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Stanhope press

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Definition of Stanhope press

: a hand-operated printing press that has a system of levers which cause the platen to descend with decreasing rapidity and with increasing force

History and Etymology for Stanhope press

after Charles, 3d Earl Stanhope †1816 English scientist, its inventor

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