONS TO PEESSMEN. 1. About the FomiDATioN. It is very important to have a good solid foundation. Level the bed plate carefully, putting four packings under each side, and let them be slightly tighter at the ends than in the centre. If the machine stands on a floor, try it again when all together, for fear that it may have settled out of level, and re-adjust, if necessary. Test the level of the press twice a year. Continued 2. Cleaning. Clean thoroughly aU the joints and fitting parts, and screw them together firmly, but without too much force. Clean and oil carefully aU the working parts before putting them together. See that all the oil holes are open, and fill them with oU. Try each moving piece, when put in place, to see that it runs freely, but with- out play, on page 4. E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 3 PATENT SINGLE SMALL CYLINDER PRESS. This macliine has, within a few years, been entirely remodeled and reduced in height, as will be seen by the cut of the press, so as to increase its speed, solidity, durability, and general efficiency. The side frames are very soUd, and rest upon a heavy foundation frame. The bed is driven by an improved motion, and starts and stops without noise or jar. The springs, by our new patent construction, are absolutely noiseless, and are so arranged as to permit the turning of the press backward or forward freely by hand, without compressing the spring. The machines are furnished with our patent improved air springs^ when desired. The friction-roUer frames under the bed are driven by a patented mechanism, instead of being allowed to run free. This decreases the wear on the steel ways, and prevents the rollers from cutting. The bed friction rollers are of the best tool steel. The gearing is all made of special iron, and cut with the greatest accuracy. The racks are cut on a machine constructed by ourselves expressly for the purpose. The long universal- joint shaft, assisted by a counterbalance weight, gives a regular motion to the bevel pinion driving the bed. The fountain is so constructed that the ink lies upon the knife and passes under the roller. The roller stocks are of wrought-iron pipe, with steel journals welded on. The patent adjustable roller sockets have wrought-iron bearings, case- hardened. The finger motion is noiseless. The fly cam has a continuous surface, so that the fly rises and falls noiselessly without striking the table, and does not require fastening up when the press is turned backward. The fly can be removed in a minute. The platform for the feeder is adjustable, and provided with drawer for tools. For sizes and prices, see next page. 4 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Single Small Cylinder Presses, continued. Sizes and Prices. No. Bed. Matter. Price. No. Bed. Matter. Price. 6 32x47 in. 27 X 42 in. $3,250 8 38 X 55 in. 33 X 50 in. $4,000 7 35 X 51 in. 30 X 46 in. 3,600 9 41 X 58 in. 36 X 53 in. 4,500 The prices include apparatus for steam power; also, felt blanket, two roller moulds, and two sets of stocks. Improved sheet cutters, $50. Patent reversing motion extra. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weight boxed, Speed. O t4 6 |Zi Length. Widtli. Height. including steam fixtures. = 1 6 12 ft. 8 ft. 9 in. 4 ft. 10 in. About 6 tons. 1350 to 2400 2 7 12 ft. 6 in. 9 ft. 4 in. 5 ft. About 7 tons. 1400 to 2200 24 8 13 ft. 7 in. 10 ft. 6 in. 5 ft. 5 in. About 7J tons. 1340 to 2000 3 SUaGESTIONS TO PRESSMEN. Continued from page 2. 3. Testing. Turn the press by hand oc- casionally, while putting it together, and give it a few more turns when it is finished. Then put on the belt, and let it run half a day before putting on a form, observing, in the meanwhile, that the oil runs freely from the bearings, and the working parts keep perfectly cool. 4. To ADJUST Cylinder. Make up the cylinder to the exact height of its bearers and put on a large form of type. Adjust the screws to give a proper impression and raise the bearers on the bed up against the cylinder; then make aU fast, and do not again alter the impression except by overlays or underlays. 5. PoUNTAnsr. Adjust the ink foimtain evenly from end to end first, then cut oif the ink carefully where required. 6. Changing Cylinder. To change the cylinder backward or forward with the bed to suit forms, draw the intermediate wheel out of gear with the cylinder wheel. In again starting, be very careful that the register rack is properly adjusted, for a little inattention here may cause trouble and expense. Continued 7. Reversing Motion. Oil must be care- fully excluded from the friction grooves in the fly wheel, and if any oil gets in, it should be cleaned out. No foreign sub- stance shotild be put in to make the brake operate more promptly. 8. Oiling. When the press is new, each bearing should be oiled once every half hour during the first few days, gradually extending the time to twice a day. Open and examine every bearing once a month. The finest quality of sperm oil is the best known lubricator, and should be frequently, but sparingly, used. Devote a little time each day to keeping the press clean. As it is very difficult to procure pui-e sperm oil, we have arranged to keep a stock on hand for the accommodation of our customers. It will be furnished by the barrel or gaUon at the lowest market prices. 9. Caution. Single small cylinder and double-cylinder newspaper presses should not be turned backward over the centre, as the grippers, remaining partly open, may damage the form and injure the press. on page 8. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 5 TWO-REVOLUTION PRESS, WITH FOUR ROLLERS. (PATENT CYLINDER DELIVERY.) This machine, now a great favorite with the trade, is intended especially for illustrated newspapers, periodicals, and rapid book work, which it will perform at a high speed, with accurate register and excellent distribution. It takes its name from the fact that the cylinder makes two revolutions to each run of the bed, rising to allow the bed to run back, as in the double and single small cylinder presses. The frame is verj' solid, and the gearing all made of special iron. The mechanism for driving the bed is similar to that on our large cylinder presses, comprising the long universal- joint shaft and geared friction-roller frames. Its motion is smooth and noiseless. The fountain, the fly cam, and the patent fly are the same as used on all our improved presses. The distributing rollers run in a hinged frame, which is quickly raised to allow the form rollers to be removed and replaced without deranging their adjustment. The iron ink table and the table distributing rollers are the same as in our stop-cylinder and four-roller large cylinder presses. It has, however, no large distributing cylinder unless especially ordered. There are four ways, instead of two, for the bed. This machine has our new patent air springs, and the press can be turned by hand without compressing them. The patent reversing motion enables the feeder to stop the press and run it backward without leaving his stand. The patent delivering cylinder takes the printed sheets from the main cylinder without the aid of cords or tapes, as in the stop-cylinder press, and sends them, by a set of independent and adjustable cords, down in front of the fly. Sizes and Prices. Bed Boilers coverinR Bed Boilers covering inside Entire inside Entire No. bearers. Matter. Form. Price. No. bearers. Matter. Form. Price. 6 32 X 47 in. 27x42 in. 4 $4,250 8 38 X 55 in. 33 X 50 in. 4 $5,300 7 35 X 51 in. 30 X 46 in. 4 4,750 9 41 X 60 in. 36 X 55 in. 4 6,250 The prices include apparatus for steam power, two sets of stocks, and boxing and shipping, or delivery, set up, in New- York. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weight boxed, including OS 0) 6 Length. Width. Height. steam fixtures. Speed. 6 14ft. Sin. 8 ft. 11 in. 5 ft. 4 in. About 8 tons. 1150 to 1800 3 7 15 ft. 9 ft. lin. 5 ft. 6 in. About 8^ tons. 1080 to 1700 3 8 16 ft. 2 in. 9 ft. 8 in. 5 ft. 11 in. About 10 tons. 1020 to 1560 3J 9 17 ft. 10 in. 10 ft. 2 in. 6 ft. 2 in. About llj tons. 950 to 1500 4 6 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. HINTS ON MAKING-READY 1. The nature of the making-ready should be governed by the paper provided for the work. Soft news paper readily takes im- pression ; hard writing paper resists it. When Uttle time can be allowed for making- ready, the paper should be wet down and made pliable the day before the form goes to press ; and the quires of damp paper should be turned and put under heavy weights, or in standing press, so as to make the sheets equally damp in every part. Avoid over- damping. Job and wood-cut work are most acceptably done on dry paper, but usually at greater loss of time in making-ready. 2. See that the bearers of the bed are properly adjusted, a trifle more than type height, and that both impression screws have proper bearings on the journals, so as to allow the cylinder to fairly, but not too firmly, press upon the bearers. 3. The packing, or the impression sur- face of the cylinder, should next receive attention. Every press is provided with an India-rubber blanket, which makes the most serviceable packing for general work. It is smooth, firm, elastic, and wiU last a long time, if carefully treated. Do not aUow oil or grease to get on it. Do not paste overlays on it. 4. For rude presswork, like posters, old plates, or newspapers set in worn type, the India-rubber blanket is, by some printers, thought not sufficiently elastic. They prefer a woollen blanket, because it helps them to make-ready quicker. But what may be gained in speed by use of blanket is lost in increased wear of type and in inferiority of impression. The more elastic the sur- face, the duller or coarser the print. 5. Fine presswork is most surely had by the aid of an inelastic press-board packing. This press-board is the hard and strong board which is usually provided for the dry-pressing of printed sheets in standing presses. Press-board packing can be used to advantage only on forms of types, or on plates made from types, that are as good as new. As it compels the pressman to slow and careful making-ready, it cannot be used to advantage on general job work, or on small editions. When a form of new type has been properly made-ready for this packing, it will show a sharper impression Continued o: FOR CYLINDER PRESSES. than can be made by any elastic packing. Properly used, it is not wearing to type. 6. The different kinds of packing may be combined for special kinds of work. Flannel or bUliard-table cloth may be put over a thin press-board packing; two or more sheets of paper may be put over a rubber blanket. 7. The packing selected should be tightly stretched over the cylinder, without bag or wrinkle. Labor in making-ready is thrown away if the packing be not kept tight. One end of the rubber or wooUen blanket may be fastened on the hooks that project inward in the opening at the gripper edge of the cylinder. The other end may be tightly laced with saddler's thread, at the other opening. A better way is to sew a strip of canvas on that end of the blanket, and to wind it around the reel in this opening. 8. To put on a press-board packing, select a board the full width of the cylin- der between the bearers, and about ten inches longer than the impression surface. If the board be too wide between bearers, cut down to exact length. Cut with sharp knife, straight and smooth, leaving no rough or turned edge. Carefully crease the part of the board that will be imder the grippers, about one half-inch from the edge. Lay this creased part on the flat edge of the cylinder at its opening, cover it with a thin cherry reglet, and bring down the clamps provided for the purpose quick and hard, so as to hold the board securely against any pulling from the other end. Proceed in a similar manner at the other end, stretching it so tightly that it hugs the cylinder at every point. Some pressmen carefully dampen the packing after it has been put on, by repeated spongings, until the board swells and bags. When it has swelled sufficiently, they re- stretch the board and fasten it down. As the board slowly dries, it contracts and hugs the cylinder with great tightness. To restore the surface, made somewhat rough by dampening and stretching, it must be cov- ered, when dry enough, with shellac varnish. This is tedious work, usually taking two, sometimes three days ; but it is worth the trouble, for a packing neatly put on will last, with care, for years. One or more page 12. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 7 PATENT STOP-CYLINDER PRESS. Tliis press is designed for the finest quality of wood-cut and color work, and will print with a delicacy of impression and accuracy of register unequaled by any other machine. It is of great strength throughout, and the principal cams have been enlarged, and the working parts are of steel and hardened. The gearing is all made of special iron and the cylinder shaft of steel. The bed is driven by a crank, and stops and starts without noise or jar. It is shod with hard steel, and in all but the smallest sizes runs upon four tracks, which are also of steel as hard as can be worked. The bed friction rollers are forged out of the best tool steel. The friction-roller frames are driven by a patented and positive motion, and are guarded so that they cannot get out of place or strike against the ends of the ribs. The distributing cylinder, of poHshed steel, with its large composition rollers, receives the ink from the fountain and transfers it to the table. The ink table is of iron, warranted to remain always true and level. The distributing rollers can be set parallel or at any angle reqvdred. They are of wrought-iron pipe with steel journals welded in. The form rollers, also of iron pipe with steel journals, are from four to six, according to the size of the machine. They are not driven by gearing or friction rolls, but by the contact of the distributing rollers above them, the surfaces of which run always at the same speed as the type s\irface. When so ordered, the press is arranged so that the bed may run either once or twice before the cylinder moves, thus passing the form either two or four times under the inking rollers, as desired, before taking the impression. The new patent cylinder clamp causes the impression cyUnder to stop without jar and stand without tremor, of course preventing the wear of the stop cam. There is also a brake on the fly wheel, by which the press can be quickly stopped. The impression cylinder is stationary while the sheet is being placed, the fingers closing and the points being withdrawn before it starts. The cyhnder wheel gears directly into the rack on the bed, and is driven by it, so that perfect register is warranted. 8 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. The patent delivering cylinder takes the printed sheets from the main cylinder, without the aid of cords or tapes, and sends them, by a set of independent and adjustable cords, down in front of the fly. The patent fly can be removed in a minute. It has sharp-edged fingers to prevent smear, any one of which can be changed in an instant in position by a thumb-screw. Sizes and Prices. Bed Rollers covering Bed Boilers covering inside Entire inside Entire No. bearers. Matter. Form, Price. No. bearers. Matter. Form. Price. 2 20 X 25 in. 16 X 21 in. 4 $2,600 6 32 X 47 in. 27 X 42 in. 6 $4,600 3 24 X 29 in. 19 X 24 in. 4 3,000 7 35 X 51 in. 30 X 46 in. 6 5,300 4 26 X 34 in. 21 X 29 in. 4 3,450 8 38 X 55 in. 33 X 50 in. 7 6,000 5 29 X 42 in. 24 X 37 in. 5 4,000 9 41 X 60 in. 36 X 55 in. 8 6,900 The prices include apparatus for steam power and boxing and shipping, or delivery, set up, in New- York ; also, roUer moulds and two sets of stocks. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Poiver. Over all. Weight boxed, Horse 1 power. 1 6 Length. Width. Height. including steam fixtures. Speed. 2 9 ft. 10 in. 4 ft. 10 in. 4 ft. About 4 tons. 1140 to 1800 3 lift. 6 in. 5 ft. 6 in. 4 ft. 6 in. About 5 tons. 924 to 1650 4 4 12 ft. 6 ft. 5 ft. About 6 tons. 852 to 1500 1 5 13 ft. 7 in. 7 ft. 7 in. 5 ft. 4 in. About 6J tons. 750 to 1350 n 6 15 ft. 8 ft. 6 ft. About 8^ tons. 672 to 1200 If 7 16 ft. 9 ft. 6 ft. 4 in. About 10 tons. 588 to 1050 i| 8 18 ft. 11 ft. 7 ft. About llj tons. 506 to 900 2 9 18 ft. 4 in. 11 ft. 2 in. 7 ft. 2 in. About 12^ tons. 421 to 750 2 SUGGESTIONS TO PRESSMEN Continued from page 4. 10. To ADJUST Gripper Motion on Im- pression Cylinder. To prevent the tear- ing of sheets or dropping of them too soon, care must be taken that the toothed seg- ment on the end of the cylinder rests on its stop pin when the fingers are closed. 1 1 . Springs, whether spiral or air springs, should be regulated according to the weight of the form and speed of the press, for a heavy form or high speed requires more spring than a light form or slow speed. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 9 PATENT FOUR ROLLER SINGLE LARGE CYLINDER PRESS. Tliis machine has been recently entirely remodeled and improved in numer- ous important particulars. The height is materially reduced, and it is in every way more solid, durable, and efficient. Tlie speed is increased over twenty-five per cent., and the quality of the printing is excel- lent for aU kinds of work. The frame is cast soUd, and special iron is used for all the gearing. The bed is driven by an im- proved motion, and starts and stops without noise or jar. The new improved patent air springs are a great improvement over any springs of the kind here- tofore made. The friction roUers and frames under the bed are driven by a pat- ented mechanism instead of being allowed to run free. This decreases the wear on the steel ways, and prevents the rollers from cutting. The long universal- joint shaft, with its heavy coimterbalance weight, gives a regular motion to the bevel pinion which drives the bed. The fountain is so constructed that the ink lies upon the knife and passes under the roller, a very smaU quantity being sufficient to operate it. It has a tight cover, and handles by which its entire front, with knife attached, may be quickly drawn back for cleansing. The distributing cylinder, which is furnished when especially ordered, with its large composition rollers, receives the ink from the fountain and transfers it to the table. The ink table is of iron, and of course always remains trae and level. The table distributing roUers can be set parallel or at any angle required. The form rollers are driven by the contact of the distributing rollers above them, the surfaces of which always move at the same speed as the type surface. There are four steel ways for the bed. The patent yielding points hold the sheet till the grippers pull it away, leaving no interval in which it is free to slide about. 2 Positive Vibratory Apparatus for Distributing Rollers. 12 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Hints on Making-Beady for Cylinde sheets of paper may be put over this pack- ing, on which paper overlays may be fast- ened. The packing itself should never be touched with paste, or moisture of any kind. To secure the overlays, a web of muslin may be stretched over all by means of the reel. 9. For some Mnds of wood-cut press- work, the press-board packing may not be hard enough. A packing or jacket of sheet brass is sometimes riveted on the cylinder. In one New- York office the cylinder itself is made so thick that there is no need of packing. The added brass or iron makes the printing sm-face solid, and best adapted to the giving of sharp impressions. 10. Examine the form before anything is done toward making-ready. If it is a type form, see that chase, furniture, rules, and types rest flat on the bed. If any part of the form springs, it is unfit for making-ready. The chase may be warped ; the form may be locked too tight ; the justification may be bad. Whatever the cause, the fault should be corrected. If not corrected, spaces and furniture will ' ' work up " under impression, presswork vrill be delayed, and the type will be seriously damaged. If the form is of plates, see that the blocks are not warped, and that they are of even height, and are firmly held in the chase. K plates are fastened on blocks, and the blocks are warped, are out of square, or of uneven height, have these faults corrected before beginning to make-ready. The blocker can correct in shorter time than the press- man. Lock the form up firmly on the bed, so that it cannot move, using furniture that does not spring and gives good bearing. If the form be small, put it as close to the back of the bed as the grippers will allow, and midway between the bearers. The cylinder should have been set so that the grippers will just lap over the edge of the back of the bed. When the grippers are in this position, take exact measurement of the distance between the point of any gripper and the back edge of the bed. Make a gauge from brass rule of the meas- urement, and use it every time a form is laid on the bed. See that the distance from the type to the edge of the chase tal- lies with the gauge. This test is needed to prevent the closing of the gi'ippers and the crushing of type on a form that may have been made up too near the edge. ContiuutM r Presses .... Continued from page 6. 11. Where an imusuaUy wide margia must be given to the printed sheet, and the chase is smaU, put enough of fur- niture at the back of the bed to make up the deficiency. If the chase is large, con- taining a book form, with pages locked up against the inner crossbars, making unu- sual distance between the outer edge of page and the chase, then unscrew the clamps at the back edge of the bed, and J allow the chase to project backward, until the grippers close at the proper point near the type. If the space between the edge of chase and edge of type is very large, then it may be necessary, on a two-roller cylinder, to reset the cylinder. Remove the screw and washer at the end of the cylinder shaft ; draw the intermediate pin- ion out of gear ; loosen the screws in the gauge rack. Then turn the cylinder to the point required, seeing that the grippers just escape the tj^e ; put the intermediate wheel again in gear, adjust the gauge rack, and screw up tight as before. This resetting of the cylinder can be done only on the two-roller cylinder. Do not attempt to reset it unless resetting is unavoidable. Think of what you are doing ; go slow, and be sure that every movement made is right. ! 12. Protect the packing by pasting over it two sheets of clean book paper. Put in the inking rollers, adjusting them so that they will lightly press the types and each other. Do not set too tightly, for if they chafe they will soon wear out. Turn on the ink, by the screws of the ' inking fountain, with caution. The ink, at this stage, must just stain the rollers. Then take, on the paper provided for the form, a pale impression, which will show j whether the margins are correct. If they are not, lengthen or shorten the drop feed guides until the right margin is made. Push out the iron tongues at the edge of the feed board in positions where they will equally sustain the paper. Slide the drop guides along the rod until they fall squarely over the tongues. Set the side guide so that it will give a proper margin in length to the sheet to be printed. Adjust the I grippers so that all will seize the sheet at the same instant. Take a clean proof on its own paper, with the type in proper position on the sheet. If the form is a book form, make sure that it will register on page 14. « R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 13 PATENT TWO-EOLLER SINGLE LARGE CYLINDER PRESS. The two-roller machines have, like those with four rollers, been entirely remodeled, giving an increase of speed of over twenty-five per cent. The general description given of our four-roller large cyUnder press appHes equally to the two-roller presses. The inking apparatus is placed close to the impression cylinder, and when reqidred is arranged so that the whole may be drawn out upon ways or slides to the end of the press, leaving the cyhnder and the bed exposed and easy of access for making overlays and adjusting the forms. When especially ordered, the table distribution will be put on instead of that with the usual rack and pinion. Sizes and Prices. No. 1 2 3 4 5 Bed inside bearers. 17 X 21 in. 20 X 25 in. 24 X 29 in. 26 X 34 in. 29 X 42 in. Hollers covering Entire Matter. Form. 13 X 17 iu. 15 X 20 in. 19 X 24 m. 21 X 29 in. 24 X 37 in. Price. $1,250 1,700 2,050 2,450 2,850 No. 6 7 Bed inside bearers. 32 X 47 in. 35 X 51 in. 38 X 55 in. 41 X 60 in. Rollers covering Entire Matter. Form. 27 X 42 in. 2 30 X 46 in. 2 33 X 50 in. 2 36 X 55 in. 2 Price. $3,250 3,800 4,300 5,000 Patent reversing motion, enabling the pressman to run the press back- ward without leaving the feed stand, $100 extra for sizes from No. 1 to No. 5 inclusive ; and for sizes above No. 5, $150. The prices include apparatus complete for steam power and boxing and shipping, or delivery, set up, in New- York ; also, one extra set roller stocks and blanket. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weight boxed, d ^ en o 6 including Speed. °l Length. Width. Hei ght. steam lixtiires. 1 7 ft. 3 in. 5 ft. 7 in. 4 ft. 5 in. About 2 tons. 1200 to 2500 3 4 2 7 ft. 10 in. 5 ft. 11 in. 5 ft. 9 in. About 2J tons. 1056 to 2200 1 3 9 ft. 7 in. 6 ft. 7 in. 5 ft. 4 in. About 3J tons. 1125 to 2000 14 4 10 ft. 7 in. 7 ft. 2 in. 5 ft. 9 in. About 5 tons. 1068 to 1900 2 5 11 ft. 4 in. 8 ft. 6 ft. 2 in. About 6^ tons. 1012 to 1800 2J 6 12 ft. 7 in. 8 ft-. 8 in. 6 ft. 8 in. About 7 tons. 955 to 1700 3 7 13 ft. 11 in. 9 ft. 7 ft. About 8 tons. 900 to 1600 34 8 13 ft. 11 in. 9 ft. 5 m. 7 ft. 6 in. About 9 tons. 840 to 1500 4 14 K. Hoe & Go's Catal,ogue. Hints on Making -Ready for Cylindi before anything is done toward overlaying. If one or more pages are out of square, and hang or bow, have the error at once corrected. K the impression be too weak and the ink too pale to clearly show up faults, a temporary overlay over the weak spots and a sheet of damp proof paper behind the sheet for proof will bring them out plainly enough on the next impres- sion. But put on extra impression with caution, if the form contains delicate types or wood-cuts. This press proof should be carefully examined by the foreman and ap- proved as to margin and register. At this stage of the work, it is possible to correct a fault of margin or register ; but if this correction be neglected or postponed until backing up, it becomes more difficult, and is sometimes impossible. 13. To set new tapes: pass the tape around and close to the cylinder. Lap it over one of the tape pulleys, and then pass it around the small guide pulley on the shaft above. To increase its tightness, throw up the guide pulley from the shaft, and set the binding screw more tightly. All these pulleys are movable on their shafts, and distance between them may be altered at pleasure. Let the tapes rest upon the outer margin of the sheet, and see that the overlays on the tympan over which the tapes pass are of equal thickness ; if not equal, the sheet will wrinkle. 14. To set the fly: run through a sheet of the paper to be printed, and let it run down the fly, so far that it is barely held by the fly pulleys. Then set the cam which works the fly, so that its point just clears the small friction roller on the shaft, and it will throw down the sheet correctly. Tighten the spring according to the size of the sheet, and set the spring crank so that it will prevent the fly from striking too hard on the table. 15. On a newspaper form, the first im- pression against a sound packing should be fairly even, but there will be some weak- ness in the centre and some hardness at the edges. On a book form, or job form of irregular shape, a first impression so taken must be imeven. Before trjdng to correct the fault, consider the cause. Where the force of impression meets resistance on every side, as in the center of a form, it is Coutiiine ' Presses .... Continued from page 12. diffused and weakened. When this force meets the comer of a page, or an exposed rule, or the outer lines of a wood-cut, it meets but Uttle resistance ; it concentrates and makes a strong impression. The ime- venness is evidence of irregular resistance in the form — an irregularity too often aided by over-high plates, types, or rules. 1 6. Weakness of impression may be cor- rected: 1. By turning down impression screws and putting on more impression, flatting down the high to bring up the low types — obviously a bad method. 2. By rais- ing up the low types or plates with under- lays of paper or card. 3. By stretching a thin rubber or woollen blanket over the fast packing, trusting to its elasticity to bring up the types that do not show. 4. By pasting overlays of paper of one or more thicknesses over every part of the packing that shows weakness. 17. The method of forcing impression by means of the impression screws is men- tioned only to be condemned. A large form of wood type, of old plates, of dia- grams on black groimd, which has to be printed in haste, may seem to justify the turning of the screws ; but the method is radically bad, as destructive to the press as to the type. The impression screws should be used for this purpose only in rare emergencies, and as the last resort. If they are frequently tampered with, the even bearing of the cylinder will soon be lost ; the press will be strained in false bearings, and made incapable of giving even impressions. 18. The extra impression that may be required for work in haste can be quickest ! had by putting on a thin rubber or woollen blanket over the fast packing. This is a common but an unworkmanlike method. The extra blanket will shorten making- ready, but it wears the types or plates, and , makes thick, coarse presswork. It is use- i ful only on short editions. On a long edi- tion the extra blanket will lose its elasticity before the work is half done ; it will pack hard and require renewal. The single rub- ber blanket provided for the press is elastic enough for ordinary work. .If it is not enough, put more paper over the fast pack- ing. Avoid the common fault of novices, who put on too much impression at the start. Making-ready for fine work should on pajie 16. K. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 15 NEWS AND JOB CYLINDER PRESS. This machine is intended for job and newspaper work, and will run at a speed of from 1000 to 1500 impressions per hour. In construction and finish it resembles the regular single large eyUnder press, but is simpler. It has air springs. The cylinder is very strong, and the patent full-size segment, gearing into the rack on type bed, insures a perfect register, without slur. The finger motion is noiseless. The fly cam has a contin- uous surface, so that the fly rises and falls noiselessly. This machine has the patent delivery cylinder, which dispenses entirely with the tapes around the cylinder. It would be impossible, for the price charged, to make any more perfect or reliable machine. Sizes and Prices. Bed Inside No. bearers. 5 29 X 42 in. 33^x49 in. 28jx44in Boilers covering Entire Matter. Form. 24 x37in. 2 9 Price. $1,700 2,000 The price includes boxing and shipping, or delivery, set up, in New- York ; also, roller moulds and two sets of stocks. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weiglit hoxed, including Speed. = 1 o Length. Width. Height. steam (ixtures. 5 11 ft. 1 in. 6 ft. 7 in. 5 ft. 8 in. About 4 tons. 600 to 1400 2 6^ 12 ft. 6 in. 7 ft. 6 in. 6 ft. 2 in. About 4J tons. 400 to 1200 2^ CAEE OF INKING ROLLERS. • Care of Inking Rollers. Good rollers j are as necessary as a good press. On fast presses, the rollers should be harder than those provided for slow presses ; but on either Mnd of press they should have a smooth, moist, clinging, elastic surface. Rollers with many tine cracks, or piu-holes, may serve for common newspaper work, but no skUl of the pressman can make them do superior press-work. The best press-work always requires rollers that are as good as new. Before they are put in press, they should be tested, by lightly I passing the palm of a clean hand over the surface. If they soil the hand, they need cleaning ; if dry and skinny, they need sponging ; if wet and clammy, they should be lightly rubbed, and exposed to dry air. Glycerine rollers must be kept in a dry, and glue-and-molasses rollers in a damp, atmosphere. In cleaning, use lye sparingly, and never on a new roller ; oU, benzine, or ttrrpentine are better. Every press should have two sets of rollers, of different gi-ades of firmness. Rollers should be made a week before use. 16 R. Hoe & Go's Catai^ogue. Hints on Making-Beady for Cylinder Presses .... Continued from page 14. alwmjs begin with a light impression. When the full force of the press is not exerted at the start, it is always easy, at any stage of making-ready, to overlay and increase impression anywhere; but when impression is full at the start, it is often impossible to take it o£E any point without destroying all the making-ready that has been done. 19. Fiad out whether the presswork de- sired is to be common, good, or fine, and how much time can be allowed for making-ready. The time allowed must determine the qual- ity of the work. Begin by bringing up with imderlays all lines of types or plates that are low. The imderlay is to be preferred to the overlay only when it brings the low matter up to the inking rollers, as well as to impression. Cut imderlays from proofs, which will show you where to cut and where to fasten them. The proper size and thickness of an underlay can be known only by experiment. Cut out of a proof every feebly printed spot, and fasten the part cut out on the feet of the type. The proof taken after such an underlay has been af&xed should show improvement ; but the centre may be, probably will be, stUl too feeble. To correct this, cut another under- lay from the second proof, which will be of smaller size, and put it \inder the first. If this is not enough, cut and put on a third, taking care that the smallest shall always be next to the bed of the press. Avoid underlaying any part of the form which shows up fairly on the proof. At this stage of the work, do not put a need- lessly thick underlay under a heavy-faced cut or type, because you think it will need much impression. This extra impression will be most fairly given by an overlay. Do not put a thick underlay under the cor- ner or imder one-half of a large type ; for if the type rocks or tUts, as it probably will, under impression, the tilting will work up the furniture and quadrats. Use but little paste, for the moisture in it will swell the wood it touches. For very low lines or blocks, card-board is better than paper. Put all imderlays on smoothly, without fold or wrinkle. When plates are on patent blocks, underlays may be freely used with excellent results ; but the under- lay should always be between the plate and the block. An imderlay for a plate on a block should always be cut smaller than Continued is indicated by the feeble spot on the proof, for there is a spiing in the plate beyond the surface underlaid, which wUl make up the deficiency. Do not imderlay too much ; one-fourth the surface of a type form is a large allowance. If more is attempted, the form is made springy, and this spiinginess will surely work up furniture. 20. Some of the finishing work in under- laying, previously directed for plate forms, can be done more neatly on type forms by use of overlays. Where choice can be had, use overlays. The office of the under- lay is the bringing up of low types or plates to inking rollers and reasonably even impression ; the office of the overlay, the giving of finish and delicacy to impression. 21. To overlay a form, first paste upon the gripper edge of the cylinder two sheets of thin, hard paper. Take a pale proof on the paper provided for the work, obsei-ving all the directions previously given concern- ing margins. When margins are correct, take two proofs, one on thick and one on thin paper. Wherever there appears a de- cided weakness of impression on the proof, cut the weak part out, and neatly paste it down on the sheet next to the fast pack- ing. Use a sharp knife, and cut upon a smooth surface, making no torn or ragged edges. If the work is fine, pare down the edges, so that the next proof will not show a sudden change of impression sur- face. Wherever there is but slight feeble- ness of impression, cut the overlay for it out of thin paper, and affix it in its place. Put on overlays smoothly : they are worse than useless if they bag or wrinkle. If an overlay has been badly placed, regard it as beyond repair. Do not try to patch it; tear all off and begin anew. 22. When the more conspicuous defects of impression have been overlaid, take other proofs on thin paper, and examine them for minor faults. From these proofs cut new overlays, which put on in the same manner, untU a sufficiently even impression is obtained. If at any stage of the work any rule or letter shows too high, cut it I out of the packing sheets. If this cutting out does not sufficiently reduce impression, have the faulty letter taken out of the form, and have the batter (the usual cause) cut off. 23. For all work on wet paper printed against an elastic packing, overlays may be on page 18. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 17 TWO-ROLLER STOP-CYLINDER PRESS. This is an excellent, low-priced, stop-cylinder machine, of an entirely new design throughout. It is capable of doing well, and at a fair speed, up to 1200 impressions per hour, aU the book, newspaper, and job work required in the smaller class of printing offices. It is strong, simple, and convenient, and so low that the attendant stands directly on the floor. The distribution is cylindrical, and the two inking rollers pass completely over the form. The sheets are fed to the under side of the impression cylinder, which arrangement gives to the bed a short travel, and thus makes it a machine easy to run by hand. The feed table draws back to facilitate feeding the sheets to a gauge, and advances to present them to the fingers just before the impression cylinder starts. A fly cylinder with fingers receives the sheets and delivers them to a fly, so that no tapes pass around the impression cylinder. A No. 6J machine can be run by hand from 700 to 800 impressions per hour, and by power at 1000 to 1200 per hour; and at such speed it is almost noiseless. Sizes and Prices. Bed Rollers covering inside Entire No. bearers. Matter. Form. Price. 5 29 X 42 in. 24 x 37 in. 2 $1,000 6^ .... 33i X 49 in. 28^ x 44 in. 2 1,250 Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weight boxed, O U CQ ® 6 including Speed. % Length. Width. Height. steam fixtures. W ft 5 11 ft. 7 ft. 7 in. 4 ft. About 4J tons. 1000 to 1400 6i 12 ft. 8 ft. 6 in. 4 ft. 6 in. About 5 tons. 850 to 1200 BEFORE MAKING-READY. Before putting on the form, see that it is perfectly clean, both on face and feet. The cleaning and oiling of every part of the press that meets with friction should have been attended to before. A clean press — not clean on the outside only, but clean in all its working parts — is the first condition of good press-work. When the form has been fastened on the bed, brush it over, and free it from the dust that fouls the rollers. If types, plates, or cuts are clogged with ink left after a careless washing, have the ink removed 3 with benzine. Do not neglect the bottom of the form. Brush that also, and see that no bits of paper or particles of sand or plaster stick to it. Have Good Plates. If the form con- tains plates, some of which are too high and others too low, or if the plates are badly sized, unequal as to heads, widths, and bevels, have corrections made by the electrotyper. It wiU take the pressman twice as long as it would the electrotyper to correct these faults, nor can the press- man do the work as well. 18 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Hints on Making- Beady for Cylinder Presses Continued from page 16, cut in large masses. For fine work, on dry paper, against hard packing, the overlays should be smaller and on thin paper. For the finest work, overlays are often needed for single letters and parts of letters, and they should often be of tissue paper. 24. Do not overlay hurriedly. It is the fault of a novice to cut overlays out of too thick paper, and to put them on in spots where they are not needed. An over- lay so put on acts like an over-high type or bearer ; it bears off the impression from other quarters ; it increases work, and makes the impression more uneven than before. Overlaying on hard packing should be done gradually, and a proof should be taken after each overlay has been put on. The pressmen who plan work for two or three layers of overlays will make fewer mistakes than those who try to do the work with one. 25. Do not overlay too much. Never make an overlay higher than the raised flange at the ends of the cylinder. If made higher, the circumference of the cylinder is so increased that it will not travel evenly with the bed. The high overlay will be moved by the scraping pressure necessarily produced, and the print will slur or mackle. 26. Wood-Cut Printing. A form of elee- trotyped wood-cuts, or of cuts and type, can be made ready on the cylinder by the method of overlaying previously described, but necessarily at great sacrifice of time. To save delay on press, the overlays of the cuts should have been made before the form is laid on the bed. By this method, the wood-cuts or their electrotypes (the wood should never be sent to press on a cylinder) should be proved on a hand press on varying thicknesses of paper. Out of these proofs the overlays should be cut, the cutter following the lead of the engraver. Where the lines are thin, wide, and sharp, that part of the overlay should have but one thickness of very thin paper, or, in many instances, none at all, and be cut out en- tirely. Those parts of the cut that are black and solid should have four or five thicknesses of thick paper. The thick- nesses on the blackish grays, the middle tint, and the pale grays should be dimin- ished to correspond with their diminishing color. These separate overlays should be pasted neatly one over the other, so ar- ranged that the overlay for the palest gray Continued on shall be nearest the face of the cut. This general rule will serve for mechanical cuts, but not for landscapes. The management of receding perspective, the subduing of a fore- ground, the keeping up of nice distinctions in the paler grays of sky, clouds, and water, require special skill in the arrange- ment of the overlays, for which no rules can be given. If the overlay cutter does not have a nice perception of the proper relations of light and shade, and of tints in masses, he will not succeed in overlaying. To school the eye to this nice perception, he should note the effect of different tints in the proof as seen from the distant stand- point of eight or ten feet. 27. When the overlays have been cut, they should be smoothly pasted down on the sheet over hard packing. It is, of course, possible to print wood-cuts against an elas- tic packing, but the impression had there- from, although it may be fine or good in the blacks, will not be pure or clean on the sharp lines or pale grays. The first proof from a form of cuts, fairly overlaid as here directed, will usually be satisfactory, and will rarely require patching or altera- tion. But this satisfaction is gained at the expense of the type work aroimd the cuts. The putting on of four or five overlays to produce deep black bears off impression from many parts of the form, making the type work very uneven in impression. To correct this fault it is necessary to put overlays over all the weak spots, as pre- viously directed, but with greater care than is usually given to type forms. It is slow work. A large form, containing many fine cuts, may reqiure three or more days for making-ready (after the overlays of the cuts have been prepared and put on), if done, as it should be done, with such care that no inden- tation by impression shall appear on the back of the printed sheet. The time apparently lost by this treatment is in many eases really time saved, for it makes unnecessary a dry-pressing of the printed sheets. 28. The large and simpler wood-cuts of weekly newspapers, which have to be printed in haste, can be made ready much more quickly by taking the preliminary proofs on a prepared card-board made for the purpose, which can be readily peeled and separated in three or more layers. In preparing an overlay on card, the solid page 21. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 19 BED AND PLATEN POWER BOOK PRESS. The bed and platen press now manufactured by us is based upon that originally made and patented by Isaac Adams, of Boston. The improvements we have added and patented during the last few years make it essentially a new machine. Two thousand pounds have been added to the weight of an average-sized press, which gives greater solidity and exactness of impression. There are also important improvements in the distribution, by which two form rollers will now do work almost equal to four upon one of the old machines. A fountain for expensive colored work has been constructed, in which the ink lies upon the knife in fioU view, so that very little is required to start the press. It is quickly cleaned and without waste of ink. There is no question that in the bed and platen press the wear and tear of type, or electrotype and stereotype plates, is reduced to a minimum, and for printing books, especially when short numbers are required, it is, and will continue to be, the most economical and desirable machine. Sizes and Prices. No. Size of Platen. Rollers. Price. No. Size of Platen. Rollers. Price. 1 . . 14x18 inches 2 $800 38 . . 29 X 43 inches 2 $3,000 4 . . 19x25 inches 2 1,900 39 . . 29 X 43 inches 4 3,300 5 . . 19x25 inches 4 2,150 47 . . 31 X 45 inches 2 3,300 6 . . 20x25 inches 2 2,000 48 . . 31 X 45 inches 4 3,600 7 . . 20x25 inches 4 2,250 50 . . 32 X 46 inches 2 3,600 11 . . 24 X 29 J inches 2 2,250 51 . . 32 X 46 inches 4 4,000 12 . . 24 X 29 i inches 4 2,500 52 . . 35X49 inches 2 4,000 29 . . 27x41 inches 2 2,700 53 . . 35x49 inches 4 4,500 30 . . 27x41 inches 4 3,000 The above prices include two friskets, two sets stocks, and four sets of nippers of three each, but no roUer mould nor blanket. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Approximate weight, bxd., including steam flxt's. Speed. Horse power. Length. Width. Height. o « 26 X 40 in. 13 ft. 6 ft. 8 in. 5 ft. 10 in. 5J tons. 660 to 1020 1 2 27 X 43 in. 13 ft. 7 ft. 2 in. 6ft. Sin. 6^ tons. 660 to 1020 1 2 27 X 41 in. 13 ft. 6 ft. 8 in. 5 ft. 10 in. 6 tons. 660 to 1020 2 27 X 41 in. 14 ft. 6 in. 7 ft. 4 in. 6 ft. 6J tons. 480 to 840 2 4 29 X 43 in. 15 ft. 7 ft. 6 in. 6 ft. 7J tons. 480 to 840 4 20 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. PATENT RAILWAY COUPON TICKET MACHINE. This simple modification of our well-known cylinder press will print with ease at the rate of twelve hundred per hour. The paper, laid by the operator sheet by sheet upon the feed table, is delivered automatically to the cylinder, printed, numbered, perforated, brought back and laid down, printed side up, upon the rack under the eye of the attendant. The form and numbering wheels are on the same bed, and receive their ink from the same rollers. The impression cylinder gears into the bed, turning forward and backward with it, and instead of fingers has cords, that run around in the spaces between the coupons. A numbering plate is airanged for each different spacing of coupons, so that no time is lost in adjusting the wheels. Local tickets can be printed in strips, and afterward cut up. For sizes and prices, see next page. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 21 Railway Coupon Ticket Machine, continued. Sizes and Prices. Number of coupons that can be printed with wheels num- bering up to No. Size of bed. Size of matter. 10,000. 100,000. 1,000,000. Price. 1 . . 7x29 inches 3 x27 inches 29 25 23 $1,750.00 2 . . 9 X 32 inches 5J x 30 inches 32 28 26 2,250.00 Prices inchide one chase, apparatus for steam power, and boxing and carting, but no numbering wheels or perforators. . Per set. Price of wheels to number np to 10,000, with perforators . .- . $50.00 Price of wheels to number up to 100,000, with perforators . . . 70.00 Price of wheels to number l^p to 1.000,000, with perforators . . . 90.00 Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weight boxed, s « including Speed. =1 6 "A Length. Width. Height. steam fixtures. 1 4 ft. 4 ft. 9 in. 3 ft. 8 in. Aboiit li tons. 843 to 1500 2 5 ft. 5 ft. 1 in. 3 ft. 8 in. About 2 tons. 540 to 1200 Hints OH Mah'ng-Beady for Cylinder blacks are left on, and the grays are peeled up and thrown out. Over overlays so cut, and affixed to cylinder, a thin billiard-cloth is stretched, the elasticity of which makes up the deficiencies of making-ready. 29. Do not try to correct the faults of hurried making-ready by a weak impression, and by carrying an excess of ink to hide the weakness. Excess of ink fouls the roll- ers, clogs the types, and makes the printed work smear or set off. A good print cannot be had when the impression is so weak that the paper barely touches the ink on the types and is not pressed against the types. There must be force enough to transfer the ink not only on the paper but in the paper. A firm impression should be had, even if paper be indented. 30. The amount of impression required will largely depend on the making-ready. With careful making-ready, impression may be light ; roughly and hurriedly done, it must be hard. Indentation is evidence of wear to type. The spring and the resulting fric- tion of an elastic impression surface is most felt where there is least resistance, at the Presses .... Continued from jjage 18. upper and lower ends of lines of tjrpe, where they begin to round off. It follows that the saving of time that may be gained by hurried and rough making-ready must be offset by an increased wear of type. 31. That impression is best for preventing wear of type which is confijied to its sur- face and never laps over its edges. But this perfect surface impression is possible only on a large form with new type, sound hard packing, and ample time for making-ready. If types are worn, the indentation of paper by impression cannot be entirely prevented. 32. Good presswork does not depend entirely upon the press — nor on the work- man, nor the materials. Nor will supe- riority in any one point compensate for deficiency in another; new type vrill suffer from a poor roller, and careful making-ready is thrown away if poor ink be used. It is necessary that all materials should be good ; that they should be adapted to each other, and fitly used. A good workman can do much with poor materials, but a neglect to comply with one condition often produces as bad a result as the neglect of all. E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. PATENT TABLE CARD PRESS. WITH OR WITHOUT NUMBERING AND COUPON ATTACHMENT. In this press the form is placed on an inclined bed, and receives ink from two roUers, impression being given by a cam and regulated by platen screws. It has adjustable feed guides, a large distributing cylinder, card rack and receiver, and is well adapted for long service. The removal of a bar, easily effected, allows the platen and guides to be thrown back, uncovering the bed and rollers. An attachment is furnished, when ordered, which, at one operation, prints and numbers single local tickets or coupons of two to four tickets, depositing them in a trough in consecutive order. Speed, two thousand impressions per hour. R. Hoe & Co's Catalogue. 23 CAED PRESS WITHOUT NUMBERING ATTACHMENT. Dimensions, inside chase 3=|x45 inches. Largest card printed 4 x4| inches. Smallest card printed 1^x2^ inches. Price $80.00 | Table, extra $10.00 NUMBERING CARD PRESS WITH TABLE. (As shown on page 22.) Dimensions, inside chase 4jx5f inches. Largest card printed 4| x 5| inches. Smallest card printed I;jx24 inches. Numbering wheels. Numbering up to Price. per set. Arranged for cards or local C 100,000 $400.00 $60.00 tickets ( 1,000,000 425.00 80.00 NUMBERING CARD PRESS WITH TABLE AND COUPON ATTACHMENT. Dimensions of largest card printed . . . . 4J x 5J inches. Smallest coupon printed If inches. Numbering , wheeLs, Numbering up to Price. per set. Arranged to print either single C 10,000 $375.00 $40.00 cards or from two to fom- i 100,000 455.00 60.00 coupons [ 1,000,000 535.00 80.00 ALL the above prices include roller mould, two sets of roller stocks, chase, and boxing and carting. Driving pulley, tight and loose pulleys, counter-shaft hangers, and two cone pulleys for steam power, extra, $25. Extra chases, $1 each. # 24 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. NUMBEEmO TICKET PEESS. The construction of this convenient and rapid little machine is sufficiently shown in the cut. It is entirely self-acting, taking the cards from a receiver, print- ing and nimiberiag in one color up to 10,000, and depositing, face uppermost, in numerical order, at the rate of 10,000 per hour. It prints only one size, viz., 1^ X 2i inches. The tickets pass in side- ways, not endways, and only two are in the machine at once, so that a trifling variation from perfect accuracy in size causes no embarrassment. It has two form rollers, is provided with ink fount- ain and arranged to run either by hand or steam power. "Weight, boxed, 625 lbs. Price . . . $700.00 Delivered boxed, or set up in running order in New- York. Nxunbering Ticket Press. SAMPLE CAEDS, Showing face and arrangement of the numbering figures. CHI LD'S -TICKET. d 0 s z a. I o tr J ^ a o z" 00 140 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. » 25 DIAMOND CAED PRESS. This maekine is one of the most simple, durable, convenient, and expeditious of card presses, and will do the best of work. Size inside chase 2f x4f inches. Card 3f x4J inches, and smaller. Price $80.00 Above price includes roller mould, two sets of stocks, chase, and boxing and carting. Extra chases, slotted and finished with steel set screws, $3 each. WARRANTED ROLLER MOULDS. Diameter for hand presses, 3J inches. Price, per inch, 40 cents. No. Length. Price. No. Length. Price. 1 . . . . . 20 inches $8.00 6 $19.20 2 . . 9.60 7 . . . . . 52 inches 20.80 3 , . , 11.20 8 22.40 4 13.60 9 24.40 5 . . . . . 42 inches 16.80 26 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. WASHINGTON HAND PRINTING PRESS. The celebrity which, oiu- patent Washington and Smith hand presses have obtained during the last forty years renders any remarks upon their supe- riority unnecessary. They are elegant in appearance, simple, quick, and powerfvd in operation, and combine every facility for the production of superior printing. Dimensions and Prices. No. Bed. Platen. Price. No. Bed. Platen. Price. 1 17x21 in. 14x18 in. $150.00 30 X 44 in. 26 X 40 in. $260.00 2 20 X 25 in. 16x21 in. 175.00 6 32 X 47 in. 28 X 43 in. 275.00 3 24x29 in. 20 X 25 in. 200.00 7 35 X 51 in. 31 X 47 in. 300.00 4 26 X 34 in. 22 X 30 in. 225.00 8 38 X 55 in. 34 X 51 in. 350.00 4J 27x39 in. 23 X 35 in. 240.00 9 41 X 60 in. 37 X 56 in. 400.00 5 29X42 in. 25x38 in. 250.00 Price includes two pairs of points, one screw wrench and brayer, one wood roller, one slice, one ink block, one extra frisket, and boxing and cartage. Extra for making frame in pieces and boxing in small boxes, $15 to $25. Per pair. Points with springs . . 40 cents. Extra for (constructing bed Points without springs . 25 cents. to run on rollers, from Tympan bolt and nut . 40 cents. No. 4 up $40.00 For prices of roller moidds, see page 58 ; and of chases, see page 42. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 27 STANSBURY PRESS. Bed . Platen , 16x20 inches. . 13 X 17 inches. Price, $125: Price includes impression pin, screw wrench, pair spring points, and. boxing and cart- ing. Roller mould, extra, 22 inches, $8.80. Chases, extra. Stansbury Press. HAND LEVER PRESS. No Bed. Platen. Price. 1 10X13 in. 7x10 in. $75.00 2 14x17 in. 10x14 in. 90.00 3 14 X 17 in. . . 110.00 The No. 3 is extra heavy, for cutting gloves or printing cigar -box covers. Prices include impression pin and boxing. Roller mould, extra. For No. 1, fifteen inches, $6; for No. 2, eighteen inches, $7.20. Chases, extra. Hand Lever Press. 28 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. HINTS TO See that the machine ofifered for sale, whether new or second-hand, is strong and well made. Consider the standing of the maker, both as mechanician and machinist. A light-framed or shackly-fitted machine will be dear at any price. Do not be deceived by any beauty of paint or finish on exposed work, which adds nothing to the usefulness of the machine, and which may draw the eye from an examination of the working parts. Uncover the boxes, and see whether the finish of shafts in their bearings, and of journals, is as smooth and true as the white and brass work of more exposed pieces. Take out, here and there, screws and bolts ; see if the threads are deep, sharp, and clean-fitting. Look closely at the fitting of all toothed or pinion wheels ; note whether they have been cast and filled to fit, or whether they have been accu- BUYERS. rately cut by automatic machinery, so that they will fit in any position. Slowly turn pinion wheels, and note whether there is any rattling or lost motion, or whether the teeth fit snugly, yet freely, so as to give oven, steady motion. Closely examine all castings for pinholes or air bubbles, which may be most easily detected in work that has been planed. See that east- ings are heavy as well as solid. Look after oil holes and provision for oiling. See that castings are neatly fitted ; that they do not show the marks of the ham- mer or file, which must be used to connect them if they have been forced or badly put together. Pay attention to the noise made by the machine when in motion ; if fairly fitted, the noise will be imiform; if badly fitted, it will be variable or grating. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 29 ABOUT CHOICE OF INK. Ink should always be selected to suit the paper it wiU be used upon : for cheap paper, cheap ink; for fine paper, fine ink. At least three qualities — book, news, and fine job — should always be kept in stock by a printer who does miscellaneous work. Other qualities will often be needed. The speed of a press will be largely controlled by the ink. If it is oily or gritty, if - it dries on rollers, or sets-off, or does not dry quickly, or does not keep its color on paper, it will seriously hinder the press- man. As the finest black inks are usually of stiff body, and distribute with difficulty, they can be used to advantage only on presses that have ample provision for dis- tribution. When ink of this nature is pro- vided for paper of soft stock, the speed of the press must be reduced, to prevent the ink from tearing the paper when the paper leaves the form after impression. Ink tables need frequent cleaning, and the ink fountain should always be covered, to keep out the dust and floating particles of paper. 30 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. PATENT PAPER WETTING MACHINE. The bundle of paper is placed on the bank, and fed in quires, either open or folded, to guides on the feed table. At the proper time the table advances and enters the paper between two cylinders covered with felt, the lower one of which runs in a trough of water. As the paper issues from these cylinders, it passes between a top and bottom sprinkler, by which additional water can be put on, and the quantity can be regulated at pleasure. The paper is then conveyed by cords to a sheet flyer, which lays it on a table suspended on springs. These springs are readily adjiisted to suit the weight of the paper, so that the table falls as the weight increases, and thus keeps the top of the pile always at the same height. Dimensions and Prices. No. 1 win wet paper 24x36 inches $550.00 No. 2 wiU wet paper 32 x 48 inches 600.00 No. 3 wiU wet paper 40 x 60 inches 650.00 The price includes counter-shaft, hangers, and pulleys. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 31 PATENT LITHOGRAPHIC POWER PRESS. The macliine, in style and operation, resembles our stop-cylinder wood-cut press. The stone is placed in the travelling bed, on a plate which is adjustable vertically to suit the varying and uneven thickness of the stones, and these can also be moved laterally l)y set screws, without altering their height. The impression cylinder gears into a rack on the side of the bed, and is never altered in height, the stone being set instead. There is no danger of the stones getting broken, or scratched, the cylinder having rubber cushions to compensate for any unevenness in their surface, and the points of the fingers lying in a recess out of reach. The patent cylinder clamp causes the impression cylinder to stop without jar and stand without tremor. By means of a brake to be worked by the foot, the machine can be stopped immediately. By an improved arrangement, the form rollers have bearings adjustable by set screws, so as to give the desired pressure, and are driven by contact with the distributing roUers, which are geared into the side rack of the bed. This mode of driving prevents any wiping of the ink upon the stone, and gives a perfect distribution of ink. The damping apparatus is self-acting, the water being supplied from a reservoir to the wetting roUers like ink from a fountain, and these roUers are also driven in the same way as the form roUers. This damping appa- ratus has the great advantage that the quantity of water can be regulated while the press is working, which gives the pressman the greatest facUity for damping the stone properly. The feed-board is furnished with adjustable guides and an improved pointing apparatus, aud the register obtained is perfect. A special feature of this machine is the patent delivery cylinder, which takes the sheets from the impression cylinder and transfers them to the self-acting sheet flyer with perfect certainty. Each machine is arranged to run the bed once, twice, or three times to each impression, as may be desired; thus giving a distribution propor- tionate to the quality of the work. It will also roU any number of times without an impression while "inking up," to avoid running through waste sheets. Each machine is furnished with two sets of roUers — one for black and one for colored work. 32 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Lithographic Poiver Presses, continued. Sizes and Prices. Size of stone. 1 21 X 26 in. 2 24 X 32 in. 3 28 X 40 in. Eollcrs Size covering of design. form. Price. 19 X 24 in. 4 $4,300 22 X 30 in. 6 4,900 26 X 38 in. 6 5,600 Size No. of stone. 4 32 X 46 in. 5 36 X 52 in. Size of design. Rollers covering form. Price. 30 X 44 in. 6 $6,400 34 X 50 in. 6 7,200 The prices inclnde boxing and shipping, or putting up in New- York; also, apparatus to roll twice, two sets of rollers, counter-shaft, hangers, driving pulley, and two cone pulleys, go with each machine. Dimensions, Weight, Speed, and Power. Over all. Weight boxed, incluiUng steam fixtures. Speed. X ^ u > 6 Length. Width. Height. »i 1 13 ft. 5 in. 7 ft. 2 in. 5 ft. 5 in. About 5 tons. 611 to 1100 2 15 ft. 7 ft. 7 in. 6 ft. About 7J tons. 562 to 1000 t 3 16 ft. 9 ft. 10 in. 7 ft. About 9^ tons. 506 to 900 a 4 ^ 16 ft. 5 in. 10 ft. 7 ft. About 10 tons. 506 to 900 4 18 ft. 10 ft. 6 in. 7 ft. 8 in. About 12J tons. 512 to 1800 1 PRICES OF MOLLETON CLOTH, ETC. Best quality molleton for lithographers' rollers, 30 inches wide . . $1.50 Best quality molleton for Lithographers' roUers, 60 inches wide . . 2.25 Mole-skin, 29 inches wide 1.25 Thick flannel, 30 inches wide 4.00 Thick flannel, 60 inches wide 7,25 LITHOaRAPHERS' AXIOMS. To get high speed, use soft and easily distributed ink. To get fine, sharp lines, and clean tints, use stiff or strong ink, necessarily at some sacrifice of speed. A strong ink does not require a full dampening of the stone. A soft or weak ink permits a free damp- ening of the stone. Slow and heavy rolling tends to deposit ink on the stone. Quick and light rolling tends to take off the stone the ink already on. The finest prints are taken from soft and calendered paper. Hand-made or laid dry writing papers are not suitable for lithographic work. Soft paper absorbs water and ink; hard paper resists both. Never touch the face of a stone with a warm or sweating finger. Keep the machine clean, not on outside only, but in all its working parts. See that rust does not form on iron work exposed to moisture. See that every working part is fairly supplied with oil. Constantly wipe up all overrunning oil. Sperm oil is the best lubricator. If, after a while, it gums, add a little para£&ne. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 33 HAJSTD LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS. It is made of the best materials, is strong, simple, convenient, and works with great ease. The roller imder the bed is geared in presses of large size, but is so aiTanged that it may be used with or without the gearing. The bed is made sufficiently long always to cover the roller, thus protecting it from dirt or grease from the scraper, and at the same time giving it a more even movement. The toggles are adjustable so as to vary the eleva- tion of the bed from one-eighth inch to five-eighths inch, as may be desired, thus permitting the use of any kind of pointing apparatus. Dimensions and Prices. No. 1 2 3 Size of stone. 21 X 26 in. 24 X 32 in. 28 X 40 in. Size ot desifni. 19 X 24 in. 22 X 30 in. 26 X 38 in. Price. $175.00 215.00 280.00 No. Size nf stone. 4 32 X 46 in. 5 36 X 52 in. 6 40 X 60 in. Size of design. 30 X 44 in. 34 X 50 in. 38 X 58 in. Price. $335.00 400.00 485.00 A deduction is made for the tympan and frame, when not required. 4 34 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. aEAEED COPPER-PLATE PRESS. This is a heavy and powerful machine, capable of printing the largest plates. The frame is strengthened by internal wrought-iron tension rods. The gearing is double, and the bed is guided by side anti-friction rollers.. It may be worked by hand or run by steam power. Bed Dimensions and Prices. 34 X 60 inches. | Price . $675.00 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 35 lEON COPPEE-PLATE PRESS. The side-frames, cylinders, and bed are made of cast-iron; the cylinders are turned and the bed planed perfectly true. The shafts through the cylinders, the braces, arms, and screws are of wrought iron ; the bearings of composition. Every material connected with copper-plate printing supplied. Dimensions and Prices. Width of bed. Price. Width of bed. Price. . . . . $175.00 . . . . $300.00 . . . . 200.00 26 inches . . . . . . . 325.00 . . . . 225.00 28 inches . . . . . . . 350.00 . . . . 250.00 . . . . 375.00 . . . . 275.00 36 R. Hoe & Go's Price List. Blaek- Walnut Cabinet. PATENT NEWSPAPER ADDRESSINa MACHINE. This machine prints witli ink on paper or wrappers at the rate, including all necessary stoppages, of about fifteen hundred per hour. It may he run at a much higher speed without injury. Price, with black-walnut cabinet, and four patent lined galleys, boxed, $80. Price, with cast-iron frame and black-walnut top, and four patent lined galleys, boxed, $65. ADDRESSING MACHINE GALLEYS. Size iiislde. Each. ' 1^ X 30 inches, patent lined, with brass bottom, $1.50 X 30 inches, unlined, with brass bottom . . .75 X 30 inches, unlined, with zinc bottom . . . .60 Mailing type, with abbreviations, per lb., 40 cents. Bell reglets, per hundred, 50 cents. Directions for Working. Classify the addresses by putting all that take two lines in galleys by themselves, as also those of three and four lines. If it should be required to have a two-line address in a three-line gaUey, put in an extra reglet, so that it shall occupy the same space as the three-Une address. In each set of galleys the addresses should follow in the geographical order of the States, thus : Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont^ Massachusetts, etc.; E. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 37 or, if preferred, in alphabetical order. In each State, post-office addresses should follow in alphabetical order, and in each post-of&ce district the sub- scribers' names should be alphabetically arranged. Number the gaUeys from one upward in the above grder, leaving space in each for future additions; take proofs from aU the gaUeys and paste them in numerical order in a mail- book, so that any address can be quickly found or alterations made. As it is desirable that the addresses should be conspicuous," the machine and gaUeys are arranged to take in addresses of fi*om two to four lines each of pica type, with a pica space reglet between each address, though any tjrpe, from brevier to pica, may be used. In flUing the galleys, bring the first line of each address up to the side of the galley, as it is by this the feeding pawl pushes the galley along when printing. In arranging the addresses in the gaUeys, commence with a post- Cast-Iron Frame. office address and put a pica beU reglet between it and the next address, and a pica space reglet between each of the foUowing addresses untU the next post- office is reached, and so on. When filling gaUeys with addresses, each complete within itself, thus: B. Hoe <& Co. Tudor Street, London, Eng. it is not necessary to put in beU reglets to indicate the change of post-oflfice. 38 R. Hoe & Go's Price List. The space and bell reglets should be of wood, as it is desirable to have the galleys as light as possible, so that they will move along easily when printing. Lock them up as tight as they will bear without springing, and handle them carefully when filled, so as not to bend them. When the galleys are properly filled and ready to print from, apply the ink and enter a galley foot foremost into the groove of the left-hand end of the machine, and push it forward by the treadle until an address comes under the opening between the shields. Adjust the bolt in the slot of the hammer arm so that the sliding pawl will just bring forward another address at each stroke of the treadle. Set the sliding shield so as to leave only the address exposed, turn down the hammer face that corresponds to the width of the address, and print aU the galleys of that set, if convenient, before changing to another set. When five or more papers are sent to the same post-office, they are usually put in wrappers, containing from five to fifteen each. In printing these, the machine begins at the foot of the galley, and the addresses are successively printed on the papers until the projecting nib on the bell reglets, which extends over the opposite side of the gaUey, strikes the beU lever in passing it and rings the beU, which indicates that the neit is the post-office address of this list. This may be printed on a wrapper sufficiently large to inclose from five to fifteen papers, or it may be printed on a small piece of paper that is laid away with the papers to des- ignate them. A good plan is to print these address- es in advance on narrow slips, that are afterward put around each paper, and to lay these slips away inside of their respective print- ed wrappers until required. In this way, all the print- ing can be done in advance of the day of publication. All addresses should consist of at least two lines, thus : B. Hoe & Co. Chicago, III. even those that are put up in packages; then, if a package should accidentally be bro- ken open, the papers would still reach their destination. NEWSPAPER PROOF PRESS. This machine has a strong cast-iron frame. A roller brayer is sent with each. Size of bed, 9| x 39 inches. Price, $60. Boxing and shipping, $3.50. R. Hoe & Go's Pkice List. 39 Iron bed and roller, without stand. No. Size in inches. Price. 1 . . 9x27 $20.00 2 . . 12 X 27 25.00 3 . . 16 X 30 30.00 4 . . 20 X 36 45.00 5 . . 30 X 62 65.00 Boxing and shipping. $1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 4.00 The price with stand includes roUer brayer. All our proof presses are of right height to prove matter in galleys. Complete, with hard wood stand. JOB PROOF PRESS. Boxing and shipping. No. Size in inches. Price. 1 . . 9x27 $28.00 $2.50 2 . . 12x27 33.00 3.00 3 . . 16x30 40.00 3.50 4 . . 20 X 36 55.00 4.00 5 . . 30x62 80.00 6.00 PLAIN FRAME IMPOSING TABLES, WITH AMERICAN MARBLE TOPS. Very substantial, with square legs and short drawers. Single. Double. No. Size in Inches. Price. No. Size in inches. Price. 1 17x21 $15.00 1 17 X 42 $27.00 2 20X*25 19.00 2 20 x 50 30.00 3 24 x 29 23.00 3 24 x 58 36.00 4 26x34 28.00 4 26 x 68 47.00 5 29x42 35.00 5 29 x 84 60.00 6 32 x 47 42.00 6 32 x 94 77.00 7 35x51 49.00 7 35 x 102 91.00 All our imposing tables can be taken to pieces, for convenience in packing and shipping. The prices include boxing and shipping. 40 R. Hoe & Go's Peige List. lEON AND ITALIAN MARBLE IMPOSINa TABLES. The frames are of hard wood, with neatly turned legs, and in every respect made in the best manner. The top is either ItaUan marble, as shown in the above cut, or iron with rabbeted edge, like the patent top shown on next page, as may be ordered. Single. No. Size in inches. Price. No. 1 . . . . 17x21 $22.00 1 2 . . . . 20x25 26.00 2 3 . . . . 24x29 30.00 3 4 . . . . 26x34 35.00 4 5 . . . . 29x42 42.00 5 6 . . . . 32x47 49.00 6 7 . . . . . . 35x51 56.00 7 Double. Size in inches. . . 17 X 42 X 20 24 26 29 32 35 50 58 68 84 94 X102 Price. $34.00 37.00 43.00 54.00 67.00 84.00 98.00 WETTING BOAEDS. Inches. Common. Iron bound. I^emy 17X22 $1.00 Improved double thickness . $2.00 Medium 19x24 1.10 Improved double thickness . 2.20 ^ojal 23 X 27 1.25 Improved double thickness . 2.50 Super Royal . . . 24x30 1.40 Improved double thickness • . 2.80 Imperial 27x36 1.60 Improved double thickness . 3.20 Double Medium . . 28x40 1.75 Improved double thickness . 3.50 Tint boards of the best seasoned soft pine, and manufactured expressly for the trade, 27^ x 39 J inches, each, $1.60. IRON IMPOSING TABLES, WITH LETTER BOARDS. (Patented February 22, 1876.) This patent iron imposing table has its edges rabbeted all around, as showii in cut, forming a convenient rest for the gaUey in emptying. The frame is of hard wood, very heavy and substantial, and the boards, of similar material, are strongly battened so as to support any form of type. The price includes boxing and eight letter boards. Size of bed, Size of boards, No. No. inclies. inclies. Price. 1 . . . 17x21 14x15 $40.00 5 2 . . . 20 X 25 17x19 45.00 6 3 . . . 24x29 21x22 50.00 7 4 . . . 26 X 34 23x27 60.00 Size of bed, Size of boards, inches. inches. 29x42 32x47 35x51 Price. 26 x 36 $80.00 29x41 100.00 32 X 45 125.00 Prices of letter boards, with two battens on bottoms. Inches. Pine. Cherry. 17x22 $ .80 $1.00 19 X 24 .90 1.10 23 X 27 1.10 1.30 24 X 30 1.40 1.60 27 X 36 1.65 2.15 Double Medium 28x40 1.75 2.25 Demy . . Medium Royal . . Super Royal Imperial Prices of letter boards, with two battens and end clamps. Inches. Pine. Cherry. 17x22 $1.10 $1.20 19 X 24 1.20 1.40 23 X 27 1.35 1.65 24 X 30 1.75 2.10 27 X 36 2.00 2.35 Double Medium 28x40 2.25 2.60 Demy . . Medium Royal . . Super Royal Imperial 42 • E. Hoe & Go's Peice List. WEOUGHT-IRON CHASES. These are made of the best iron and are warranted square and true. PAIR OF HALF CHASES. PAIR OF HALF CHASES WITH BARS. No. Pair, overall, inches. Size each inside, inches. Price per pair. No. Pair, oTer all, inches. Size each inside, inches. Price per pair. 1 . . 17 X 21 15 X 83 $10.00 1 . . 17 X 21 15 X 8| $13.50 2 . . 20 X 25 18 xlOa 11.00 2 . . 20 X 25 18 xlO^ 14.50 3 . . 24x29 22 xl2| 12.00 3 . . 24 X 29 22 xl2f 15.50 4 . . 26 X 34 23f X 15 13.00 4 . . 26x34 233 X 15 16.50 5 . . 29x42 26J X ISl 14,00 5 . . 29 X 42 26J X 18J 17.50 6 . . 32 X 47 29 J X 211 15.50 6 . . 32x47 29i X 21f 19.00 7 . . 35X51 32 x23 17.00 7 . . 35X51 32 X23 20.50 8 . . 38X55 35 X25 18.50 8 . . 38x55 35 X25 22.00 9 . . 41x60 38 x27^ 20.00 9 . . 41x60 38 X27J 23.50 BOOK OR SHEFTING-BAE CHASE. SKELETON CHASE. Size over all, inches. Size inside, inches. Price each. No. Size over all, inches. Size inside, inches. Price each. 1 . . 17x21 15 xl9 $8.00 1 . . 17 X 21 15 xl9 $5.00 2 . . 20x25 18 X23 8.50 2 . . 20x25 18 x23 5.50 3 . . 24x29 22 x27 9.00 3 . . 24x29 22 x27 6.00 4 . . 26x34 233 X 311 9.50 4 . . 26 X 34 23| X 31f 6.50 5 . . 29x42 264 X 39 J 10.00 5 . . 29 X 42 26 J X 39J 7.50 6 . . 32x47 29^ X 44 J 11.00 6 . . 32x47 29^ X 44 J 8.00 7 . . 35 X 51 32 x48 12.00 7 . . 35x51 32 X48 9.00 8 . . 38X55 35 X52 13.00 8 . . 38X55 35 X52 10.00 9 . . 41X60 38 X57 14.00 9 . . 41x60 38 X57 11.00 E. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 43 The regular chases, from No. 1 to 3, are made of 1 x | in. iron ; from No. 4 to 6, of 1 J X I in. iron ; and from No. 7 to 9, of x f in. iron. If unusual strength is required, there will be an additional charge. NEWS CHASE. No. Size over all, inches. Size inside, inches. Price each. 1 . . 17 X 21 15 xl9 . $5.00 2 . . 20 X 25 18 x23 6.00 3 . . 24 X 29 22 x27 7.00 4 . . 26 X 34 233 X 31f 8.00 5 . . 29x42 26J X 39J 9.00 6 . . 32 X 47 29JX44J 10.00 7 . . 35 X 51 32 X48 11.00 8 . . 38 X 55 35 X52 12.00 9 . . 41 X 60 38 x57 13.00 mON SroE AND FOOT STICKS. Iron side and foot sticks, 5 cents per inch in length. They are made, unless otherwise ordered, IJ inch shorter than the inside measurement of the chase with which they are to go. CAST-mON FOEM TEUCK. Cast-iron form truck, $3.00. CAST-IRON CHASES. size inside. Price each. Size inside. Price each. Size inside. Price each. Size inside. Price each. Size inside. Price each. Size inside. Price each. 4x 5i ^ .28 6x12 $ .55 8x32 $ .80 10x18 i f .80 12x24 $ .90 16x20 $1.15 4x24 .70 6x20 .70 8x40 1.30 10x22 .85 12x30 .95 16x28 1.15 5x 7 .40 6x24 .70 9X12 .70 10x28 .90 13x28 .95 17x22 1.15 5x16 .55 6x30 .75 9x18 .80 10x31 .95 14x22 .90 18x24 1.15 5X28 .75 7x16 .70 9x25 .90 12x14 .75 14x26 .95 20x25 1.20 6X43 1.25 7x27 .75 9x31 1.00 12x17 .85 15x20 1.00 24x28 1.25 6x 8 .40 8x21 .70 10X14 .75 12x20 .90 15x24 1.10 24x30 1.30 GALLEY CABINET. (FULL SIZE.) 44 R. Hoe & Go's Price List. The full-size cabinet, made as shown in cut, will hold 198 single-column galleys, which may be kept in order by niunbering each rack to correspond with proof slip. Each galley must be locked up before putting in place. Boxing ami Cherry. Pine. shipi)iDg. Nine columns wide, holding 198 single-column galleys $100.00 $90.00 $4.00 Sis columns wide, holding 132 single-column galleys . 72.00 62.00 3.00 Three columns wide, holding 66 single-column galleys . 40.00 30.00 2.00 CABINET WITH "SORT" DRAWERS AND GALLEY TOP. Made entirely of hard wood or pine. The drawers are divided into three compartments, each holding 25 lbs. The top is arranged for single galleys, unless otherwise ordered. Price, with Arranged in Pine. Cherry. Boxing and shipping. 10 drawers . . . 2 tiers . . . $25.00 . . . $30.00 . . . $1.00 15 " . . 3 a . . 40.00 . . . 45.00 . . . 1.50 20 " . . 4 u . . 50.00 . . . 55.00 . . . 2.00 25 " . . 5 u . . 70.00 . . . 75.00 . . . 2.50 30 " . . 6 u . . 90.00 . . . 95.00 . . . 3.00 35 « . . 7 u . . 100.00 . . . 105.00 . . . 4.00 E. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 45 ' i t 1 i it t i tit t 1 i i t 1 t i M u 1 U i <> U U i i { t i( i TYPE CASES. (Patented May 2, 1871.) These patent type cases are of unusual strength, owing to the use of our patent brass clasp and long pin, which, being clinched to bottom of case, holds securely every partition. They are made iu the very best manner, with hard wood frames and fi llin gs. PAIR Per Pair. Full size, with patent clasps . $1.75 Two-third size, patent clasps . 1.50 Rooker, with patent clasps . 1.75 German, with patent clasps . 1.75 Music, with patent clasps . . 3.75 Greek, with patent clasps . . 3.75 Half cap, patent clasps, each . .60 Per Pair. Full size, without clasps . . $1.60 Two-third size, without clasps . 1,40 Rooker, without clasps . . . 1.60 German, without clasps . . . 1.60 Music, without clasps . . . 3.50 Greek, without clasps . . . 3.50 Half cap, without clasps, each .50 Full size, patent clasps Three-fourths, patent clasps .... Job or Yankee combination, two-thirds, clasps . . . $1.00 . without clasps $ .90 . . . .90 . without clasps .80 patent . . . .80 . without clasps .75 Triple, with patent clasps 1.00 . without clasps .90 46 R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. RULE CASE. SLUG CASE. Rule case, with patent clasps . $1.25 Lead case $1.00 Rule ease, without clasps . . 1.15 Slug case 1.00 Blank case $ .65 Our gaUey patents, which have been sustained by the Circuit Court of the United States, give us the sole right to make galleys with linings attached in such a manner as to leave their surfaces unbroken by screws or other fastenings. COMMON PROOF GALLEY. Inches Inches Inside. Single. inside. Double. With wood rim, brass bottom . . . . 3f x 23^ $1.25 6J x 23^ $1.50 With linings screwed on and brass bottom 3f x 23J 1.75 6 J x 23J 2.00 Extra single-column 5 x 23J 2.00 SoUd east-brass 3| x 23i 8.00 6J x 23^ 10.00 AH wood 3| X 23J 0.75 6^ x 23^ 1.00 Inches Inside. Half- lined. Full, lined. Single-column Extra single-column Amateur single-col. Double-column . 3| X 23i $1.75 $2.00 5 x23i 2.00 2.25 3f X 12 .75 1.00 6Jx23i 2.25 2.50 PATENT LINED GALLEY. The rim is of wood, faced with brass, as shown in section, thus making a smooth surface for type to rest against. Single-column Double-column Inches inside. Price. 3fx23J $2.50 6i X 23i 3.00 PATENT TUBE-REM GALLEY. The brass tubular rim is filled with wood, as shown in the section, and the corners are bent. The entire surface is brass, and may be immersed in water without injury, as the wooden core is hermetically sealed. R. Hoe & Go's Peice List, 47 Inches inside. Price. Single-column . . 3Jx23i $2.75 Double-column . . 6Jx23i 3.25 ANGLE-EBI GALLEY. All brass, with bent corners, and as Light as either of the above. For strength and durability unsurpassed. Inches inside. Price. Single-column . . 3^x23^ $3.50 Double-column . . 6Jx23i 4.50 PATENT LINED LOCK-UP GALLEY. The types are held securely by a brass clamp, worked by a steel pinion and ratchet. COMMON ALL- Inches inside. Full rims. Half rims. 5 X 15 $ .40 $ .30 5JX 18 50 .40 6 X 20 60 .50 7 X 22 65 .55 8 X 24 70 .60 WOOD GALLEY. Inches inside. All wood. With brass slice and pat. lining. Octavo 6 X 10 $2.00 $4.00 Quarto 8i X 13 2.25 4.75 Medium 10 X 16 2.50 5.50 Royal 12 X 18 2.75 6.25 Sup. Royal 14 X 21 3.50 7.00 Imperial 15 X 22 4.00 8.00 Republican 18 X 25 4.50 10.00 SLICE GALLEY. ADDRESSING MACHINE GALLEYS. Inches inside. Price. 1^ X 30 . . Patent lined, with brass bottom $1.50 1^ X 30 . . Unlined, with brass bottom 75 1^ X 30 . . Unlined, with zinc bottom 60 48 E, Hoe & Go's Peice List. MAILING GALLEYS. Closed at both ends, wide enough for four or five columns names, about $3.50 Brass reglets for same, nonpareil thickness .35 JOB GALLEY, WITH BRASS BOTTOM. Inches inside. Patent lined. Wood rim. Inches inside. Patent lined. Wood rim. Octavo 6 X 10 $2.00 $1.00 Royal . . 12x18 $3.50 $1.75 Quarto 8 |x 13 2.50 1.25 Super Royal 14x21 4.00 2.00 Foolscap 9 X 14 2.75 1.35 Imperial 15x22 4.50 2.25 Medium 10 X 16 3.00 1.50 Republican 18x25 5.00 2.50 WOOD CASE STANDS. No. Price. 1. . 2. . 4 00 3. . . Single stand, with racks for eight cases and galley rest 4.25 4. . 4,25 5. . 4 50 6. . . Double stand, with eight racks and gaUey rest 4.75 7. . . Double stand, with eight racks and galley rest and racks . 6.25 8. Double stand, with racks for eight full and eight two-third cases . . 5.25 9. Double stand, with galley rest, and racks for six- teen full cases . . . 6.25 .0. Double stand, with gaUey rest and gaUey rack, with racks for eight full and eight two-third cases 8.25 CASE RACKS. Wronsht iron. Pine. Single, to hold 10 cases $10.00 $5.00 Single, to hold 12 cases 11.00 6.00 Single, to hold 16 cases 12.00 7.00 Single, to hold 20 cases 13.00 8.00 Single, to hold 24 cases 14.00 9.00 Single, to hold 30 cases 15.00 10.00 Double, to hold 40 cases 20.00 14.00 Double, to hold 60 cases 24.00 18.00 R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 49 GALLEY RACKS. WEOUGHT-mON-PIPE GALLEY EACK With cast-iron brackets and wrought- iron uprights. To hold 10 gaUeys . . . $8.00 To hold 12 gaUeys . . . 9.00 To hold 15 gaUeys . . . 10.00 To hold 20 gaUeys . . . 12.00 WOODEN GALLEY EACKS. Galley rack with wrought- iron-pipe uprights and iron arms. All Wooden iipiiKhts with iron arms. pine. To hold 6 gaUeys $2.00 $3.00 To hold 8 gaUeys 3.00 4.00 To hold 10 gaUeys 4.00 5.00 To hold 12 gaUeys 4.50 6.00 To hold 15 gaUeys 5.00 7.50 To hold 20 gaUeys 6.00 10.00 Iron arms, 40 cents per pair. Galley rack with wooden upright and iron arms. 10. 11. No. 3. PATENT WROUGHT-IRON- PIPE STANDS. (Patented July 16, 1872, and Anprust 13, 187.5.) 5 Single stand, without racks $7.00 Single stand, with racks for eight cases 7.50 Single stand, with racks for eight cases and gaUey rest 9.50 Double stand, without racks 10.00 Double stand, with eight racks (see cut) .... 13.50 Double stand, with eight racks and gaUey rest . 16.75 Double stand, with eight racks, gaUey rest and racks 17.00 Double stand, with racks for eight fuU and eight two- third cases 18.00 Double stand, with galley rest and racks for six- teen fuU cases .... 20.00 Double stand, with gaUey rest and gaUey rack, with racks for eight fuU and eight two-third cases . 25.00 "PoUiemus" double stand, with racks for sixteen fuU-size cases, gaUey rest and standing gaUey be- hind. The cases draw out behind or before, as de- sired 25.00 No. 9. R. HoE .& Go's Peice List. 61 PATENT WROUGHT-IRON STANDINa GALLEY, WITH IRON RACKS AND ALL-BRASS TOP. 52 R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. PRICES OF WROUaHT-IRON STANDING GALLEYS. Five Columns. Six Columns. Seven Columns. Eight Columns. Nine Columns. Ten Columns. Jj 1 VtJ ICtJt lUllgj WlLXl 1 dCJvo LU IIUXU. CXii-LL U U W tJl 1 1 1, LI. OiUXJ. Cli'llu XLU.1. 1o/C*oCO • • • • ifefiO 00 .::5cx: 3 to L'g prim. : 3 to Small pica ; 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Small pics 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Small pica? 3 to Small pica^ 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Small picax 3 to Small picai 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Small pica~— ~- 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Small pic£ 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Small 3 to Small pica- 3 to Pica . :: 6 Cents per foot. 12 12 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 No. 176. 177. 178. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 8 to Pica . 3 to Pica . 1 1 1 1 ■ ■ ■ I ■ I Minion . . Mlllllll 3 to SmaU picas-vwww^ 3 to Small pica^< 3 to SmaU pic£ 3 to SmaU pica 3 to SmaUpica»»»»»»»»»i 3 to SmaU pica*««««««««a 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to L'g prim. 2 to SmaU pica*********i 6 to Pica . 3 to SmaU pica « 2 to SmaU pica- ^ • • 3 to Pica . 6 to Pica 3 to Pica . Pearl . . 6 to Pica 3 to L'g prim, imtn Minion . . ' 3 to Minion - ^ ^ - Pearl . . - 6 to Pica . 6 to Pica ■■«■-■-■- 3 to L'g prim. ..^.^.^.^ 3 to SmaU pica—— Pearl . . --^ Pearl . . § of L'g prim. Pearl . . Cents per loot. 12 18 40 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 18 18 12 22 22 22 12 22 22 20 18 40 12 22 12 12 18 22 24 24 35 30 66 R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. BEAS8 DASHES. No. 1. 3 to Pica . 2. 3 to Pica . 3. 3 to Pica 4. 3 to Pica . 5. 3 to Pica . 6. 3 to Pica . 7. 3 to Pica . 8. 3 to Pica . 9. 3 to Pica . 10. 3 to Pica . 11. 3 to Pica . 12. 3 to Pica . 13. 3 to Pica . 14. 3 to Pica . 15. 3 to Pica . 16. 3 to Pica . 17. 3 to Pica . 18. 3 to Pica . 19. 5 to Pica . 20. 5 to Pica . 21. 3 to Pica . 22. 3 to Pica . 23. 3 to Pica . 24. 3 to Pica . 25. 3 to Pica . 26. 3 to Pica . 27. 3 to Pica . 28. 3 to Pica . 29. 3 to Pica . 30. 3 to Pica . 31. 3 to Pica . Cents eacli. 9 32. 9 33. 9 34. 9 35. 9 36. 9 37. 9 38. 9 39. 9 40. 9 41. 9 42. 9 43. 9 44. 9 45. 9 46. 9 47. 9 48. 9 49. 9 .50. 9 51. 10 52. 12 53. 10 54. 10 55. 10 56. 10 57. 10 58. 10 59. 10 60. -10 61. - 10 62. 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Pica 3 to Long primer 3 to Long primer 3 to L'g prim. 3 to Sm. pica 3 to Pica . . 3 to Pica . 3 to Pica . 3 to Pica . - 3 to Pica . - 58. 3 to Pica . - 3 to Pica Pearl . — R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 67 Brass Dashes, continued. No. Cents eacli. 63 3 to Pica . . . — 9 64 3 to Pica . . . ♦ ^ » 9 65 3 to Great pi-imer <» 10 66 3 to Great primer ^ ^ » 10 67 3 to Great primer ♦ ^ » 10 68 3 to Great primer ♦ » 10 69 3 to Great primer ♦ 10 PERFORATING RULE. Brass .... 25 cents per foot. | Steel .... 75 cents per foot. BRASS COLUIVIN RULES. Nonpareil Brevier Minion Long Primer Small Pica tliickne.9s. thickness. thickness. thickness, thickness. Twelve inches and under . . . $ .25 $ .35 $ .32 $ .40 i ? .45 Fifteen inches and under . . .35 .50 .45 .55 .70 Eighteen inches and under .45 .60 .55 .70 .75 Twenty-four inches and under .50 .70 .65 .80 .90 02 .04 .03 .05 .06 Notching- column rules under, for the use of brass reglet . . . each, .05 Composing-rule steel, per strip, twenty -four inches long . . each. .75 Make-up-rule steel, per strip, twenty-four inches long . . . . each, .75 .75 REGLET, FURNITURE, AND SIDE STICKS. Done up in quantities of twenty, fifty, and one hundred yards, and plainly marked. Per yard. Cherry. Pine. Per yard. Cherry. Pine. Smaller than two-1. pica $ .03 $ .02 Thirteen to sixteen 1. pica $ .08 $ .06 Two to five line pica . .04 .03 Bearers 12 Six to twelve line pica . .06 .05 Side sticks 06 Twenty-five per cent, discount when ordered in lots of one hunSred yards. We have every facility for cutting reglet or furniture, accurately and cheaply, to any measurement. LABOR-SAVING FURNITURE, Finished in oil and made from two to ten ems pica, by picas in length. The size is stamped on end of each piece. A neat ease is furnished when desired, for keeping furniture in order. stained pine case. Cherry case. Single case, containing 560 pieces $10.00 $12.00 Double case, containing 1120 pieces 16.00 22.00 Cherry blocking, three-fourths inch thick .... per square foot, 25 cents. Mahogany blocking, three-fourths inch thick . . . per square foot, 45 cents. 68 R. Hoe & Go's Price List. NEWSPAPER RULES AND DASHES. straight, each. Curved, ea«h. Curved, eacli. Advertisement . . 4 cts. 9 cts. Wave 6 cts. 11 cts. ?„50 6 cts. 11 cts. Head, double (steel) . . . . ^50 Double and mourning 6 cts. 11 cts. Each. straight, Curved, Wave, parallel, and double cur- each. per inch. .15 Single head . . . 6 cts. 6 cts. Plain and misery curved Double head . . . 6 cts. 7 cts. 12 Parallel head . . . 6 cts. 7 cts. Fancy curved dashes . . . .22 LABOR-SAVma RULES. Sets of the single rule, assorted lengths, per lb $2.00 Sets of the parallel or double rule, assorted lengths, per lb 1.75 Sets of the dotted rule, assorted lengths 2.00 Additional pieces of any length, cut to ems, will be furnished to order. BRASS RULE— LABOR SAVING. Single, Dotted, Hyphen, Parallel, and Double. Three- lb. fonts, Five- lb. fonts. Ten- lb. fonts. each. each. each. Six to pica and eight to pica $6.00 $10.00 $20.00 Four to small pica and four to pica . . 4.80 8.00 16.00 4 75 7.50 15.00 Agate, nonpareil, minion, and brevier . . 4.50 7.50 15.00 Bourgeois, long primer, small pica, and pica 7.00 14.00 Our labor-saving rule is cut on mitre machine, and not sawed off, as by other makers. SUGGESTIONS TO PRINTERS. When you order Type for newspaper or book work, state whether or not you want the fonts to contain italics, accents, leaders, fractions, or commercial marks. In ordering Sorts to match type you already have, state the number of the face, as well as the size of the body ; or, if you cannot do this, then send a capital H and a lower-case m (as little used as possible) of the fonts the sorts are to work with ; also state the number of pounds or ounces that you wish of each particular sort. Job Fonts, such as title, antique, clar- endon, ornamented, etc. (except scripts), are put up without spaces and quads, and if you want them to any size body it will be necessary for you to mention it when ordering. Prices of type are subject to change from time to time. R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 69 PATENTED STEREOTYPE BLOCKS. The superior quality of the material and the workmanship in these blocks, and their accuracy, are weU known. Every portion is made and fitted with the utmost care. We have increased our facilities for theu- manufactixre. A large stock of the best San Domingo mahogany, thoroughly seasoned and planed up, is kept on hand. The different parts are also kept in stock, ready for use, enabling iis to fill orders for bloclcs in any quantity, or of any size, in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours after receipt of order. Orders may be sent by telegraph or telephone. Any clasp or hooJc tvMch moves in fixed hearings upon a screw, infringes our patented rights, and all infringers uill be prosecuted. DIMENSIONS AND PRICES WITHOUT END HOOK. Dimensions. Prices without end hook. Outside Size of Size of No. of Plain Patent (Umensions largest plate smallest plate side maliog- mahog- Patent Folio: of blocks. takeu on. taken on. hook.s. any. any. iriui. Imperial . 16 X22J 1.5.J X 22^ 14| X 21 J 4 $6.25 $6.75 $16.00 Slip. Royal 13.^ X 2li 13 X21J 12i X 20i 4 4.75 6.25 15.00 Royal . . 12* X19J 12 xl9i llixlSi 4 4.25 5.75 14.00 Medium . 114X18^ 11 xlSi lOi X 17i 4 3.75 5.25 13.00 Demy . . 11 xl6 lOJ X 16 9f X 14| 4 3.25 4.25 12.00 7 70 E. Hoe & Go's Price List. DIMENSIONS AND PRICES WITHOUT END HOOK. Dimensions. Prices without end hook. Outside Size ot Size ol No. of Plain Patent Quarto : (Ij-iiicnsioiis liii'gest jiliite smallest plate of tjlocks. taken 011. taken on. hooks. an)'. any. iron. Imperial . 11 xl6 10^ X 16 93 X 143 4 $3.25 $4.25 $12.00 Sup. Royal lOJ X 13J 10 X13J 9ix 12i 3 3.00 4.00 10.50 Royal . . 9^x12^ 9 X12J Sixllj 3 2.75 3.75 10.00 Medium . 9 xll^ 8^X11 J 7| X 10:1 3 2.50 3.50 9.50 Demy . . 7f xll 7^x11 6JX 3 2.25 3.25 9.00 Octavo : Imperial . 7^x11 6JX11 53 X 93 3 2.25 3.25 9.00 Sup. Royal H X IQJ 6 xlO 54 x 94 3 2.00 2.75 8.25 Royal . . 6x9^ 5|x 9^ 43 X Si 3 1.85 2.50 8.00 Medium . 5^x 9 5x9 41 X 73 3 1.70 2.25 7.75 Demy . . 5ix 7| 4|x 7f 4 X H 3 1.55 2.00 7.50 Duodecimo : Broad . . 5ix 63 43 X 63 4 X 5i 2 1.30 1.65 Sixteenmo : Slip. Royal 5 x 6J 4fx 6 J 3|x 5i 2 1.20 1.50 Medium . 4ix 6 4x6 3ix 43 2 1.10 1.35 Demy . . 3|x 5i 3ix 5i 2ix 4 2 1.00 1.20 Eighteenmo : Medium . Six 53 3 X 53 2ix ^ 2 .90 1.10 Thirty- two 1110 Sup. Royal 3x5 2|x 5 If X 3f 2 .80 1.00 PRICES WITH END HOOKS FOR CYLINDER PRESSES. No. of New style Proper number of blocks Folio : siile»feenrt Plain patent Patent to work a hooks. mahogany. mahogany. iion. sheet of paper. Imperial . . . 7 $7.50 $9.00 $24.00 4 blocks to 33x46 Super Royal 7 7.00 8.50 22.00 2 blocks to 22x28 Royal .... 7 6.50 8.00 20.00 4 blocks to 26x40 Mediimi . . . 7 6.00 7.50 18.00 4 blocks to 24x38 Demy .... 6 5.50 6.50 16.00 8 blocks to 33x46 Quarto : Imperial . . . 6 5.50 6.50 16.00 8 blocks to 33x46 Super Royal 5 4.50 5.50 14.50 4 blocks to 22x28 Royal .... 5 4.25 5.25 13.00 8 blocks to 26x40 Medium . . . 5 3.75 5.00 12.00 8 blocks to 24x38 Demy .... 4 3.00 4,00 11.00 16 blocks to .33 X 46 Octavo: Imperial . . . 4 3.00 4.00 11.00 16 blocks to 33x46 Super Royal 4 2.75 3.50 10.00 8 blocks to 22x28 Royal .... 4 2.60 3.25 9.50 16 blocks to 26x40 Medium . . . 4 2.45 3.00 9.00 16 blocks to 24x38 Demy .... 4 2.30 2.75 8.50 32 blocks to 33x46 R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 71 PEICES WITH END HOOKS FOE CYLINDEE PEESSES. No. of Now stylo Proper minibor of blocks Duodecimo: pjitoiiti to worlc a hooka. mahogany. mahogany. sheet of paper. 3 $2.05 $2.40 24 blocks to 23 x 41 Sixteenmo : 3 1.95 2.25 16 blocks to 22 x 28 3 1.85 2.10 32 blocks to 26x40 3 1.75 1.95 32 blocks to 23 x 33 Eighteenmo: 3 1.65 1.85 18 blocks to 19 X 24 Thirty-twomo: 3 1.55 1.75 32 blocks to 22x28 Blocks with end hook will take plate nine-sixteenths of an inch shorter than the largest plate. Rvde borders extra, according to the size and style. Extra brass hooks, with steel pinions, inserted in wood blocks at 75 cents each, and in iron blocks at $1.00 each. Stereotype ratchets, 50 cents. In sending orders, give the size of each block outside, and also the size of largest and smallest plate to be worked, measiuing the back of the plate. All blocks are made three-quarter inch thick, unless otherwise ordered. ABOUT CARE AND To prevent warping, patent blocks should never be sent to the washing trough, nor allowed to lie on a wet stone. Where plates have to be cleaned up on press, use no more benzine than is needed ; when clean- ing is over, sop up with a moist sponge, and make di'y with rags or waste. Blocks should be frequently cleaned and oiled, special care being taken to keep the mor- tises and screw-threads free from dirt. When not in use keep in a dry and close closet, where they will not be exposed to dust or to changes of temperature. Never order a set of new blocks, nor make up a form of patent blocks for press, imtil you know the exact size of the chase that must hold the blocks, and the thickness and position of its cross-bars. Ascertain also the exact size of the paper for which the blocks are intended ; and whether the leaves of the paper after print- USE OF BLOCKS. ing are to be cut or uncut, to be sewed or to be stitched. In making-up blocks, if the paper is to be uncut and sewed, allow nothing for loss by waste on the fore edge ; if it is to be side-stitched and trimmed, make suitable allowance for the margin that will be cut off or concealed in binding. Always make up the margins full to the paper that will be used, so that the sheet can be evenly folded by edges, and trimmed, if necessary, after the folding. Never make up blocks with irregular margins that com- pel the cutting and the waste of paper before folding. When you can do so, put in every gutter, at every head, and on the sides of every cross-bar, one or two pieces of nonpareil or pica reglet, so that the margins can be easily corrected if they are found faulty on the first proof. 72 E. Hoe & Go's Peice List. ESTIMATE FOE PEESS, TYPE, AND MATEEIALS Six-column lolio sheet, 22 X 32. Seven-column folio sheet, 24 X 36. Regular single large cylinder press, with roller moulds, blankets, and two sets stocks, Hand cylinder press, with moulds, blankets, and two sets stocks — boxed, on board . . Washington hand-press, with two pair points. one screw-wrench, one brayer, one slice, one extra frisket — boxed, on board . . . No. 4, $225.00 No.4^,$240.00 No. 4, 18.00 No. 4^, 19.00 No. 4, 17.00 No. 4^, 21.00 2 No. 4, 13.00 2 No. 4^, 14.00 4 3.60 4 4.30 Furniture, (a) $3.00 per 100 yards 100 3.00 100 3.00 Quoins, 1® 40 cents per hundred 200 .80 200 .80 Mallet, 40 cents; planer, 30 cents; steel shoot- ing stick, 75 cents 1 1.45 1 1.45 Double iron imposing bed and frame . . . No. 4, 54.00 No. 5, 67.00 25 5.00 25 5.00 Composition kettle, tin 7.50 7.50 RoUer composition, (S) 20 cents per pound . 25 5.00 25 5.00 Lye brush, 75 cents ; proof brush, $1.50 . . 2.25 2.25 Ready proof press, without stand 20.00 20.00 1 1.25 1 1.25 3.75 3.75 8 12.80 10 16.00 3 2.70 3 2.70 12 .^^S,, 17.00 -| 9 two- -L'i thirds. 17.00 No. 5 wooden double stands, with racks. ® $4.50 2 9.00 3 13.50 Composing sticks, eight-inch, (® 95 cents . . 3 2.85 4 3.80 3 .75 4 1.00 Proof galleys, single column, patent lined. «z) $2.00 6 12.00 6 12.00 Common wood gaUeys, (S> 60 cents .... 6 3.60 6 3.60 4.00 4.00 1 2.00 1 2.00 $447.30 $490.90 E,. Hoe & Go's Peice List. 73 FOR A WEEKLY PAPER OF SMALL CIRCULATION. Eight-columu folio sheet, 26 X 40. Five-column quarto sheet, 2G X 40. Nine-column folio sheet, 28 X 44, Six-column quarto sheet, 30 X 44. Seven-column quarto sheet, 35 or 36 X 48. No. 5, $250.00 No. 5, 19.00 No. 5, 21.00 4 28.00 4 4.30 200 6.00 300 1.20 1 1.45 No. 5, 67.00 25 5.00 7.50 25 5.00 2.25 28.00 1 1.25 3.75 14 22.40 3 2.70 16 24.00 5 22.50 6 5.70 6 1.50 8 16.00 6 3.60 5.00 1 2.00 No. 5, $250.00 4 28.00 4 4.30 200 6.00 300 1.20 1 1.45 No. 5, 67.00 50 10.00 16.00 50 10.00 2.25 28.00 1 1.25 16 25.60 4 3.60 20 ^Ti, 32.00 5 22.50 6 5.70 6 1.50 12 24.00 8 4.80 40.00 5.00 1 2.00 No. 6, $275.00 4 35.00 4 4.80 200 6.00 300 1.20 1 1.45 No. 6, 84.00 50 10.00 . 16.00 50 10.00 1 2.25 50.00 1 1.25 18 28.80 5 4.50 20 32.00 6 27.00 8 7.60 6 1.50 12 24.00 8 4.80 50.00 6.00 1 2.00 • No. 6, $275.00 4 38.00 4 4.80 400 8.00 400 1.60 1 1.45 No. 6, 84.00 100 20.00 16.00 100 20.00 2 4.50 50.00 1 1.25 25 40.00 6 5.40 20 thTds, 32.00 8 36.00 10 9.50 8 2.00 16 32.00 10 6.00 60.00 6.00 1 2.00 No. 8, $350.00 4 44.00 4 5.80 400 8.00 400 1.60 1 1.45 No. 6, 98.00 100 20.00 16.00 100 20.00 2 4.50 50.00 1 1.25 30 48.00 6 5.40 20fuU, 34.00 10 45.00 12 11.40 10 2.50 20 40.00 10 6.00 75.00 7.00 1 2.00 $556.10 $592.15 $685.15 $755.50 $906.90 74 R. Hoe & Go's Peice List. ESTIMATE FOR PRESS, TYPE, AND MATERIALS six-column folio sheet, 22 X 32. Seven-column folio sheet, 24 X 36. $447.30 $490.90 2 1.50 3 2.25 4.00 4.50 5 1.25 5 1.50 Column rules, according to thicTcTi ess, aljout 20 10.00 24 12.00 iiQ.verijisciij.enT} ruies, singic, 'eo t ccnij& . 75 3.00 100 4.00 Advertisement rules, double, fa> 6 cents . 8 .48 10 .60 Advertisement rules, parallel, ^ the relief was improved by rapid chiselUng in open spaces; and by 12.39 the inside was dressed neatly to gauge by a rotating planer bit. The dumb-waiter R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 119 then received the completed and yet hot cast, and sent it down six or seven stories into the basement press-room. " Time of operation, fifteen minutes, of which eleven were occupied in making the paper mould. From this same mould ten casts are taken for the turtles of the single and double Bullock presses. These last receive the paper in a continuous web, print it on both sides, divide the twin sheets, and cut them off, and flirt them off in foiu- piles, at the rate of 15,000 sheets per hour for each double press. " The pressman, Mr. Hale, keen-eyed and alert, motions or shouts to his assistants to stop or adjust the presses or paper, on the discovery of a fault or break. The hum of the whirring wheels, the soft cracking or kissing of the rollers, and the rustling of the flying paper, the shouting and rushing to and fro, the glittering lights and dancing shadows, are exciting in the highest degree." THE METAL. The metal used iu stereotyping should, when cast in a plate, possess a bright, smooth surface, hardness, toughness, closeness of grain, and freedom from bubbles. To test the quality of the metal, run a little ingot out on a stone slab. The hardness may be tried with a graver, and the surface easily examined. By cracking the ingot with a hammer, the grain or crystalline quality is observed. A bright-surfaced and close-grained metal makes the best stereotypes. When the metal is too crystalline (generally due to excess of antimony), a little lead should be added. When too soft, add a little antimony. By pouring ingots and examining the fracture, the desired quality is arrived at. Old type or stereotype plates melted down wUl answer every purpose, if good. Be careful not to put damp pieces in the molten metal, or it will fly. OLD AND DIRTY METAL. — FLUXING. It often happens that after constant use the metal becomes so dirty as to render good plates an impossibility, and cleaning then becomes a necessity. This is done by heating the metal until it burns the roll of test paper, and putting in powdered rosin, stirring the whde with an iron rod. As the scum or dross appears on the surface, it should be skimmed off, and more rosin added, and the stirring continued imtd no more impurities can be extracted. Wax and paraffine are also used in the place of rosin, but are not quite so effectual. Metal that is not very dirty may be renewed by heating the metal quite hot, but not red hot, throwing on it about a tablespoonful of oil, and stirring it well, adding a little more oil, and stirring again, then throwing a handful of ashes over the metal and skimming it, when it shoidd look like quicksilver. The dirty oil from a press, an old oily rag, or, in fact, almost any greasy substance, will answer the purpose. If the metal clings to the melting pot, making it look as though tinned, it is of poor quality, and if not set right by the flux, is nearly worthless, and the plates cast from it will be honey-combed. As fluxing causes a bad smeU, it is well to have a portable sheet-iron bonnet made to the melting pot, with a smaU door through which to stir the metal, and a pipe leading to a flue to carry off the odor. This bonnet must be lifted off when casting. To ascertain the right heat of the metal for casting, fold some paper into slips, dip 120 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. into the pot, and if turned black, the metal is too hot, but if turned to a straw- color, it is just right. TO CAST THE PLATE. Place the gauge in the casting mould, properly adjusted, and pour it full of metal about three times, to heat the mould; then place the matrix in the mould, so that the paper hangs out of the mouth ; place the gauge around three sides of the matrix, close to the work, and upon the margin, close to the mould, and screw tight. Hold the overhanging piece of paper in the left- hand, and, after skimming off the dross, pour a quick, continuous stream of molten metal. The paper is simply to conduct the metal and to prevent its getting behind the matrix. In handling hot metal plates, furniture, etc., it is of course requisite to have holders, made of some stout woollen fabric. Small Melting Furnace and Drying Press, combined. Price, $ R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 121 Stereotype Mould Drying Press, for Paper Process. The table is heated by steam, which, at ordinary pressure, will dry a matrix in from six to eight minutes. Where haste is important, steam platens are furnished, by which the time of drying is reduced nearly one-half. It is desirable that the platen be perforated, to allow the escape of the moisture. Prices pf Steam Drying Presses. No. 2 3 4 Size matter. 9 X 12 in. 12 X 16 in. 15 X 20 in. Price with solid platen. $120.00 180.00 240.00 Price with steam platen. $140.00 216.00 288.00 size matter. 18 X 24 in. 21 X 28 in. 24 X 32 in. Price with Price with solid platen. Hteam platen. $300.00 360.00 450.00 $360.00 440.00 550.00 122 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Flat Stereotype Plate Moiild, for Paper Process. This mould, for easting stereotype plates from a paper matrix, is made of iron and balanced in bearings in an iron frame. When used, it is held in a horizontal position by a trip lever, and the cover is thrown up against the back stay. The matrix is then laid in, the gauge bars adjusted to it, and the cover closed. In the smaller sizes, the cover is secured by a single screw in the centre ; but in the larger sizes it is fastened by four or six clamps at the sides. The mould is then tiirned in an upright position to receive the metal, and back to a horizontal one to have the stereotype plate removed. Prices of Iron Casting Moulds. Price of Price of Box- No, Sizematter. flatform. curveil fonn. ing. 2 9 X 12 in. $120.00 $180.00 $2.00 3 12x16 in. 145.00 210.00 2.25 4 15x20 in. 185.00 270.00 2..50 Price of flat form. Price of curved form. Box- ing. No. Size matter. 5 18x24 in. $240.00 $330.00 $2.75 300.00 400.00 3.00 21 X 28 in. 24 X 32 in. 360.00 480.00 3.25 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 123 stereotype Melting Furnace. Papier-Maeh6 Process. This furnace is strongly made of iron and lined with fire-brick. It stands clear of the floor on feet ; and, as the bottom is lined, and a hearth projects in front of the doors, it is entirely free from the danger of setting fire. Prices of Iron Melting Furnaces with Circtilar Pot. Diameter Lined witli No. of pot. Capacity. fire-brick. Boxing. 1 11 inclies . . . 150 lbs. metal . . $75.00 . . $2.00 2 15 inclies ... 330 lbs. metal . . 100.00 . . 2.50 3 19 inclies ... 750 lbs. metal . . 150.00 . . 3.50 4 23 inches . . . 1,450 lbs. metal . . 195.00 . . 5.00 5 27 iacbes . . . 1,725 lbs. metal . . 240.00 . . 6.00 6 32 inclies . . . 3,025 lbs. metal . . 300.00 . . 8.00 TO SEPARATE THE MATRIX FROM THE PLATE. Should they refuse to part, beat the matrix with the beating brush ; if still obstinate, make the plate hot on the moulding press and plunge into cold water, then put them with the matrix downmost in the hot moulding press, and press tightly with the hand, when the steam will force the matrix from the » plate. The plate will be good, but the matrix spoiled, which is evidence that these instructions have not been (correctly followed. Should the matrix separate from the plates without difficulty, many plates may be cast from the same matrix. (See directions for finishing.) SHAVING. All the plates of the same book should be shaved to the same gauge, and there is no part of the finishing the printer criticizes so closely as accuracy in this 124 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. respect, for liis labor may be greatly increased by neglect of the stereotyper or electrotyper to make them even. The plates are then chiselled — that is, the bearera are cut away and aU the blank spaces are chipped down with chisel and maUet low enough to avoid danger of blacking in printing. The foot-Uues are cut down low and partially trimmed off. The heads are trimmed close to the head-line, and should be perfectly accurate. The sides of the plate are bevelled with a plane, made specially for this purpose, which gives a smooth edge with a true and uniform slope the whole length. This is necessary to enable the printer to make register, for it ensures that the catches of the blocks wiU hold all the plates in the same relative position. In large establishments this is done with the power bevelling machine. After beveUing, and squaring, and routing, the plates are examined and closely scrutinized, letter by letter, though practice enables the finisher to do this very rapidly, and his eye catches quickly and surely aU the defects. Some letters may be filled up with metal, which must be picked away to restore the shape of the type, or the mould may have broken away, leaving several lettei-s run together. Any unnecessary matter that would show in printing, and which was left in chiselling, must be cut away, and letters injured in any of the previous processes must be repaired or replaced. In short, the finisher's aim is to make the plate as good as the form from which it is made. ALTERATIONS. An important part of the finisher's business is making alterations in plates. Sometimes before the work is sent to the printer, but after the type is dis- tributed, it is found necessary to make corrections or improvements in plates, and often changes are called for in later editions. These may be of single letters or words, or parts of a line, or whole paragraphs. If the change is of a single letter or word, occupying the same space as that already in the plate, the latter is cut out and a hole is made through the plate just large enough to admit the new letter or word, the type of which is taken and put into the hole. A good workman will make it so accurate that a little pressure must be exerted to insert the type. The plate is then laid face downward upon a smooth, level surface, the bottom of the type projecting out of the back of the plate ; the correction is driven lightly to the surface on which the plate rests ; the ends of the type are cut off close with a pair of nippers, and the parts remaining in the plate are soldered. The inequalities of the solder are then filed or shaved down to the gauge of the plate. If the correction should occupy more or less space than the matter it super- sedes, more words are taken in, tiU the difference can be made up by reducing or increasing the spaces between the words. A good finisher wlU prefer, how- ever, to put ill a whole line, or even have a piece set up, than have the spacing so uneven as to make the correction conspicuous. If the alteration involves more than a Une, it is generally set up and cast ; the plate is sawed through, the incorrect matter is cut off, and the new piece adjusted properly and soldered on the back. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 125 After all the work on the plates is done, the foreman, or some experienced workman, sees that they are arranged in order by folios, and that they are made up into sheets, with pasteboards between the plates, examining each plate as he handles it, to make sure nothing has been overlooked. The plates are then packed in boxes of proper construction, and are ready to go to press. Power Shaving Machirie. Price of Stereotype Plate Power Shaving Machine. No. 6 To shave plate having matter 22 x 28 inches $850.00 MOUNTING. — BLOCKING. For all job work and much book work, the backed shells are not used on the press direct, but must be made type-high. This is generally done by a wooden block. 11 126 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Plate Bevelling Machine. This little machine dresses off and bevels the edges of stereotype and electrotype plates in the most perfect and rapid manner, equally on all sides, and parallel to the matter. The edge of the printing matter is placed against an adjustable side gauge, secured in this position by clamps, and passed quickly before the revolving cutter, a stationary cutter at the same time taking off the sharp corner from the under edge of the plate. The table can be adjusted in height and also inclined to give a bevel more or less acute, and the revolving cutter-head is adjustable horizontally to suit the position of the table. A brass cover over the cutter prevents the chips from flying, and drops them into a box below. A larger-sized machine is used for newspaper work. A counter-shaft, hangers, tight and loose pulleys, driving pulleys, and a set of cutters, with gauges for grinding and setting them, accompany each machine. Power Bevelling Machines. No. Price. 1 For book work, llj x 36 incli table $180.00 2 For news work, 16 x 51 inch table 200.00 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 127 Dressing Table for Cxirved Newspaper Plates. (Used on perfecting presses.) Prices of Iron Finishing or Chiselling Cylinders for stereotype 2)lates. Small curve, for weh presses. No. For plates Price. No. I'or plates Price. 2 . 9x12 inches . . $120.00 5 . . 18x24 inches . . $135.00 3 . . 12x16 inches . . 125.00 6 . . 21x28 inches . . 140.00 4 . . 15x20 inches . . 130.00 7 . . 24x32 inches . . 155.00 THE WOOD. For this purpose, cherry is the most generally used wood, though mahogany and oak are employed by some. Whatever wood be iised, it should be very well seasoned, and free from knots or checks. The plate being sawed by circular or hand saw, as small as is possible, a block is chosen, exactly that size, if possible, although if too large it may be readily dressed off. The plate is fastened to it by round wire nails aboiit half an inch long. If the nails be good, and the operator skilful, they can be driven without risk, perforating the metal, and hold much tighter than where the awl is used. The nails should be plentifully used, especially on large blocks, where there is great danger lest the strain in the press, or twisting of the blocks from heat or dampness, draw them. In fact, it is best to use some countersunk wood screws on at least the largest blocks. Care should be taken lest the nail-heads project, or the neighboring metal be forced up above the printing surface, this being more likely with stereotype than with electrotype blocks. It is well to use a small nail-punch, to ensure that the nails are well driven home. 128 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. The wooden block and finished plate should together be exactly type-height — that is, the height of type in the city where the blocking is done, for many type-founders purposely maintain special type-heights of their own, to jirevent their rivals' type being used in the same form with theirs. Many European blocks which come over here (especially the Grerman and Swedish) are at least " a card-board" lower than om* standard. It might be well in some cases to make the blocks a trifle under type-height, which would ensure their being underlaid, and printing better than without any such care. But all blocks of a series shoiild be invariable in their thickness, and xinless some special reason exist, aU those from any one blocker should gauge the same. After blocking, they are squared up with a plane, and the surfaces must be not only smooth, square, and true one with another, but the sides must be exactly "plumb," or at right angles with the printing face and bottom. Rough or untrue blocks entail annoyance, delay, and loss to the printer, and are an abomination and utterly inexcxxsable. For thus squaring the sides and ends of blocked and unblocked electrotypes or stereotypes, the "shoot-board" is used. It consists of an accurately trued iron bed, with a crosspiece exactly at right angles to it. One plane is narrow and bevelled for unblocked, the other for wide and square blocked, plates. Shoot-Board and Two Planes. Prices of Iron Shoot-Boards. 9 X 15 inches, with one bevel and one side plane . . 18 X 32 inches, with one bevel and one side plane . . $35.00 40.00 MORTISING. Mortised blocks are those which have the plate and block cut away in places to allow of type being inserted. Sometimes merely a small part of the edge R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 129 or corner is sawed out ; sometimes only a small portion is left projecting. But frequently the removed portion is entirely surrounded with the block. To do this, a jig or " fret " saw with fine-strained blade is used. A starting hole is drilled and the outline of the mortise carefully followed with the blade, care being taken to make the cut true and smooth. Stereotypers' Dressing Table for Newspaper Plates. (Used on type-revolving presses.) Prices of Iron Tables for bevelling and cutting off curved plates. Large curve, for rotary presses. Piice, by hand. Price, bj' liowor. No. Size matter. 4 15X20 inches $200.00 $260.00 5 18x24 inches 210.00 270.00 No. Size matter. Price, l)y hand. Price, by power. 6 21 X 28 inches $225.00 $285.00 7 24x32 inches 245.00 305.00 130 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Routing Machine. Routing, or cutting out the blank spaces in plates, is effected by means of rotating steel cutters used in the machine shown above, which is the same as that used by wood-engravers.* Power is communicated to the upright shaft in the corner of the table, and thence by pulleys and belts to the steel cutters, which revolve seven thousand times a minute, and which, by means of the double lever, can be brought to any point with ease and precision. A spring rest prevents the tool from touching the plate till pressed down by the operator. The stand contains shelves for tools, etc. Routing Machine^ for cutting out blank spaces in stereotype and electrotype plates. To work iy power. Will take on plate 22 x 28 inches. Price, with six cutters and upright shaft $300.00 * Wood-engravers rarely rout out large spaces on their blocks, except where the original is to be printed from, as they prefer letting the stereotyper rout them out in the cast, or the electrotyper build up the mould. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 131 MOUNTING ON METAL. Advertising blocks, newspaper heads, and many other pieces of work, are often mounted on metal instead of wood. To do this, an ingot is poured, and the backed electrotype or stereotype block is soldered to it, and the back then dressed off. These blocks are poured in an adjustable ingot mould, formed by clamping together two plates, each with a side piece as high as the desired block. Very often the block has cavities or deep grooves cast in its under surface, to lighten it and make it stand squarely on its feet. Unmounted plates (either electrotypes or stereotypes) are used on the press by being held on blocks of mahogany or iron, supplied with gripping pieces which clamp the plates firmly, and while bringing them up about type-height, enable them to be imposed and locked-up. Fig. 1 shows a plain old-style mahogany block with wrought-iron hooks (for cyHnder presses), worked with a brass pinion. These should be made of the best heart boards, thoroughly seasoned, that they may remain true. Fig. 2 is a patent block of iron or wood. Fig. 1. Fig. 2. PLATE BLOCKS. 132 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. APPENDIX A. MATERIALS. « Nitric Acid — commonly called aqua fortis — keep cool. Hydrochloric (and " ehlorohydrie," "mmiatic," "spirits of salt," and "smoking salts") keep cool. Black-lead ("plumbago," "graphite") get free from clay. Sulphuric acid ("oil of vitriol ") keep dry. It is dangerous to pour water into this acid. Poxir the acid slowly into the water (both cool), stirring the while. APPENDIX B. ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS, ETC. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. In cases of acid poisoning, the best antidotes are alkalies and earths. These should be followed by mucilaginous drinks. Soap in large quantities applies to all mineral acids. In cases of alkaline poisoning, vegetable acids prove the most effectual. Keep the hands and arms as free from chemicals as possible, as the pores of the skin absorb them, and produce blood-poisoning, which is very often fatal. Never dip the arms in a chemical bath to recover anything dropped therein. Where the hands have been burned by acid, bicarbonate of soda is the best antidote. Lime water and olive oil should be applied to sores produced by cyanide of potassium, and the sores washed frequently in rimning water. ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS. Hydrocyanic add (prussic acid) — Cyanide of silver, cyanide of potassium, or ammonia vapor, if promptly employed, is an antidote for prussic acid. Acetate or citrate of iron is also effectual. Mercurial poisoning — Iron, white of egg. For corrosive sublimate, white of egg is most effectual. Muriatic add — Magnesia, soap. Sulphuric add — Carbonates, alkalies, earths, soap. Nitric add — Magnesia, soap in large quantities. Ammonia — Vegetable acids. Acetic add — Vinegar. Citric add — Lemon jiiice. Lead — Iodide of potassium, soluble sulphates. Chlorine — White of egg, ammonia. Nitrate of silver — Chloride of sodium (common salt). When using cyanide of potassium to remove silver stains, add to its solution tincture of iodine ; then it is more effectual, and much less harmful. Hyposulphite of soda is weaker, but there is no danger in using it. Acid stains may generally be removed by aqua ammonia. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 133 APPENDIX C. RELATIVE POWER OF BATTERIES. The following experiments, made with electrodes double the size of the zinc plates of the batteries, all at equal distances (one inch) apart, will show the relative power of batteries. The time in action was one hour each ; only one pair of plates constituted the battery. Deposited. Grove's battery 104 grains. Single-cell battery .... 62 grains. Daniell's battery 33 grains. Depositeil. Smee's battery 22 grains. Wollaston's battery .... 18 grains. CONSTANCY OF BATTERIES. But the first hour of the action of most batteries differs from an hour afterward, so that one kind of battery may be useful for a short time, and another sort if the action is to be continued for a length of time. The following table will illustrate this remark, the condition being the same as in last experiment, or the last experiment being continued, and the results taken every hour for seven successive hours : One Two Three Four Five Six Seven hour. hours. hours. hours. hours. hours. hours. Total. Grove's battery 104 86 66 60 54 49 45 464 grains. Single-cell battery . 62 57 54 46 39 29 24 311 grains. Daniell's battery . 33 35 34 32 32 30 31 227 grains. Smee's battery . . 22 16 14 11 12 11 10 96 grains. Wollaston's battery 18 14 15 12 11 10 10 90 grains. To make this comparison more practical, larger plates were used for the battery, and pro- portionately larger electrodes, and the battery kept in operation until one pound of copper was deposited, renewing the acid and brushing the zincs every twenty-four hours. The time taken to effect this was : Grove's battery 19^ hours. Single-cell battery 45 hours. Daniell's battery 49 hours. Smee's battery 147 hours. Wollaston's battery . . . . 151 hours. RELATIVE INTENSITY OF BATTERIES. Different batteries have different degrees of power to overcome resistance — greater intensity. The following experiments will illustrate this : A single pair of Wollaston's, Smee's, and Grove's batteries were fitted up as nearly equal in circumstances as the different arrangements would allow — each exposing the same surface of zinc, and connected with electrodes placed in a solution of sulphate of copper, first one inch, then two inches, three inches, and four inches apart — half an hour in each. They were then reversed, beginning with the electrodes at four inches, and coming to one inch. These experiments were repeated several times, and a mean of the whole taken. The results were : 134 R; Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Electrodes. One inch .... Two inches . . . Three inches . . . Tour inches . . . Deposited. Wollaston. Smee. Grove. 8.8 grains. 12.0 grains. 31.0 grains. 6.6 grains. 6.8 grains. 26.0 grains. 4.7 grains. 6.0 grains. 17.0 grains. 3.0 grains. 4.6 grains. 14.0 grains. From this it will be seen that Wollaston's stands lowest in intensity, which is more apparent as the distance of the electrodes is increased. Smee's is one-third more than Wollaston's at one inch, and one half more at four inches, while Grove's is three and a half more than Smee's at one inch, but four and a half more than Wollaston's and three more than Smee's at four inches. K we take the mean of these results as a comparison of batteries, their value will stand as tmder : One of Grove's equal to three of Smee's and to three and three-fourths of Wollaston's. The following table gives the results of different batteries, arranged in series, kept in action the same length of time, namely, one hour. The battery plates were very small, the electrodes twice the size of the battery plates. One Two Four Six Nino pair. l)airs. pairs. pairs. pairs. 55 72 93 97 98 15 35 60 77 86 11 19 29 41 58 8 15 24 33 48 This table gives results approaching to and in principle the same as the others ; it will be observed that one pair of Grove's is equal to nine pairs of either Wollaston's or Smee's. It is also worthy of remark that Grove's increases slowly in quantity above four pairs, the intensity being sufficient at four pairs to overcome the resistance offered to the current of electricity. For ordinary electrotyping, intensity arrangements are unnecessary, except when the article upon which the deposit is being made is of such a character as will not allow the positive electrode to be brought close to it, or when there are deep-cut objects, or any circtimstance that increases distance and necessitates power to overcome resistance. APPENDIX D. PURITY OF THE ACIDS — TESTS FOR IMPURITIES. The acids must be pure. Sulphuric acid is apt to contain nitric, which causes it to waste zinc and silver. To test, add a small quantity of indigo to sulphuric acid to be tested, and boU the mixture. If the color persists, no nitric acid is present. The nitric acid used in Grove's batteries should be free from hydrochloric (muriatic), else it will ruin the platintmi. To test for this, add two drops of solution of nitrate of silver to a dilute solution of the acid in rain-water. The presence of hydrochloric is shown by white cloud or milkiness, formed by the precipitation of the chloride of silver. Common oil of vitriol generally has stdphate of lead in it, which causes wasting of the zinc. Test : When one measure of the acid is added to five or ten of cold water, the mixture clouds. [Mem. Pour the acid slowly into the water, stirring all the while. ] BOOKBINDING. 136 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. PATENT POWER PAPER - CUTTING MACHINE. This is exceedingly strong, simple, and effective. Will cut the heaviest work with ease and precision. The knife is brought down obliquely to exactly the desired position by a crank motion, which returns it by a quick upward stroke, and then stops ; and can be stopped and started at any part of the stroke by means of two treadles at the front of the machine. This insures perfect work, as the machine is always under control. It is adjust- able in height, but requires no other regulating for the various kinds of work ; is quickly taken off and replaced, and will stand at any point. The paper clamp is moved by screws, operated by a hand wheel at the front of the machine. The rear giiide is moved by a screw and small hand wheel at the front of the table, and a side guide insures the cutting of the work perfectly square. This is the fastest and smoothest paper-cutting machine now manufactured. For prices, etc., see next page. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 137 Dimensions, Weight, and Prices of Power Paper-Cutting Machines. Ureatrst Width of space under No. paper cut. kuife. Room occupied ou floor. Weiglit boxed. Price. 1 24 in. 6 in. 4 ft. X 6 ft. 3,000 lbs. 2 30 in. 6 in. 4 ft. 4 iu. X 6 ft. 6 in. 3,250 lbs. 3 36 in. 6 in. 4 ft. 8 in. X 7 ft. 3,500 lbs. $850 4 42 in. 6 in. 5 ft. X 7 ft. 6 in. 4,750 lbs. 950 5 48 in 1,100 Prices include boxing and shipping, or putting up in New- York. CIRCULAR MILL-BOARD CUTTER. This is a strong and heavy machine for bookbinders' use. The shafts and cutters are of the best cast steel, and the table is of iron. The cutters are pressed together by adjustable springs, and have lubricating pads to prevent their chafing against each other. The work is placed against adjustable gauges on the table, and drawing rollers at each side insure accuracy of cut. A fast and a loose pulley are attached, so that no counter-shaft is required. Dimensions and Prices. Width No. of pairs Width No. of pairs No. of board cut. cutters. Price. No. of board cut. cutters. Price. 1 ... 24 inches. 7 3 ... 36 inches. 9 $575.00 2 ... 30 inches. 8 $450.00 4 ... 42 inches. 10 650.00 Extra cutters, per pair : six-inch, $20 ; eight-inch, $30. Treadle, extra, $30. 138 R. Hoe & Co's Catalogue. CIECULAE CAED-BOAED CUTTER, SELF-FEEDING ATTACHMENT. This macliine is especially designed for cutting up card-board and similar material. The work is placed against adjustable gauges on an iron table. Drawing rollers at each side of the cutters insure accuracy ; and an arrange- ment of carrying bands is added, when desired, for unusually small sizes. The cutters are made of the best cast steel, and tempered. The machine is aiTanged to run by steam power, but can also be worked by treadle, if required. It occupies a space of from three to four feet square. Dimensions and Prices. Width of No. of Width of No. of No. board cut. pairs cutters. Price. Xo. board cut. pains cutters. Price. 1 . . 24 inches. 7 3 . . 36 inches. 9 $525.00 2 . . 30 inches. 8 $450.00 4 . . 42 inches. 10 600.00 EXTRA CUTTING MACHINE KNIVES FOR HAND AND POWER PAPER CUTTERS. No. To cut paper. Each. No. To cut paper. Each. 1 24 inches. 3 36 inches. $25.00 2 30 inches. 4 ...... 42 inches. 35.00 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 139 SHEARS AND WOODEN TABLE FOR MILL BOARD. This table is strongly made, and is fiirnislied with leaf and necessary gauges to insure accuracy. The shears are of best cast steel, and warranted. Length of No. shear hlade. 1 24 inches Price. $45.00 No. 2 Length of shear blade. 30 inches Price. $65.00 No. Length of sliear blade. Price. 3 36 inches $80.00 PATENT CARD CUTTER. This cutter is entirely of iron and steel. The bed is so made as to slide on ways, and adjusted by a rack and pinion imderneath. All parts are carefully fitted, and enable the operator to work with the greatest possible accuracy. Sizes and Prices. Size. Price. Size. Price. With six-inch shears , . . $15.00 With fifteen-inch shears . . $30.00 With eight-inch shears . 18.00 With twenty-inch shears . . 37.50 With ten-inch shears . . . 22.50 With twenty -five-inch shears 47.50 With twelve-inch shears . . 25.00 SHEARS AND IRON TABLE FOR MILL BOARD. The frame and table are made of cast iron, and fitted up substantially. The table and gauges are planed true. The cutters are of cast steel, and can be adjusted by set screws, taken off to be reground, and, when worn-out, replaced at a trifling expense. A spring lever, which is brought down by a treadle, holds the board while cutting. Length of Length of Length of Xo. sliear blade. Price. No. shear blade. Price. Xo. .shear blade. Price. 1 24 inches $125.00 | 2 30 inches $137..50 | 3 36 inches $150.00 Prices include boxing and shipping, or putting up in New- York. ROTARY CARD CUTTER. This cut represents our rotary card cutter, which we have lately improved. It is substantially made, and is furnished with aU the conveniences to make it a handy and useful machine. Rotary Card Cutter. Sizes and Prices. Twenty-five-inch card-board, $35.00; Twenty-eight-inch card-board, $38.00; Thirty-inch card-board, $40.00. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 141 PLOUaH- KNIFE PAPER CUTTER, WITH IRON FRAME. This is the simplest form of the ph)ugh-kuife machine, and is made entirely of iron, excepting the table. The plough slides on the cross head, being worked back and forth over the paper by hand, and any wear of the parts can be taken up by adjusting screws. The knife is fed down by double gearing. A small wheel, not shown in the cut, moves the table backward and for- ward, while the spring treadle locks the cross head fast in any position. Width of paper cut . . 28 inches. | Price $60.00 PLOUGH -KNIFE PAPER CUTTER, WITH WOODEN FRAME. This machine resembles the one shown in above cut, hxit has the hand wheel placed horizontally under the board. The knife slides back and forth on the cross head, and is moved up or down by turning the handles. The cross head is brought down to hold the paper in place by means of the hand wheel. The stand is of hard wood, well put together. Width of paper cut . . 28 inches. | Price $50.00 Prices include boxing and shipping, or putting up in New- York. 12 142 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. HYDRAULIC PRESS, WITH PUMP ON BASE. The cut shows the pattern used for pressing printed sheets; but we make them also for lead pipe, tobacco, cotton, oH, mustard, etc. The platen of press is fur- nished with grooves running into a faucet, which carries off the surplus oil. The cyl- inder is of solid wrought iron, and lined with copper. The rods are forged from picked scrap. The pump may be placed on the base of the press, as shown in the cut, or on a separate cistern. The cylinder shotdd be wiped out from time to time, and the cistern frequently cleansed and supplied with pure water. Hydraulie Press, with Pump on Base. Dimensions and Prices of Paper Htjdraulic Presses. Diameter of l am. Size of platen. Greatest space between liead & platen. Ijcngtli of rods. Pressure obtained. Price without pump. Six in. 25 X 37 in. 48 in. 8 ft. 4 in. 140 tons. $700 Eight in. 26 X 40 in. 54 in. 9 ft. 2 in. 250 tons. 900 Ten in. 28 X 44 in. 66 in. 10 ft. 8 in. 390 tons. 1100 Twelve in. 32 X 47 in. 72 in. 11 ft. 8 in. 560 tons. 1450 Fourteen in. 35 X 51 in. 72 in. 12 ft. 3 in. 765 tons. 1900 Sixteen in. 38 X 55 in. 72 in. 12 ft. 9 in. 1005 tons. 2500 Other sizes and designs made to order. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 143 HORIZONTAL HYDRAULIC PRESS. Used for pressing any seeds or material from which oil may be extracted. The cylinder is of solid wrought iron, and lined with copper. The rods are forged from picked scrap iron. Two heavy cast-iron frames, securely fastened to the rods with the head of the press, form the box or hopper for receiving the bags containing the seed, etc., and the twelve iron plates to go between the bags. The plunger is forced into the box by means of the ram of the cylinder. Tlie ram is drawn back again to place by counter weights. A tank for catching the oil is furnished with press, and is placed directly under the hopper. This press is very strongly built, and wiU give a pressure of 390 tons. HAND AND STEAM PUMPS. Price. Single pump on base of press (as shown in cut, page 140) . . , $175.00 Single pump on separate cistern 225.00 Double pump on separate cistern 300.00 Double horizontal steam pump on separate cistern 600.00 Double vertical steam pump on separate cistern 1000.00 Counter-shafts, connections, and pipes, extra. 144 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue, HYDEAULIC BALING PRESS FOR COTTON, HAY, ETC. This cut represents a new pattern of hydraulic press used for baling cotton, bagging, rags, or any kind of merchandise. The ram and cylinder are placed below the floor, as shown in the cut, so that the platen of the press is on a level with it, and the goods to be baled are trucked into position, thus avoiding any heavy lifting. The platen and bead of press are grooved, to aUow the bands to be placed and fastened around the goods after they are sufficiently pressed. These presses can be made to do any kind of baling, and the one represented in cut is especially for pressing bags into bales, and is extensively used in this country. The cylinder of press is of solid wrought iron and lined with copper. The rods are forged from picked scraps. Dimensions and Price of Baling Press. Diameter of ram .... 6 inches. Lift of platen .... 48 inches. Size of platen . . . 3G x 60 inches. Pressure obtained . . . 140 tons. Greatest space bet. head &platen,78 in. Price, without pump . . . $1000 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 145 DOUBLE VERTICAL STEAM PUMP FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSES. TMs pump is flmshed in tlie most thorough, manner, and any number of presses may be operated by it by means of the proper connections. Run- ning at its usual speed of fifty revolutions per minute, it will raise the platen of a twelve-inch hydraulic press at the rate of one itich and a half per minute. The cistern should be fi'equently cleansed and supplied with pure water. Dimensions, Weight, and Price. Space occupied on floor .... Capacity of cistern . . 55 gallons. Height 6 feet. . . . . 4 feet X 6 feet 8 inches. Weight 2400 lbs. Price $1000 146 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. DOUBLE HORIZONTAL STEAM PUMP FOR HYDRAULIC PRESSES. The action is simple and direct. The cylinders are in line on the water cistern, and the plungers fixed in a sliding head moving in an adjustable guide block. A number of hydraulic presses may be worked by this pump, which, at its usual speed of fifty revolutions per minute, will raise the ram of a twelve-inch press one inch and a half per minute. The cistern should be frequently cleansed and supplied with pure water. Dimensions, Weight, and Price. Room occupied on floor, 3x5 feet. Weight 1400 lbs. Capacity of cistern Price 50 gallons. . $600.00 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 147 OAK STANDING PRESS. The box is of brass; tbe platen planed true. The timber used is of the best quality, well seasoned, and secm*ed by iron plates, bolts, and nuts. The gear is turned either by means of a nut with four sockets, or by a spring ratchet, shown in the cut. Dimensions and Prices. Price with Price with No. Diameter of screw. Size of platen. four-socket nut. ratchet wheel. 1 2 J inches. 17x21 inches. $75.00 $82.50 2 3 inches. 19x24 inches. 125.00 132.50 3 3i inches. 24x29 inches. 162.50 170.00 4 4 inches. 26x34 inches. 262.50 270.00 148 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. IRON STANDING PRESS, WITH BRASS BOX. This is entirely of iron, except tlie brass nut. It is made to work as desired, either with, a spring ratchet or with the four-socket nut shown in the cut. The screw is covered by a tin box. Dimensions and Prices. Price with Price with No. Diameter of screw. 8ize of platen. four-socket nut. ratcliet wheel. 1 2J inches. 17x21 inches. $75.00 $82.50 2 3 inches. 19x24 inches. 125.00 132.50 3 3J inches. 24x29 inches. 162.50 170.00 4 4 inches. 26X34 inches. 262.50 270.00 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue, 149 This macMne is massive in structure, simple and efficient in operation. The cut represents the No. 2, which may be advantageously used with the hand lever. The No. 3 is similar in form, but is double geared, and has a fly-wheel on each end of the diuving shaft. The No. 4 is of immense power, and corresponding strength. Dimensions and Prices. Room occupied No. Size of liead. on tilt" floor. Weiglit boxetl. Price. 1 10x12 inches. 4x5 feet. 2,000 lbs. $600 2 15x17 inches. 4^x5J feet. 3,360 lbs. 900 3 19x24 inches. 5JX6A feet. 8,000 lbs. 1,200 4 24x30 inches. 6x7' feet. 11,500 lbs. 1,750 Printing attachment about $300 extra for each of the above sizes. Hand attachment about $50 extra. 150 R. Hoe & Go's Catai,ogue. NEW EMBOSSING PRESS. The cut on this page represents our embossing press, which has been entirely remodelled, and its general efficiency greatly increased. This press is massive, and strongly put together. The bed is guided by the frame, so that a heavy impression can be had at either corner of the platen without tilting. The feed guides on bed are adjustable in either direction, and specially adapted to good color work. In this press we have done away with the cam for driving the toggle, and substituted a crank motion which is noiseless; and, by means of a R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 151 patent friction clutch, operated by treadles, the bed can be stopped and started without reverse or jar. This is an entirely new feature with a machine of this description. The bed is constantly in motion ; and, in order that no time may be lost, it is given sufficient travel to enable the operator to place on and take oflf the work without stopping the machine and without danger to the operator. The inking attachment, which is furnished with press when desired, is simple and complete, and consists of an ink fountain with an adjustable knife, two form roUers and five distributing rollers, with a distributing cylinder, making it specially adapted for doing, at one operation, the heaviest kind of stamping and inking. Dimensions and Prices. Size of head . . . 12 x 18 inches. Price, with inking attaeh- Size of bed . . . 13x18 inches. ment $1500 Largest work that Price, without inking attach- can be taken on . 12 x 18 inches. ment 1200 HALF AECH GILDINa PEESS. This is exceedingly convenient for light work, as the bed is open on three sides, and has a forward, backward, and lateral motion, while the jaws of the head may be worked from the front or from either side. Size of head 5x8 inches. Price $150.00 | Weight, boxed . . . 152 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. EMBOSSING AND GILDING PRESS, WITH FIXED OR SLIDING BED. This is a powerful, yet simple, hand press for job work. The head has jaws screwing together from the sides, and is intended to be heated by steam, but may be adapted to gas or hot irons, if ordered. Adjustable side and end gauges are furnished, by which to set the work. The impres- sion is regulated by the nuts on the top of the press. Dimensions and Prices. Price, with sliding bed, head 7 x 11 inches $350.00 Weight, boxed, 970 lbs. Price, with fixed bed, head 5X8 inches $175.00 Weight, boxed, 500 lbs. BOOK PRESSING OR SMASHING MACHINE. This macliine is on the same plan as the embossing press (page 147), but it has a cam of different shape, is arranged to run slower, and has a wider space between the head and bed. It is used for compressing books, and may be adjusted to all ordinary thicknesses. The prices, weights, etc., are the same as those of the embossing press, shown on page 147. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 153 BOOK-SAWINa MACHINE, TO WORK BY POWER. The table is hinged to the frame of the machine, which is aU of iron, and is held up out of the way by a counterbalance, while the saws are being changed. It is adjusted for sawing from both ends, and by this means a great nicety is attained in regulating the depth of the saw cut. It has also an adjustable side gauge. The brass sUding frames, or trucks, are easily set, and can be used for any sizes of books. The mandrel is of steel, so arranged that there can be no side play, and the saws can be taken from mandrel without lifting it from its bearings. There is furnished, when desired, a light wood and u-on box, arranged to be guided l)y the table, on which the books are placed and securely held by an adjustable spring and catch, before being passed over the saws. Two sets of saws of four and six each, washers for regulating width of cut, and counter-shaft and hangers, go with each machine. 164 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. PIERCING OR STABBING MACHINES. These machines, for pamphlets and similar work, are simple and durable. The clamp which holds the needles is so made that they can be changed in position, and the number increased or diminished, in a few seconds. FOOT STABBING MACHINE. Wood stand $60.00 Wood stand, very strong, $125.00 Prices include three awls. PIERCING OR STABBING MACHINE, TO WORK BY STEAM POWER. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 155 BOARDS A^D PLOUaH FOR SQUARING PAPER. The boards usually furnished are respectively 13 x 16 inches, 151 x 19J inches, 17x21^ inches, and 19x27 inches, but the sizes can of course be varied, as desired. Price of plough, with knife and four boards ; wood screw for plough, with nut and iron point $48.00 Table of hard wood, extra 15.00 Boxing and carting, extra 2.00 The above prices do not include the wooden frame by which the nut for the screw is held in place. IMPROVED CUTTING BOARD. It is made of many small pieces of the best kiln-di-ied maple or beech, thoroughly clamped together, and in such a manner that only the end wood is used for cutting upon. It is the most durable board that is made, is not affected by variation of temperature, and always remains perfectly true. Price per face measure of end wood : Board 2J to 2^ inches thick 2J cents per square inch. 156 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. BRASS -BOUND BOARDS AND CASE FOR MUSLIN WORK. These boards are made of the very best seasoned cherry, and warranted perfectly true. The brass border is made with bevelled or folded corners, and of hard brass. The case is made of hard wood, handsomely finished. K.acli. I Each. Boards 16 x 24 inches, for With lapped corners . . . $3.50 muslin work $3.25 | Case to hold fourteen boards 4.00 SUPERIOR PLANISHED TIN BOARDS, FOR LEATHER. In sets of fourteen boards. No 1 Size of board. 7^x12 in. Each board. $2.50 Xo 9 Size of board. 12 X 16 in. Each board. $3.75 Size of board. Each board. 3 13x19^ in. $3.75 Case for a set of fourteen boards $4.00 BINDERS' PRESS AND PLOUOH. The cheeks and plough frames of these presses are made of beech, and the screws of hickory, all thoroughly seasoned and kiln-dried. Press and plough, complete $13.50 Press pin $ .75 | Knife .75 GILDING PRESS AND STAND. This press is similar to the above cut, with the exception that there is no plough, and the screws are of metal, with gun-iron boxes. When desired, a substantial stand is furnished with press. Sizes and Prices. No. 1 2 LengtU of iron screws. 35 inches. 35 inches. Diameter otiron screws. 1| inches. 2 inches. Size of wood. 51 X 5§ inches, iron boxes. 6^ X 55 inches. Stand for gilding press, $9. Price. $35.00 45.00 FINISHING PRESSES. Length of press. Space between screws. Price. 21 inches. 25 inches. 28 inches. 14 inches. 18 inches. 21 inches. $2.50 2.75 3.00 Length of press. Space between screws. 31 inches. 35 inches. 38 inches. 24 inches. 28 inches. 31 inches. FINISHERS' STAND TO ATTACH TO TABLE. SmaU size $5.00 1 Large size . . . $3.25 3.50 3.75 $5.00 FINISHERS' STOVES. Round furnace for gilt work ^J?'?? Single stove for blank work, $20.00 13 Double stove for blank work, 30.00 168 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. PATENT MACHINE FOR BEVELLINa BINDERS' BOARDS. This machine is entirely of iron, except the knife, which is of the best plane steel. The plane runs in an oblique channel, so as to use the whole edge of the knife, and to give a shearing cut down the grain of the board. The groove should be set to just the thickness of the work. The table is adjustable, to give any required bevel. The front gauge, or stop, is formed by the farther edge of the groove; the end gauge is movable on the table. Price, with six knives $90.00 Price includes boxing and shipping, or delivery in New- York. IRON TABLE STANDINa PRESSES. These presses are screwed to the table to hold work ghied or pasted until dry enough to lay aside. The yoke and rods are of wrought iron. No. Size of platen. No. of rods. Price. No. Size of platen. No. of rods. Price. 1 7^ X 15 inches. 2 $25.00 | 2 16 x 24 inches. 4 $35.00 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 159 BACKING MACHINE. Our bookbinders' backing machine, as shown in above cut, is an economical addition to large bookbinding establishments. It is adapted to back blank books from one-fourth to four inches wide, and thirty inches long and under. The revolving backing iron is hollow, and is heated from the centre by gas or steam. On the right of cylinder, as shown in cut, is the adjusting lever, and here also, by a simple device, the cylinder is secured for work on the groove desired. Price $200.00 Price includes set of fifteen wood dies. 160 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. SHEET -POINTING MACHINE. Above is cut of sheet-pointing machine, for preparing printed sheets for cutting. The needles are adjustable to suit the perforations made by points in process of printing; and when a sufficient number of sheets are placed^ they are drawn down, leaving the paper ready for the cutting machine. Price, with table CHERRY PRESSING BOARDS. They are made of the best kUn-dried cherry or maple, and in the most perfect manner. The ends of the boards are feathered, so that they are [always kept straight. Size. Price. 6 X lOJ inches $ .35 8 X lol inches 40 10 X 13 inches 50 10 X 16 inches 70 12 X 18 inches 75 13 X 20 inches 80 17 X 22 inches 1.00 20 X 24 inches 1.10 Size. Price. 20 X 28 inches $1.30 24 X 32 inches 1.55 24 X 38 inches 2.25 28 X 38 inches 3.00 30 X 36 inches 3.00 26x40 inches 3.00 28 X 44 inches 4.00 Other sizes in proportion. Maple boards, ten per cent, extra. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 161 BOOKBINDERS' MATERIALS. ^ No. 1. Quarto. ^ No. 2. Cap. ^ No. 3. Demy. No. 4. Medium. No. 5. Super Royal. No. 6. Cap. No. 7. Demy. No. 8. Medium and Royal. No. 9. Imperial. JOINT RODS FOR BLANK BOOKS. Price, per dozen 75 cents. PALLET. Price $5.00 Price BURNISHER. $4.50 AaATE BURNISHERS. Price, each $2.50 STEEL POLISHER. Price $4.00 162 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. SQUARINO SHEARS. Price, per incli of cutting edge $1.75 BACKING BOARDS. Length. Price. 10 inches $1.20 12 inches 1-44 14 inches 1-68 16 inches 1.92 18 inches 2.16 Other sizes, 12 cents per inch. SEWING BENCH. No. Space between screws. Price. 1 24 inches. $2.00 2 30 inches. 2.50 3 36 inches. 3.00 BACKING IRON. Price $2.00 GOLD CUSHION, WITH DRAWER. Dimension.s. Price. 7X13 inches $3.50 8x16 inches 4.50 9x18 inches 5.50 R.HOEI.C. BACKING HAMMER. BEATING HAMMER. Price $2.00 Price $2.50 COPYING PRESSES. 164 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. No. 3 4 FEENCH PATTERN. Finished with great care. Boxes and steps of brass. Size of platen. 11 X 16 inches 12x18 inches Price. Boxing. $40.00 $ .75 45.00 1.00 No. Size of platen. 5 15x20 inches 6 20x25 inches Price. Boxing. $65.00 $1.50 85.00 2.50 ENGLISH PATTERN. Light, strong, and handsomely finished. No. Size of platen. 2 10x13 inches 3 11x16 inches Price. Boxing. $25.00 $ .60 30.00 .75 .Size of platen. Boxing. 12x18 inches $40.00 $1.00 WROUGHT IRON YOKE COPYING PRESSES. The above can be made either with the bar handle or the patent wheel. Japanned balls, extra, $5; nickel-plated balls, extra, $10. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 165 GOTHIC PATTERN. No. Size of platen. Price. Boxing. 2 10 X 13 inches $15.00 $ .60 Iron stand for press, $13. Boxing, 75 cents. CAST IRON COPYING PRESSES. These presses are of cast iron, substantially made, handsomely japanned, and adapted to ordinary work. 166 E. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. EXPORT PATTERN. No. Size of platen. Price. Boxing. 4 12x18 inehes $24.00 $1.00 CAST IRON COPYING PRESSES. These presses are of cast iron, substantially made, handsomely japanned, and adapted to ordinary work. R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. 167 No. Size of platen. Price. Boxing. 1 9 X 12 in. $11.00 $ .50 2 10X13 in. 15.00 .60 3 11x16 in. 20.00 .75 This press is of cast iron, substantially made, hand- somely japanned, and adapt- ed to ordinary work. CAST IRON COPYING PRESS, GERMAN PATTERN. Upright Pattern. UPRIGHT PATTERN. No. of Tablets. Price. Cap .... 3 ... $20.00 Letter ... 3 ... 15.00 Boxing, 50 cents. HORIZONTAL PATTERN. No. of Tablets. Cap .... 3 . . Letter ... 3 . . Boxing, 50 cents. Price. $12.00 10.00 Extra tablets, letter or cap size, each, 20 cents. Enclosing in tin box, to keep wet, for shipment, $1. PATENT TABLET CASES AND DAJ^IPENING TABLETS FOR COPYING. These dampening tablets take the place of the brush, water cup, and blotting paper. Letters can be copied by their use with great dispatch, and three or four copies of the same letter can be taken at one operation. They will draw ink through the thickest writing paper, and may be advantageously used by the legal profession instead of handwriting in copying on thick paper. 168 R. Hoe & Go's Catalogue. Name of pattern. Notarial Spring . . Face . . Inca . . SEAL PRESSES. size of die. 3 inches 3J inches 3J inches 4^ inches Space between centre of (lie anil arch. . If inches . . 2^ inches . 4 inches . 9 inches . Price. $12.50 35.00 50.00 100.00 Boxing. $ .50 .75 2.00 4.00 BANK NOTE PRESS. It has grooves for cords in the bed and follower, so that the notes may be tied up in the press. The columns and yoke are wrought iron. Size of platen. 3J X 9 J in. Price. $15.00 Boxing. $ .75 Bank Note Pre.s.s. SEAL AND NOTARIAL PRESSES. E. Hoe & Oo's OATALoacjE: 169 Cabinet Pattern. BLACK WALNUT COPY PRESS TABLES AND STANDS. INDEX. A. B. Before Making-Ready, 17. Bed and Platen Power Book Presses, 19. Bodkins, 62. Brass Riile, 64, 65. Brass Dashes, 66, 67. Brass Column Rules, 67. Backing Pan and Stand, 101. Building Iron, 87. Black-Leading Machine, 88. Battery, 95. Beating Table, 116. Book Pressing or Smashing Machine, 152. Book Sawing Machine, 153. ,Boards and Plough for Squaring Paper, 155. Brass-Bound Boards, 156. Binders' Presses, 157. Binders' Gilding Presses, 157. Binders' Finisher's Stoves, 157. Binders' Bevelling Machines, 158. Binders' Iron Table Standing Presses, 158. Binders' Backing Machine, 159. Binders' Burnisher, 161. Binders' Backing Boards, 162. Binders' Backing Iron, 162. Binders' Backing Hammer, 162. Binders' Beating Hammer, 162. Blocks, care and use of, 71. Burnisher, Agate, 161. Bevelling Machines for Binders, 158. Backing Machine for Binders, 159. Burnisher for Binders, 161. Backing Boards for Binders, 162. Backing Iron for Binders, 162. Beating Hammer for Binders, 162. Backing Hammer for Binders, 162. Blankets, Cloth, 57. C. Care of Inking Rollers, 15. Coupon Ticket Machine, 20. Card Press without Numbering Attach- ment, 23. Copperplate Presses, 35. Copperplate Presses, Geared, 34. Chases, 42. Cabinet with Sort Drawers, 44. Cases, 45, 46. Case Stands (Wood), 48. Case Racks, 48. Case Stands (Iron), 49, 50, and 51. Cabinets (Combination), 53. Cabinets (Eagle), 54. Cabinets, 55. Cabinets (Projecting Front, Economic), 56. Composition Kettles, 58. Card Cutters, 59. Composing Sticks, 63. Composing Rules, 63. Casting Pans, 111. Crane, 112. Cooling Troiigh, 112. Chiselling Cylinders, 127. Circular Mill -Board Cutter, 137. Circular Card-Board Cutter, 138. Card Cutters, 139. Cabinet with Projecting Front, 54. Copying Presses, 163-169. D. Double Cylinder Presses, 1. Dimensions, weights, etc., of above, 2. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Small Cylinder Presses, 4. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Two-Revolu- tion Presses, 5. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Stop-Cylinder Presses, 8, 17. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Large Cylin- der Presses, four-roller, 11. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Large Cylin- der Presses, two-roller, 13. Dimensions, weights, etc., of News and Job Cylinder Presses, 15. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Bed and Platen Power Book Presses, 19. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Coupon Ticket Presses, 21. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Lithographic Presses, 32. Diamond Card Presses, 25. INDEX. 171 Distributors (Common), 29. Double Stand and Cabinet, 53. Dressing Table, 127. Dimensions, weights, etc., of Paper Cut- ters, 137. Dimensions of Hydraulic Presses, 142. Dimensions of Hydraulic Pumps, 145, 146. Dimensions of Embossing Presses, 149. Dimensions of Gilding Presses, 151. Dashes, Brass, 66, 67. E. Estimates for Type, Presses, and Mate- rial, 72, 73, 74, 75. Electric Connection Gripper, 89. Embossing Presses, 149, 150, 152. Flannel, 32. Furniture, 6'f. Eleetrotyping Furnaces, 112, Finishing Cylinders, 127. Finishers' Stoves for Binders, 157. G. Galley Cabinet, 43. Galleys (Proof), 46. Galleys (Patent Lined), 46. GaUeys (Patent Tubes), 46. Galleys (Angle Eim), 47. Galleys (Patent Lock-up), 47. Galleys (Common), 47. Galleys (Addressing Machine), 47. G;alleys (Mailing), 48. Galleys (Job), 48. Galley Racks, 49. Gilding Presses (half arch), 151. GUding Roll, 161. Gold Cushion, 162. Hints on Making-Ready for Cylinder Presses, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21. Hand Lever Presses, 27. Hints to Buyers, 28. Hand Inker for Hand Press, 29. Hints on the Purchase of Type, 74, 75. Hydraulic Electrotype Moulding Press, 85. Hydraulic Presses, 142. Hydraulic Presses (Horizontal), 143. Hydraulic Pumps, 143, 145, 146. Hydraulic BaUng Press, 144, Imposing Tables, 39, 40. Imposing Tables, with Letter Boards, 41. Ink Closet, 58. Ink Table, 58. Ink Balls, 58. Ink SHee, 62. Improved Cutting Board, 155. Ink, about choice of, 28. Iron Table Standing Press, for Binders, 158. Inking Rollers, their care, 15. Job Sticks, 63. Joint Rods, 161. K. Knife and Bodkin, 60. Lithographic Power Press, 31. Lithographic Axioms, 32. Lithographic Press (Hand), 33. Letter Boards, 41. Lead Cutters, 59. Lye Brushes, 62. Labor-Saving Furniture, 67, Labor-Saving Rules, 68. M. Making-Ready for Cylinder Presses, Hints on, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21. Molleton, 32. Moleskin, 32. Mallets, 60. Mitre Machines, 61. Mitre Boxes, 61. Melting Furnace, 112. Matrix Rolling Machine, 117. Melting Furnace and Drying Press Com- bined, 120. Moulding Case (Brass), 89. N. Noiseless Finger Motion, 10. News and Job Cylinder Press, 15, 172 INDEX. Numbering Ticket Press, 24. Numbering Card Press with Table and Coupon Attachment, 23. Newspaper Addressing Machine, 36. P. Positive Vibrating Apparatus for Distrib- uting Rollers, 9. Patent Fly, 10. Paper Wetting Machine, 30. Proof Press (Newspaper), 38. Proof Press (Job), 39. Printers' Knife, 60. Planers, 60. Proof Brushes, 62. Perforating Rule, 67. Planing and Sawing Machine, 104. Press for Stereotype Moulding (Clay Pro- cess), 113. Plate Bevelling Machine, 126. Paper Cutters, Power, 136. Paper Cutter Knives, 138. Paper Cutters, Hand, 141. Piercing Machine, 154. Planished Tin Boards for Leather, 156. Pressing Boards, 160. Pallet, 161. R. Roller Moulds, 25, 57, Rubber Blanketing, 57. Roller Cloth, 57. Roller Frames and Stocks, 57. Rule and Lead Cutters (Double Lever), 59. Rule and Lead Cutters, 59. Reglet, 67. Rules (Newspaper), 68. Routing Machines, 130. Rotary Card Cutters, 140. S. Suggestions to Pressmen, 2, 4, 8. Single Small Cylinder Presses, 3. Stop-Cylinder Presses, 7. Single Large Cylinder Presses, four-roller, 9. Single Large Cylinder Presses, two-roUer, 13. Stop-Cylinder Presses, two-roller, 17. Stansbury Presses, 27. SeK Inkers, 28. Suggestions concerning Choice of Presses, 11. Standing Galleys, Iron Racks and Brass Tops, 51. Standing Galleys, Wood Racks and Hard Wood Tops, 52. Shooting Sticks, 62. Sheep's-Foot Hammers, 62. Suggestions to Printers, 68. Stereotype Blocks, 69, 70, 71. Stereotype Saw Table, 102. Stereotype Shaving Machines, 105, 106. Stereotype Furnace (Plaster Process), 112. Stereotype Furnace (Clay Process), 114. Stereotype Mould Drying Press, 121. Stereotype Moulding Press (Clay Process), 113. Stereotype Casting Mould, 122. Stereotype Furnace (Paper Process), 123. Stereotype Shaving Machine (Power), 125. Stereotype Shoot Board and Planes, 128. Stereotype Dressing Tables, 129. Shears and Wooden Table for Mill-Board, 139. Shears and Iron Table for Mill-Board, 140. Standing Presses, 147, 148. Sheet Pointing Machine, 160. Steel Polisher, 161. Squaring Shears, 162. Sewing Bench, 162. T. Two-Revolution Press, four-roUer, 5. Tape, 57. Toggle Moulding Press, 83, 84. Type, 76. W. Washington Hand Printing Presses, 26. Wetting Boards, 40. /