stanhope press

stanhope press
noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after Charles, 3d Earl Stanhope died 1816 English scientist, its inventor
: a hand-operated printing press that has a system of levers which cause the platen to descend with decreasing rapidity and with increasing force

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Stanhope press noun
A printing press invented by the third Earl Stanhope (1753–1816)
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