Augustus Applegath

Often appears mis-spelt as "Augustus Applegarth"

Augustus Applegath (1788-1871) was the inventor of the vertical printing-press.

He was born in Stepney but carried out most of his work in the Dartford and Crayford areas of Kent. Inventions included methods of silk printing, a new method of printing banknotes and the printing machines on which The Times Newspaper was printed in the mid nineteenth century - the 'Four-Feeder' printed 5000 copies of the paper per hour, and from 1848 the rotary eight-feeder printed 8000 copies per hour.

External links

* [http://www.dartfordarchive.org.uk/technology/paper_applegath.shtml Dartford Archive biography of Applegath]
* [http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?
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* [http://www.printweek.com/news/799279/19th-century-print-visionaries/ '19th Century Print Visionaries' by Laurence Wallace in 'Print Week', April 3rd 2008, and on printweek.com]