Wood's Inking Machine. 



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Art. XVI. — JVotice of WoocVs Inking Machine.* 



Of all the inventions produced by the ingenuity of man, none has 

 had so extensive and beneficial an influence as the Press ; and any 

 improvement in a machine so widely affecting the interests of society, 

 cannot be considered unimportant. Accordingly, the history of print- 

 ing, from the rudely carved block and simple press of the inventor 

 of the art, to the movable types and complicated machinery of the 

 present day, would be found at once curious and interesting. But, 

 though a general view of the progress of this chief of arts, could 

 not be unacceptable, it is proposed, at present, merely to invite 

 public attention to a machine which will perhaps be considered not 

 one of the least important of its improvements. 



* This Journal is printed on a press, to which one of the above named machines 

 is attached. — Ed. 



