Isaac Adams

Isaac Adams

Isaac Adams (August 16, 1802-July 19, 1883) was an inventor. He was born in Rochester, New Hampshire to Benjamin Adams and Elizabeth Horne Adams in 1802.

His life

He invented the Adams Power Press in 1827 with help from Everett James Ellis. The duo's machine "worked a revolution in the art of printing," and beginning in 1836, became the leading machine used in book binding for the rest of the century. He also formed the company I. & S. Adams in 1836. He died in 1883.

External links

* [http://virtualology.com/isaacadams/ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 ]
* [http://www.adamsestate.com/app002printpat01.htm Information and Picture of Adams Power Press Patent]

References

* [http://www.adamsestate.com/app002printingpress.htm Isaac Adams Power Printing Press]
* [http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0860520.html Relief Printing]
* [http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1935/35_3_hickman.htm Speculative Activities of the American Emigrant Aid Company]


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