The machine of 1814 was described in The Times of the 29th November in that year, and the account given of it closed in these words: 'The whole of these complicated acts is performed with such a velocity and simultaneosness of movement that no less than 1100 sheets are impressed in one hour.' Mirabile dictu! And the Walter Press of to-day can run off 17,000 copies an hour printed on both sides.

This is not bad work for one man's lifetime." It is unnecessary to say more about this marvellous machine.

Its completion forms the crown of the industry which it represents, and of the enterprise of the journal which it prints.
Footnotes for Chapter VII.
[1] Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson, Barrister-at-Law, F.S.A., i.

231.
[2] After the appearance of my article on the Koenig and Walter Presses in Macmillan's Magazine for December, 1869, I received the following letter from Sir Rowland Hill:-- "Hampstead" January 5th, 1870.
"My dear sir, "In your very interesting article in Macmillan's Magazine on the subject of the printing machine, you have unconsciously done me some injustice.

To convince yourself of this, you have only to read the enclosed paper.