ABSTRACT
In describing the various manipulations in binding a book, it has frequently been necessary to refer to the presses, machines, and tools requisite for their proper execution. This chapter presents a detailed account of the most important presses and tools, and a description of every other article used in the art of bookbinding. The information is divided into three classes, viz, presses and machines, tools used in forwarding, and tools required by the finisher. The most important are the presses used for compressing the sheets of a book as much as possible, so as to give the whole the greatest firmness. The most generally adopted is the common standing press. The Athol Standing Press is an improvement on the common press, from the greater power of compression it possesses. The Hydraulic Press is the most powerful of any yet invented.
